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2016-01-03 Lake Ōhau to Lake Hāwea

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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
,,, Andready To Depart
Photo: Simon
South Branch South Temple Stream
Brief stop in Temple Stream South Branch
Photo: Philip
South Branch South Temple Stream
Start of the Temple Stream South Branch track
Photo: Brian
South Branch South Temple Stream
In South Branch of Temple Stream
Photo: Simon
South Branch South Temple Stream
Heading up Temple Stream South Branch
Photo: Philip
South Branch South Temple Stream
Heading up south branch of Temple Stream
Photo: Bruce
South Branch South Temple Stream
Looking up eroded side creek in Temple Stream South Branch
Photo: Philip
South Branch South Temple Stream
In view up South Temple
Photo: Simon
South Branch South Temple Stream
In Temple Stream South Branch
Photo: Philip
South Branch South Temple Stream
Arriving at South Temple hut
Photo: Simon
South Branch South Temple Stream
Arriving at South Temple Hut
Photo: Philip
South Branch South Temple Stream
Arriving at South Temple Hut
Photo: Philip



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

Southern South Branch Temple Stream
At South Temple Hut
Photo: Simon
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Waterfalls Blocking Route
Photo: Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Checking Route
Photo: Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
At Bush Edge
Photo: Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Above the South Temple bushline
Photo: Simon
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Paraglider
Photo: Brian
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
And The Head Of The Valley
Photo: Simon
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Arriving At Tarn
Photo: Brian
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Tarn and view into South Branch Temple Stream
Photo: Brian
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Lower Tarn
Photo: Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Upper tarn and Mt Maitland
Photo: Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Sun Looking Up To Saddle
Photo: Brian


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

Maitland Stream
Speargrass
Photo: Brian
Maitland Stream
Andleaving lower Maitland tarn
Photo: Simon
Maitland Stream
First Rest Stop, Scree Slope Behind
Photo: Philip
Maitland Stream
Sidling Out Of Sid Valley
Photo: Simon
Maitland Stream
View from lunch spot to lower Maitland
Photo: Simon
Maitland Stream
Lower Maitland Stream
Photo: Simon
Maitland Stream
Sidling into Maitland Stream ed
Photo: Philip
Maitland Stream
On the spur and looking up the Maitland ed
Photo: Brian
Maitland Stream
View off side into Maitland
Photo: Philip
Maitland Stream
First view of Maitland Hut
Photo: Simon
Maitland Stream
Arriving at Maitland Hut
Photo: Brian
Maitland Stream
Mailand Hut ed
Photo: Brian


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

Snowy Gorge Creek
Maitland Hut
Photo: Simon
Snowy Gorge Creek
Heading through Beech forest up from Maitland Hut
Photo: Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
,, and Maitland Stream in tussock
Photo: Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
Andon Maitland Snowy Gorge saddle
Photo: Bruce
Snowy Gorge Creek
,,, view down Snowy Gorge stream to hut
Photo: Bruce
Snowy Gorge Creek
Andarriving at Snowy Gorge Hut, looking back
Photo: Simon
Snowy Gorge Creek
Snowy Gorge Hut
Photo: Brian
Snowy Gorge Creek
Andleaving Snowy Gorge Hut
Photo: Simon
Snowy Gorge Creek
Closing on Hideaway Biv
Photo: Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
Andarriving at Hideaway Biv
Photo: Brian
Snowy Gorge Creek
Outside Hideaway Biv
Photo: Brian
Snowy Gorge Creek
Dinner at Hideaway Hut
Photo: Bruce


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

Ahuriri
Hideaway Biv tucked into the hillside
Photo: Philip
Ahuriri
Andresting in the Ahuriri, view downstream
Photo: Philip
Ahuriri
Travelling up the Ahuriri
Photo: Brian
Ahuriri
View up the Ahuriri
Photo: Bruce
Ahuriri
Crossing the Ahuriri
Photo: Philip
Ahuriri
Looking into the head of the Dingle Burn
Photo: Brian
Ahuriri
Brain and Ahuriri valley behind
Photo: Bruce
Ahuriri
Heading Into The Bush
Photo: Philip
Ahuriri
Track Through The Beech Forest
Photo: Philip
Ahuriri
Arriving at Top Dingle Hut
Photo: Philip
Ahuriri
Entering Top Dingle Hut
Photo: Brian
Ahuriri
Top Dingle Hut sunset
Photo: Philip


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

Dingle Burn
Andhalf An Hour From The Hut
Photo: Brian
Dingle Burn
Crossing The Broad Grassy Fans
Photo: Philip
Dingle Burn
Rest Stop And View Upstream
Photo: Philip
Dingle Burn
Outside Ben Avon Hut
Photo: Brian
Dingle Burn
At Ben Avon Hut
Photo: Brian
Dingle Burn
Heading Down The Grassy Terraces
Photo: Philip
Dingle Burn
Andand View Downstream
Photo: Philip
Dingle Burn
Almost at Cotters Hut
Photo: Philip
Dingle Burn
Rocky Dingle Burn
Photo: Philip
Dingle Burn
Crossing the Dingle Burn
Photo: Philip
Dingle Burn
Swimming
Photo: Philip
Dingle Burn
At Bush Hut
Photo: Philip


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

Mae West day trip
Slip opposite Bush Hut
Photo: Bruce
Mae West day trip
Trampers Silouetted By The Slip Across The River
Photo: Simon
Mae West day trip
Heading Downstream
Photo: Philip
Mae West day trip
Striding down the Dingle Burn
Photo: Brian
Mae West day trip
View down Dingle Burn to Lake Hawea
Photo: Bruce
Mae West day trip
Climbing spur, upstream Dingle Burn beyond
Photo: Philip
Mae West day trip
View into head of Mae West stream
Photo: Bruce
Mae West day trip
Andlooking at Lake Hawea
Photo: Brian
Mae West day trip
At Mae West Hut
Photo: Brian
Mae West day trip
Looking At Tomorrows Route
Photo: Philip
Mae West day trip
Returning Along Spur
Photo: Philip
Mae West day trip
Ridge Panorama
Photo: Brian


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

Lake Hāwea
Heading Downstream
Photo: Philip
Lake Hāwea
Dingle Burn near The Peninsula
Photo: Brian
Lake Hāwea
In Short Gorge
Photo: Philip
Lake Hāwea
Though Farmland
Photo: Philip
Lake Hāwea
At the bottom of the Dingle Burn, last view upstream
Photo: Bruce
Lake Hāwea
Andon the Dingle Burn delta
Photo: Philip
Lake Hāwea
View of Peninsula track
Photo: Philip
Lake Hāwea
Lake Hawea from Peninsula track
Photo: Brian
Lake Hāwea
On the Peninsula track
Photo: Philip
Lake Hāwea
View up Lake Hawea
Photo: Philip
Lake Hāwea
Waiting At The Road End
Photo: Philip
Lake Hāwea
At Road End
Photo: Brian

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