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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
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
📷 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 looking upstream

📷 Simon

Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Side Waterfall
📷 Simon
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Brian and Bruce waiting at gorge
📷 Simon
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Simon checking route
📷 Philip
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
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Bruce at rest stop
📷 Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Lower Maitland tarn
📷 Simon
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Simon arriving at tarn
📷 Brian
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Brian looking back from Watson Saddle
📷 Bruce
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Sun Looking Up To Saddle
📷 Brian


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

Maitland Stream
Bruce starting down scren slope

📷 Simon

Maitland Stream
Looking Back Up Scree Slope
📷 Simon
Maitland Stream
Bruce powering down the scree slope
📷 Brian
Maitland Stream
Looking back at cirque, Philip and Brian
📷 Simon
Maitland Stream
First Rest Stop, Scree Slope Behind
📷 Philip
Maitland Stream
Sidling Out Of Sid Valley
📷 Simon
Maitland Stream
Sidling Out Of The Creek
📷 Philip
Maitland Stream
Lower Maitland Stream
📷 Simon
Maitland Stream
On the spur and looking up the Maitland
📷 Brian
Maitland Stream
View off side into Maitland
📷 Philip
Maitland Stream
Bruce arriving at Maitland Hut
📷 Brian
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
View of upper Maitland Stream
📷 Simon
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
Looking back down the Maitland to the bush edge
📷 Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
Onwards and upwards in the Maitland
📷 Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
Brian and Philip on Maitland Snowy Gorge saddle
📷 Bruce
Snowy Gorge Creek
Starting down Snowy Gorge
📷 Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
Snowy Gorge Hut in distant sight
📷 Brian
Snowy Gorge Creek
Bruce and Snowy Gorge Hut
📷 Simon
Snowy Gorge Creek
Philip and Brian leaving Snowy Gorge Hut
📷 Simon
Snowy Gorge Creek
View from Hideaway Biv
📷 Simon


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

Ahuriri
Heading for unnamed Lake

📷 Simon

Ahuriri
Bruce and Simon resting in the Ahuriri, view downstream
📷 Philip
Ahuriri
Travelling up the Ahuriri
📷 Brian
Ahuriri
Rest stop on the Ahuriri
📷 Simon
Ahuriri
View up the Ahuriri
📷 Bruce
Ahuriri
Crossing the Ahuriri
📷 Philip
Ahuriri
Bruce outside Ahuriri Base Hut
📷 Brian
Ahuriri
Above the bush on the Dingleburn route
📷 Philip
Ahuriri
View back from the Dingleburn route
📷 Brian
Ahuriri
Simon and Philitp at top of Dingleburn route, Watson Stream and Ahuriri below
📷 Brian
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
Top Dingle Burn Hut in the morning

📷 Simon

Dingle Burn
Ready to leave Top Dingle Hut
📷 Philip
Dingle Burn
Looking up the Dingle Burn
📷 Simon
Dingle Burn
Heading down the slope from Top Dingle Hut
📷 Philip
Dingle Burn
Crossing The Broad Grassy Fans
📷 Philip
Dingle Burn
Historic Ben Avon Hut
📷 Philip
Dingle Burn
Bruce outside Ben Avon Hut
📷 Brian
Dingle Burn
Heading Down The Grassy Terraces
📷 Philip
Dingle Burn
Left The Sidle Track Behind
📷 Philip
Dingle Burn
Brian crossing the Dingle Burn
📷 Philip
Dingle Burn
Bruce checking dinner
📷 Brian
Dingle Burn
Bush Hut
📷 Brian


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

Mae West day trip
Slip opposite Bush Hut

📷 Bruce

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
View down Dingle Burn to Lake Hawea
📷 Bruce
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
Simon climbing out of the Dingle Burn
📷 Brian
Mae West day trip
Philip at Mae West Hut
📷 Brian
Mae West day trip
Ridge Panorama
📷 Brian


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

Lake Hāwea
Heading Downstream

📷 Philip

Lake Hāwea
Dingle Burn near The Peninsula
📷 Brian
Lake Hāwea
In Short Gorge
📷 Philip
Lake Hāwea
Though Farmland
📷 Philip
Lake Hāwea
Dingle Burn through farmland
📷 Philip
Lake Hāwea
At the bottom of the Dingle Burn, last view upstream
📷 Bruce
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
View across lake to Aspiring
📷 Philip
Lake Hāwea
Waiting At The Road End
📷 Philip
Lake Hāwea
Philip at road end
📷 Brian

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