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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
Photo: Philip
 
 Kura Tāwhiti view
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 Arthurs Pass Viaduct
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 Hokitika River mouth
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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
Photo: Brian
 
 Te Kopikopiko o Te Waka
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 Te Kopikopiko o Te Waka
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 Te Kopikopiko o Te Waka memorial
Photo: Brian
 
 Te Kopikopiko o Te Waka
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Wellington to Fox Glacier
Moeraki River to Middle Head hut
 
 View up Fox River
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 Mountain view after crossing Fox River
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 On Moeraki River track
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 Simon at Moeraki River rest stop above Blue River hut
Photo: Brian
 
 Moeraki River
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 View of Moeraki River
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 Simon at lunch
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 Horseshoe Flat Hut
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 Philip and Simon at Horseshoe Flat Hut
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 Halfway to Middle Head hut rest stop
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 Simon and Philip at Middle Head Hut
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 With Brian at Middle Head 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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 Brian and Philip at Middle Head Hut
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 View up the Moeraki
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 Philip jumping the Moeraki
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 Simon in the rock biv
Photo: Brian
 
 Brian and Rock Wall of Biv
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 Moeraki river crossing at halfway
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 Philip and Brian at rest stop halfway
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 Mossy Creek
Photo: Brian
 
 Mossy Creek
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 Simon crossing the Moeraki
Photo: Brian
 
 View down the Moeraki from swingbridge
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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
Photo: Philip
 
 On the Cattle Track in the rain
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 In the rain close to Blue River Hut
Photo: Simon
 
 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 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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 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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 Brian and Simon starting up the track to the Mataketake range
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 Brian and Simon climbing the spur to the Mataketake tops
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 Philip with Mataketake Hut, Aoraki, Sefton and Hooker behind
Photo: Brian
 
 Mataketake tops SW panorama
Photo: Simon
 
 Lake Dime
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 Mataketake hut, Aoraki, Sefton, Hooker
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 Brian and Philip at the track sign on the Mataketake tops
Photo: Simon
 
 Looking back to the track sign on the Mataketake tops
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 Philip at Mataketake hut
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 Three Of Us Having Lunch In The Hut
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 View north along Mataketake tops
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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
Photo: Simon
 
 Leaving Mataketake hut in the cloud
Photo: Philip
 
 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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 Simon at the point the route leaves to tops, looking north to the Moeraki
Photo: Brian
 
 View off the Mataketake tops to the Moeraki
Photo: Simon
 
 Philip and Brian at rest stop before leaving the Mataketake tops
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 Brian following the Waiata river route
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 Simon and Brian following the Waitaha River route
Photo: Philip
 
 First view of Coppermine Creek Hut
Photo: Simon
 
 Coppermine Creek Hut
Photo: Brian
 
 Inside Coppermine Creek Hut
Photo: Philip
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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 Simon 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
Photo: Philip
 
 Arriving Back At The Car
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 Waiatoto River
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 Arawata River
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 Jackson Bay Wharf
Photo: Philip
 visit Joe's Hut, tramp to car, drive to Fox for the night