Recent Changes - Search:

add Trips page

hide Trips

Trips


hide Topics

Topics

show Changed

Changed

Visitor's book Site map pmwiki-2.6.0

2016-01-03 Lake Ōhau to Lake Hāwea

for main page for day pages for maps page for day pages for day pages for main page for day pages 2015-10-01 Leatham Wye Waihopai < Trips > 2016-02-22 Niseko, Japan add main page trail

Day From To Distance

Gear

  • two tents
  • ice axes
  • primus and 2 litres fuel
  • two billys
  • two PLBs, maps, GPS

Menu

  • Party food: 7 breakfasts, 7 dinners and 2 puds
  • Own food: 7 lunches, brews, scroggin/snacks

Breakfasts:

  • 3 x pogs - rolled oats, dehy fruit, sugar, milkpowder
  • 2 x rice flakes - rice flakes, dehy apple, sugar, milkpowder, cinnamon
  • 2 x bircher muesli - plus milkpowder and sugar

Dinners:

  • 3 x mac cheese - mac, cheese, salami, dehy veges, dehy pineapple, soup, herbs
  • 2 x rice & tuna - rice, tuna, cashews, dehy veges, soup, herbs
  • 1 x curried sausages and dehy spud - sausages, dehy spud, dehy veges, onion, curry
  • 1 x Backcountry dehy dinner and dehy spud

Puds:

  • 1 x mousse and flaked almonds
  • 1 x Backcountry dessert
2 Jan Queenstown Gondola(approve sites) Ben Lomond(approve sites) return 11.2km(approve sites)
3 Jan Temple campsite(approve sites) South Temple Hut(approve sites) 7.8km(approve sites) Temple Stream South Branch(approve sites)
4 Jan South Temple Hut Mt Maitland Tarns(approve sites) 5.8km(approve sites) Ruataniwha Conservation Park(approve sites)
5 Jan Mt Maitland Tarns Maitland Hut(approve sites) 8.1km(approve sites)
6 Jan Maitland Hut Hideaway Hut(approve sites) 18.3km(approve sites) route(approve sites) via Snowy Gorge Hut(approve sites)
7 Jan Hideaway Hut(approve sites) Top Dingle Hut(approve sites) 18.0km(approve sites) Ahuriri Conservation Park(approve sites)
8 Jan Top Dingle Hut Bush Hut(approve sites) 20.2km(approve sites) Hawea Conservation Park(approve sites)
9 Jan Bush Hut Mae West Biv (return) 12.9km(approve sites) (partial)
10 Jan Bush Hut Dingle Burn Station Road 21.5km(approve sites) Dingle Burn Track(approve sites)
excluding side trips 100km(approve sites)

Sun Jan 3 day 1 - South Branch South Temple Stream

South Branch South Temple Stream
Brian, Philip, Simon, and Bruce ready to depart

📷 Simon

South Branch South Temple Stream
Brief stop in Temple Stream South Branch
📷 Philip
South Branch South Temple Stream
Start of the Temple Stream South Branch track
📷 Brian
South Branch South Temple Stream
In South Branch of Temple Stream
📷 Simon
South Branch South Temple Stream
Heading up Temple Stream South Branch
📷 Philip
South Branch South Temple Stream
Simon heading up south branch of Temple Stream
📷 Bruce
South Branch South Temple Stream
Looking up eroded side creek in Temple Stream South Branch
📷 Philip
South Branch South Temple Stream
In view up South Temple
📷 Simon
South Branch South Temple Stream
In Temple Stream South Branch
📷 Philip
South Branch South Temple Stream
Arriving at South Temple hut
📷 Simon
South Branch South Temple Stream
Arriving at South Temple Hut
📷 Philip
South Branch South Temple Stream
Arriving at South Temple Hut
📷 Brian


Mon Jan 4 day 2 - Southern tributary South Branch South Temple Stream to Maitland Tarns

Southern South Branch Temple Stream
At South Temple Hut

📷 Simon

Southern South Branch Temple Stream
South Temple hut occupants
📷 Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Crossing Southern South Branch Temple Stream
📷 Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Side Waterfall
📷 Simon
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Stream And Side Waterfall
📷 Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Simon in downstream gorge
📷 Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Waterfalls Blocking Route
📷 Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Simon checking route
📷 Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Resting On Waterfall Sidle
📷 Simon
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
In Upper Stream
📷 Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Leaving Bush Line
📷 Brian
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Paragliders
📷 Simon


Tue Jan 5 day 3 Maitland Tarns to Maitland Stream and Hut

Maitland Stream
Speargrass

📷 Brian

Maitland Stream
Last view of tarns and South Branch Temple Stream
📷 Brian
Maitland Stream
Bruce starting down scren slope
📷 Simon
Maitland Stream
Heading down the scree slope into the Maitland
📷 Philip
Maitland Stream
Looking Back Up Scree Slope
📷 Simon
Maitland Stream
First Rest Stop, Scree Slope Behind
📷 Philip
Maitland Stream
Sidling Out Of The Creek
📷 Philip
Maitland Stream
View from lunch spot to lower Maitland
📷 Simon
Maitland Stream
View from spur to Hopkins
📷 Philip
Maitland Stream
View off side into Maitland
📷 Philip
Maitland Stream
Rest stop in Maitland Stream
📷 Simon
Maitland Stream
Maitland Hut
📷 Simon


