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2023-02-16 Canada < Trips > 2023-08-05 Whakapapa Skiing
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Sat: fly to Christchurch, drive (5.5 hrs 400 km) to Fox Glacier via Arthurs Pass
Sun: drive (1 hr, 80 km) to the Mowraki River at the northern end of the Haast Paringa Cattle Track
tramp up the Moeraki Valley to
Horseshoe Flat Hut (6 bunks, 4.5 hours) and on to
Middle Head Hut (6 bunks, 1.5 hours)
Mon: visit rock biv, return from Middle Head Hut to
Blue River Hut (8 bunks)
Thu: to Blue River Hut via tops – 5 to 6 hours to car,
drive (30 min, 30 km) to Waita River at the south end of the Haast-Paringa Cattle Track,
tramp 2 hr to
Coppermine Creek Hut 8 bunks
Fri: visit
Joe's Hut, to car (1.5 hours), drive to Fox (2 hr 130 km) for the night, motel
Sat: drive from Franz (5.5 hr 400 km) back to Christchurch, fly to Wellington
Wellington to Fox Glacier
Us all at Kura Tāwhiti
📷 Philip
Hilip - Arthurs ass Viaduct
Hilip - Hokitika River mouth
Hilip - Hokitika River mouth and Aorangi
Hilip - Brian and Simon at Hokitika River mouth
Hilip - Hokitika beach driftwood
Hilip - Te Kopikopiko o Te Waka
Te Kopikopiko o Te Waka
📷 Brian
Hilip - Te Kopikopiko o Te Waka
Te Kopikopiko o Te Waka memorial
📷 Brian
Hilip - Te Kopikopiko o Te Waka
Hilip - Te Kopikopiko o Te Waka
Wellington to Fox Glacier
Moeraki River to Middle Head hut
Mountain view after crossing Fox River
📷 Philip
Philip and Brian at North Haast Paringa Cattle Track carpark
📷 Simon
Philip, Simon, and Brian at North Haast Paringa Cattle Track carpark
📷 Philip
Brian and Philip at Moeraki River rest stop above Blue River hut
📷 Simon
View of Moeraki river
📷 Brian
Track Through Valley Floor Forest
📷 Philip
Horseshoe Flat Hut
📷 Simon
Halfway to Middle Head hut rest stop
📷 Brian
Moeraki River cascade
📷 Brian
Middle Head Hut
📷 Simon
Simon and Philip at Middle Head Hut
📷 Brian
Middle Head Hut
📷 Simon
Moeraki River to Middle Head hut
Moeraki River, Middle Head Hut to Blue River Hut
Brian and Philip at Middle Head Hut
📷 Simon
Simon and Brian crossing the Moeraki
📷 Philip
Simon in the rock biv
📷 Brian
Brian at Rock Biv
📷 Philip
Brian through the rock biv
📷 Simon
Brian and Rock Wall of Biv
📷 Philip
Moeraki River cascade
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Moeraki river crossing at halfway
📷 Philip
Simon tramping alongside river
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Brian crossing the Moeraki
📷 Simon
Philip and Simon at Blue River hut
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Brian, Philip, and Simon in Blue River hut
📷 Philip
Moeraki River, Middle Head Hut to Blue River Hut
Blue River Hut to Māori Saddle Hut on the Haast Paringa Cattle track
Leaving Blue River Hut in the rain
📷 Philip
On the Cattle Track in the rain
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Rest In The Rain
📷 Philip
Crossing Wrong Creek
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Brian and small side creek on track
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Brian and small side creek on track
📷 Philip
Fuchsia on the track
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Brian and Simon crossing side creek
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Brian and Simon crossing another side creek
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Brian and Simon crossing another side creek
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Brian and Simon crossing last side creek
📷 Philip
Philip outside Māori Saddle hut
📷 Simon
Blue River Hut to Māori Saddle Hut on the Haast Paringa Cattle track
Māori Saddle Hut to Mataketake Hut
Brian and Philip at breakfast
📷 Simon
Māori Saddle Hut in the morning
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Māori Saddle Hut in the morning
📷 Simon
Māori Saddle Hut in the morning
📷 Simon
View back along pack track from Māori Saddle Hut turnoff
📷 Philip
View south over Waita River to Haast and Okahu
📷 Philip
Philip with Mataketake Hut, Aoraki, Sefton and Hooker behind
📷 Brian
Simon and Philip at the track sign on the Mataketake tops
📷 Brian
Looking back to the track sign on the Mataketake tops
📷 Brian
Hilip - Simon and Brian taking photos of Lake Dime
Brian in the hut getting ready for lunch
📷 Simon
Hilip - Mataketake hut
Māori Saddle Hut to Mataketake Hut
Mataketake Hut to Blue River Hut via tops, drive to Waita River at the south end of Haast-Paringa Cattle Track, tramp to Coppermine Creek Hut
Morning packing in Mataketake hut
📷 Simon
Leaving Mataketake hut in the cloud
📷 Philip
Bian and Simon taking the track from Mataketake hut in the cloud
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Brian and Philip on the Mataketake tops route in the cloud
📷 Simon
Simon at the point the route leaves to tops, looking north to the Moeraki
📷 Brian
Brian at the point the route leaves to tops, looking north to the Moeraki
📷 Philip
Philip and Brian at Moeraki river pool below Blue River Hut
📷 Simon
Simon and Brian leaving Blue River hut
📷 Philip
Philip checking the mud depth on the track
📷 Simon
Simon and Brian crossing Māori river
📷 Philip
Looking up Māori River
📷 Philip
Brian heading up Waitaha river
📷 Simon
Mataketake Hut to Blue River Hut via tops, drive to Waita River at the south end of Haast-Paringa Cattle Track, tramp to Coppermine Creek Hut
visit Joe's Hut, tramp to car, drive to Fox for the night
Brian arriving at Joes Hut
📷 Simon
Simon at Joes Hut
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Brian at Joes Hut
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Joes Hut
📷 Philip
Brian heading down the Waitaha
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Arriving Back At The Car
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Hilip - Waiatoto River
Hilip - Arawata River
Hilip - Jackson Bay Wharf
Hilip - Jackson Bay from the wharf
Hilip - on the Jackson Bay wharf
visit Joe's Hut, tramp to car, drive to Fox for the night