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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(approve sites)
| Ben Lomond return
| 11.2km
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| 3 Jan
| Temple campsite(approve sites)
| South Temple Hut(approve sites)
| 7.8km
| Temple Stream South Branch
| 4 Jan
| South Temple Hut
| Mt Maitland Tarns
| 5.8km
| Ruataniwha Conservation Park(approve sites)
| 5 Jan
| Mt Maitland Tarns
| Maitland Hut(approve sites)
| 8.1km
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| 6 Jan
| Maitland Hut
| Hideaway Hut(approve sites)
| 18.3km
| route(approve sites) via Snowy Gorge Hut(approve sites)
| 7 Jan
| Hideaway Hut
| Top Dingle Hut(approve sites)
| 18.0km
| Ahuriri Conservation Park(approve sites)
| 8 Jan
| Top Dingle Hut
| Bush Hut(approve sites)
| 20.2km
| Hawea Conservation Park(approve sites)
| 9 Jan
| Bush Hut
| Mae West Biv (return)
| 12.9km
| (partial)
| 10 Jan
| Bush Hut
| Dingle Burn Station Road
| 21.5km
| Dingle Burn Track(approve sites)
| 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
Photo: Simon Brief stop in Temple Stream South Branch
Photo: Philip Start of the Temple Stream South Branch track
Photo: Brian In South Branch of Temple Stream
Photo: Simon Heading up Temple Stream South Branch
Photo: Philip Simon heading up south branch of Temple Stream
Photo: Bruce Looking up eroded side creek in Temple Stream South Branch
Photo: Philip In view up South Temple
Photo: Simon In Temple Stream South Branch
Photo: Philip Arriving at South Temple hut
Photo: Simon Arriving at South Temple Hut
Photo: Philip South Temple Hut
Photo: Simon
Mon Jan 4 day 2 - Southern tributary South Branch South Temple Stream to Maitland Tarns
South Temple Hut in morning sun
Photo: Simon At South Temple Hut
Photo: Simon South Temple hut occupants
Photo: Philip Crossing Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Photo: Philip Stream And Side Waterfall
Photo: Philip Brian and Bruce waiting at gorge
Photo: Simon Waterfalls Blocking Route
Photo: Philip Simon checking route
Photo: Philip Above the South Temple bushline
Photo: Simon Simon in the hot sun
Photo: Philip Paragliders
Photo: Simon Paraglider
Photo: Brian
Tue Jan 5 day 3 Maitland Tarns to Maitland Stream and Hut
Bruce and Philip leaving lower Maitland tarn
Photo: Simon Rocky view into the Maitland
Photo: Brian Heading down the scree slope into the Maitland
Photo: Philip Looking back at cirque, Philip and Brian
Photo: Simon First Rest Stop, Scree Slope Behind
Photo: Philip Sidling Out Of Sid Valley
Photo: Simon Lower Maitland Stream
Photo: Simon Rest stop in Maitland Stream
Photo: Simon First view of Maitland Hut
Photo: Simon Maitland Hut
Photo: Philip Maitland Hut
Photo: Simon
Wed Jan 6 day 4 - Maitland Hut to Snowy Gorge Stream and Hideaway Biv
Maitland Hut
Photo: Simon Bush Edge Marker
Photo: Philip View of upper Maitland Stream
Photo: Simon Leaving the bushline in Maitland Stream
Photo: Bruce Simon, Brian, and Maitland Stream in tussock
Photo: Philip Upper Maitland Stream to saddle
Photo: Simon Looking back down the Maitland to the bush edge
Photo: Philip Onwards and upwards in the Maitland
Photo: Philip Fresh clear upper Maitland Stream waters
Photo: Philip Bruce and Snowy Gorge Hut
Photo: Simon Philip and Brian leaving Snowy Gorge Hut
Photo: Simon View to Ahuriri
Photo: Philip
Thu Jan 7 day 5 - Hideaway Biv to Ahuriri and Top Dingle Hut
Departing Hideaway Biv
Photo: Simon Heading for unnamed Lake
Photo: Simon Bruce and Simon resting in the Ahuriri, view downstream
Photo: Philip Brian Philip and Simon view down the Ahuriri
Photo: Bruce View up the Ahuriri
Photo: Bruce Joining the Ahuriri road and looking upstream
Photo: Philip Bruce outside Ahuriri Base Hut
Photo: Brian Simon arriving at Ahuriri Base Hut
Photo: Philip View back from the top of the Dingleburn route
Photo: Brian Dingle Burn panorama
Photo: Brian Track Through The Beech Forest
Photo: Philip Top Dingle Hut sunset
Photo: Philip
Fri Jan 8 day 6 - Top Dingle Hut to Bush Hut
Philip viewing a Top Dingle Hut morning
Photo: Brian Top Dingle Hut morning
Photo: Philip Top Dingle Burn Hut in the morning
Photo: Simon Ready to leave Top Dingle Hut
Photo: Philip Heading down the slope from Top Dingle Hut
Photo: Philip Bruce Simon and Philip half an hour from the hut
Photo: Brian Crossing The Broad Grassy Fans
Photo: Philip Dingle Burn travel
Photo: Simon Historic Ben Avon Hut
Photo: Philip Simon and Bruce and view downstream
Photo: Philip Simon, Bruce and Brian at the tiny Cotters Hut
Photo: Philip Simon swimming
Photo: Philip
Sat Jan 9 day 7 - Side trip to Mae West Biv
Trampers Silouetted By The Slip Across The River
Photo: Simon Heading Downstream
Photo: Philip Simon and Bruce off down the Dingle Burn
Photo: Brian Bruce striding down the Dingle Burn
Photo: Brian Rest stop on Dingle Burn before starting climb
Photo: Simon View down Dingle Burn to Lake Hawea
Photo: Bruce Slips And Slumping Across The Valley
Photo: Philip View back up to Ahuriri pass
Photo: Philip Philip viewing Lake Hawea
Photo: Brian Bruce and Brian on spur, lake behind
Photo: Philip View into head of Mae West stream
Photo: Bruce Brian on Mae West spur
Photo: Philip
Sat Jan 10 day 8 - Bush Hut to Dingle Burn Station Road end
Heading Downstream
Photo: Philip Dingle Burn near The Peninsula
Photo: Brian In Short Gorge
Photo: Philip Though Farmland
Photo: Philip Dingle Burn through farmland
Photo: Philip At the bottom of the Dingle Burn, last view upstream
Photo: Bruce Brian and Bruce on the Dingle Burn delta
Photo: Philip View of Peninsula track
Photo: Philip Lake Hawea from Peninsula track
Photo: Brian On the Peninsula track
Photo: Philip View across lake to Aspiring
Photo: Philip Philip at road end
Photo: Brian
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