Wed Jan 6 day 4 - Maitland Hut to Snowy Gorge Stream and Hideaway Biv

Snowy Gorge Creek
Maitland Hut

📷 Simon

Snowy Gorge Creek
Simon outside Maitland hut
📷 Brian
Snowy Gorge Creek
Bush Edge Marker
📷 Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
View from the bush edge up the Maitland
📷 Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
Leaving the bushline in Maitland Stream
📷 Bruce
Snowy Gorge Creek
Simon, Brian, and Maitland Stream in tussock
📷 Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
Upper Maitland Stream to saddle
📷 Simon
Snowy Gorge Creek
Philip looking back at the Maitland bush edge
📷 Brian
Snowy Gorge Creek
Fresh clear upper Maitland Stream waters
📷 Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
On the Maitland Snowy Gorge saddle
📷 Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
Upper Snowy Gorge Creek
📷 Brian
Snowy Gorge Creek
Philip and Brian leaving Snowy Gorge Hut
📷 Simon


Thu Jan 7 day 5 - Hideaway Biv to Ahuriri and Top Dingle Hut

Ahuriri
Departing Hideaway Biv

📷 Simon

Ahuriri
Hideaway Biv tucked into the hillside
📷 Philip
Ahuriri
Heading for unnamed Lake
📷 Simon
Ahuriri
Travelling up the Ahuriri
📷 Brian
Ahuriri
Rest stop on the Ahuriri
📷 Simon
Ahuriri
Brian Philip and Simon view down the Ahuriri
📷 Bruce
Ahuriri
Heading up the Ahuriri
📷 Philip
Ahuriri
Joining the Ahuriri road and looking upstream
📷 Philip
Ahuriri
Dingle Burn panorama
📷 Brian
Ahuriri
Track Through The Beech Forest
📷 Philip
Ahuriri
Arriving at Top Dingle Hut
📷 Philip
Ahuriri
Top Dingle Hut sunset
📷 Philip


Fri Jan 8 day 6 - Top Dingle Hut to Bush Hut

Dingle Burn
Philip viewing a Top Dingle Hut morning

📷 Brian

Dingle Burn
Morning view up the Dingle Burn
📷 Philip
Dingle Burn
Top Dingle Burn Hut in the morning
📷 Simon
Dingle Burn
Bruce Simon and Philip half an hour from the hut
📷 Brian
Dingle Burn
Simon Brian and Philip in upper Dingle Burn view upstream
📷 Bruce
Dingle Burn
Dingle Burn travel
📷 Simon
Dingle Burn
Rest Stop And View Upstream
📷 Philip
Dingle Burn
Historic Ben Avon Hut
📷 Philip
Dingle Burn
Bruce and Simon outside historic Ben Avon Hut
📷 Philip
Dingle Burn
Simon, Bruce and Brian at the tiny Cotters Hut
📷 Philip
Dingle Burn
In the Dingle Burn
📷 Philip
Dingle Burn
Simon reading in Bush Hut
📷 Brian


Sat Jan 9 day 7 - Side trip to Mae West Biv

Mae West day trip
Trampers Silouetted By The Slip Across The River

📷 Simon

Mae West day trip
Bruce striding down the Dingle Burn
📷 Brian
Mae West day trip
Rest stop on Dingle Burn before starting climb
📷 Simon
Mae West day trip
View from spur down Dingle Burn to Lake Hawea
📷 Brian
Mae West day trip
Slips And Slumping Across The Valley
📷 Philip
Mae West day trip
View back up to Ahuriri pass
📷 Philip
Mae West day trip
Philip viewing Lake Hawea
📷 Brian
Mae West day trip
Bruce and Brian on spur, lake behind
📷 Philip
Mae West day trip
View into head of Mae West stream
📷 Bruce
Mae West day trip
The Boys Resting
📷 Bruce
Mae West day trip
Brian and Mae West Hut
📷 Philip
Mae West day trip
Brian returning along spur
📷 Philip


Sat Jan 10 day 8 - Bush Hut to Dingle Burn Station Road end

Lake Hāwea
Dingle Burn near The Peninsula

📷 Brian

Lake Hāwea
In Short Gorge
📷 Philip
Lake Hāwea
In Short Gorge
📷 Philip
Lake Hāwea
Though Farmland
📷 Philip
Lake Hāwea
Dingle Burn through farmland
📷 Philip
Lake Hāwea
Brian and Bruce on the Dingle Burn delta
📷 Philip
Lake Hāwea
View of Peninsula track
📷 Philip
Lake Hāwea
Lake Hawea from Peninsula track
📷 Brian
Lake Hāwea
Simon on track down to lake shore
📷 Brian
Lake Hāwea
View across lake to Aspiring
📷 Philip
Lake Hāwea
View up Lake Hawea
📷 Philip
Lake Hāwea
End Of Trip Photo
📷 Philip

tahi Page last modified on 2022 Dec 04 04:57

Edit - History - Recent Changes - WikiHelp - Search - email page as link -> mailto:?Subject="KiwiWiki: 2016-01-03 Ohau Hawea"&Body=