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2016-01-03 Lake Ōhau to Lake Hāwea
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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
| Ben Lomond return
| 11.2km
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| 3 Jan
| Temple campsite
| South Temple Hut
| 7.8km
| Temple Stream South Branch
| 4 Jan
| South Temple Hut
| Mt Maitland Tarns
| 5.8km
| Ruataniwha Conservation Park
| 5 Jan
| Mt Maitland Tarns
| Maitland Hut
| 8.1km
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| 6 Jan
| Maitland Hut
| Hideaway Hut
| 18.3km
| route via Snowy Gorge Hut
| 7 Jan
| Hideaway Hut
| Top Dingle Hut
| 18.0km
| Ahuriri Conservation Park
| 8 Jan
| Top Dingle Hut
| Bush Hut
| 20.2km
| Hawea Conservation Park
| 9 Jan
| Bush Hut
| Mae West Biv (return)
| 12.9km
| (partial)
| 10 Jan
| Bush Hut
| Dingle Burn Station Road
| 21.5km
| Dingle Burn Track
| excluding side trips
| 100km
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Sun Jan 3 day 1 - South Branch South Temple Stream
Brian, Philip, Simon, and Bruce ready to depart Brief stop in Temple Stream South Branch Start of the Temple Stream South Branch track In South Branch of Temple Stream Heading up Temple Stream South Branch Simon heading up south branch of Temple Stream Looking up eroded side creek in Temple Stream South Branch In view up South Temple In Temple Stream South Branch Arriving at South Temple hut Arriving at South Temple Hut South Temple Hut
Mon Jan 4 day 2 - Southern tributary South Branch South Temple Stream to Maitland Tarns
South Temple Hut in morning sun At South Temple Hut Moving Up The Stream At Bush Edge View back into Southern South Branch Temple Stream View Down Valley Lower Maitland tarn Bruce, Mt Maitland and upper tarn Lower Tarn View showing sidle rout into the Maitland Waiting For Dinner To Cook View from Watson Saddle
Tue Jan 5 day 3 Maitland Tarns to Maitland Stream and Hut
Speargrass Last view of tarns and South Branch Temple Stream Rocky view into the Maitland Looking Back Up Scree Slope Bruce powering down the scree slope First Rest Stop, Scree Slope Behind Sidling into Maitland Stream ed View from spur to Hopkins Rest stop in Maitland Stream ed First view of Maitland Hut Maitland Hut ed Mailand Hut ed
Wed Jan 6 day 4 - Maitland Hut to Snowy Gorge Stream and Hideaway Biv
Maitland Hut Simon outside Maitland hut Bush Edge Marker View from the bush edge up the Maitland Looking back down the Maitland to the bush edge Upper Snowy Gorge Creek Brian and Philip arriving at Snowy Gorge Hut, looking back Photos arriving at Snowy Gorge Creek hut Snowy Gorge Hut Bruce and Snowy Gorge Hut Philip and Brian leaving Snowy Gorge Hut Philip outside Hideaway Biv
Thu Jan 7 day 5 - Hideaway Biv to Ahuriri and Top Dingle Hut
Brian Philip and Simon view down the Ahuriri Simon arriving at Ahuriri Base Hut Above the bush on the Dingleburn route Simon and view down into Ahuriri View of the Ahuriri Bruce looking into the head of the Dingle Burn Simon and Brian view down upper Dingle Burn Dingle Burn panorama Dingle Burn panorama, Bruce, Simon, and Philip Heading Into The Bush Track Through The Beech Forest Simon entering Top Dingle Hut
Fri Jan 8 day 6 - Top Dingle Hut to Bush Hut
Ready to leave Top Dingle Hut Nearing Ben Avon Hut Bruce outside Ben Avon Hut Heading Down The Grassy Terraces Simon, Bruce and Brian at the tiny Cotters Hut Crossing the Dingle Burn Brian crossing the Dingle Burn Simon swimming Trampers And Slip At Bush Hut Bruce checking dinner Bush Hut
Sat Jan 9 day 7 - Side trip to Mae West Biv
Slip opposite Bush Hut Rest stop on Dingle Burn before starting climb View from spur down Dingle Burn to Lake Hawea View down Dingle Burn to Lake Hawea Bruce and Brian on spur, lake behind Simon climbing spur, upstream Dingle Burn beyond Simon climbing out of the Dingle Burn View into head of Mae West stream Philip at Mae West Hut Brian looking at tomorrows route Brian returning along spur Ridge Panorama
Sat Jan 10 day 8 - Bush Hut to Dingle Burn Station Road end
Heading Downstream Dingle Burn near The Peninsula In Short Gorge Though Farmland Dingle Burn through farmland At the bottom of the Dingle Burn, last view upstream Brian and Bruce on the Dingle Burn delta View of Peninsula track Lake Hawea from Peninsula track On the Peninsula track Simon on track down to lake shore View up Lake Hawea
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