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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
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Kura Tāwhiti view
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Arthurs Pass Viaduct
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Arthurs Pass Viaduct Philip and Brian
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Hokitika River mouth and Aorangi
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Brian and Simon at Hokitika River mouth
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Te Kopikopiko o Te Waka
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Te Kopikopiko o Te Waka
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Te Kopikopiko o Te Waka
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Te Kopikopiko o Te Waka memorial
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Te Kopikopiko o Te Waka
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Te Kopikopiko o Te Waka Simon and Brian
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Wellington to Fox Glacier
Moeraki River to Middle Head hut
Driving onto Fox River bridge
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View up Fox River
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Mountain view after crossing Fox River
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Moeraki River Bridge
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Brian and Philip at Moeraki River rest stop above Blue River hut
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Moeraki River from rest stop
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View of Moeraki River
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Vuiew of Moeraki River
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Simon at lunch spot
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Moeraki River lunch spot
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Brian and Simon on grass flats
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Simon at Horseshoe Flat Hut
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Moeraki River to Middle Head hut
Moeraki River, Middle Head Hut to Blue River Hut
Middle Head Hut
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Simon and Brian crossing the Moeraki
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View up the Moeraki
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Simon in the rock biv
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Brian at Rock Biv
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Rock Biv
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Moeraki river crossing at halfway
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Simon and Brian walking down the Moeraki
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Simon by Moeraki pool
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Brian by Moeraki pool
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Simon on the Moeraki bridge
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Brian in Blue River hut
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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
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On the Cattle Track in the rain
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In the rain close to Blue River Hut
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Rest In The Rain
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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
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Fuchsia on the track
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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
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Philip outside Māori Saddle hut
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Blue River Hut to Māori Saddle Hut on the Haast Paringa Cattle track
Māori Saddle Hut to Mataketake Hut
Māori Saddle Hut in the morning
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Heading from Hut turnoff to the saddle
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View back along pack track from Māori Saddle Hut turnoff
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Brian and Simon starting up the track to the Mataketake range
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View south over Waita River to Haast and Okahu
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Brian and Simon climbing the spur to the Mataketake tops
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Mataketake tops SW panorama
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Philip and Haast Beach
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Lake Dime
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Mataketake tops and hut
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Looking back to the track sign on the Mataketake tops
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Mataketake tops, hut, north to Moeraki river
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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
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Bian and Simon taking the track from Mataketake hut in the cloud
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Simon and Brian on the Mataketake tops route in the cloud
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Brian and Philip on the Mataketake tops route in the cloud
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Simon at the point the route leaves to tops, looking north to the Moeraki
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Brian at the point the route leaves to tops, looking north to the Moeraki
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Rest Stop In The Bush
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Simon and Brian at Moeraki river pool below Blue River Hut
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Philip and Brian at Moeraki river pool below Blue River Hut
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Simon crossing Māori River
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Simon and Brian crossing Māori river
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Brian following the Waiata river route
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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
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Brian at Joes Hut
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Joes Hut
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Gate At The Start Of The Pack Track
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Brian heading back to Joes Hut
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Brian heading down the Waitaha
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Waiatoto River
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Arawata River
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Philip, Simon and Brian outside the fish and chip shop
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Brian on the Jackson Bay wharf
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Jackson Bay from the wharf
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visit Joe's Hut, tramp to car, drive to Fox for the night