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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 Arriving at 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 looking upstream In Upper Stream Leaving Bush Line Paraglider View Down Valley Lower Tarn View showing sidle rout into the Maitland Campsite At Lower Tarn Brian, Simon, and Philip cooking at campsite Brian looking back from Watson Saddle Sun Looking Up To Saddle
Tue Jan 5 day 3 Maitland Tarns to Maitland Stream and Hut
Rocky view into the Maitland Sidling Out Of Sid Valley Sidling Out Of The Creek Lower Maitland Stream Sidling into Maitland Stream ed On the spur and looking up the Maitland ed View from spur to Hopkins Rest stop in Maitland Stream ed First view of Maitland Hut Maitland Hut ed Maitland Hut ed Maitland Hut ed
Wed Jan 6 day 4 - Maitland Hut to Snowy Gorge Stream and Hideaway Biv
Maitland Hut Simon outside Maitland hut Simon, Brian, and Maitland Stream in tussock Starting down Snowy Gorge Snowy Gorge Hut in distant sight Brian and Philip arriving at Snowy Gorge Hut, looking back Photos arriving at Snowy Gorge Creek hut Bruce and Snowy Gorge Hut Philip and Brian leaving Snowy Gorge Hut View to Ahuriri Philip and Bruce arriving at Hideaway Biv Dinner at Hideaway Hut
Thu Jan 7 day 5 - Hideaway Biv to Ahuriri and Top Dingle Hut
Bruce cooking breakfast Hideaway Biv tucked into the hillside View up the Ahuriri Above the bush on the Dingleburn route View back from the top of the Dingleburn route Top of Dingleburn route and view down Ahuriri Simon Brain and Philip Ahuriri valley behind Starting down into the Dingle Burn Dingle Burn panorama Dingle Burn panorama, Bruce, Simon, and Philip Heading Into The Bush Track Through The Beech Forest
Fri Jan 8 day 6 - Top Dingle Hut to Bush Hut
Simon Brian and Philip in upper Dingle Burn view upstream Dingle Burn travel Bruce and Philip inside Ben Avon Hut Looking Back Up Valley Simon and Bruce and view downstream Left The Sidle Track Behind Rocky Dingle Burn Crossing the Dingle Burn In the Dingle Burn Brian crossing the Dingle Burn Trampers And Slip Simon reading in Bush Hut
Sat Jan 9 day 7 - Side trip to Mae West Biv
View from spur down Dingle Burn to Lake Hawea View down Dingle Burn to Lake Hawea View back up to Ahuriri pass 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 The Boys Resting Brian and Mae West Hut Philip at Mae West Hut Brian looking at tomorrows route Brian on Mae West spur
Sat Jan 10 day 8 - Bush Hut to Dingle Burn Station Road end
Dingle Burn near The Peninsula In Short Gorge In Short Gorge Though Farmland Dingle Burn through farmland View of Peninsula track Lake Hawea from Peninsula track On the Peninsula track Simon on track down to lake shore View across lake to Aspiring Waiting At The Road End End Of Trip Photo
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