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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
Stream And Side Waterfall Leaving Bush Line View back into Southern South Branch Temple Stream Lower Maitland tarn Tarn and view into South Branch Temple Stream Lower tarn and ridge to Maitland Stream View down slope to Maitland Tributary Bruce, Mt Maitland and upper tarn Mt Maitland Upper tarn and Mt Maitland Waiting For Dinner To Cook Brian looking back from Watson Saddle
Tue Jan 5 day 3 Maitland Tarns to Maitland Stream and Hut
Bruce and Philip leaving lower Maitland tarn Rocky view into the Maitland Bruce starting down scren slope View from lunch spot to lower Maitland Sidling into Maitland Stream ed View From Top Of Spur Ed On the spur and looking up the Maitland ed View off side into Maitland Rest stop in Maitland Stream ed Maitland Hut ed Mailand Hut ed Maitland Hut ed
Wed Jan 6 day 4 - Maitland Hut to Snowy Gorge Stream and Hideaway Biv
Bush Edge Marker View from the bush edge up the Maitland Leaving the bushline in Maitland Stream Upper Maitland Stream to saddle Upper Snowy Gorge Creek Bruce and Snowy Gorge Hut Philip and Brian leaving Snowy Gorge Hut View to Ahuriri Closing on Hideaway Biv Philip outside Hideaway Biv Dinner at Hideaway Hut View from Hideaway Biv
Thu Jan 7 day 5 - Hideaway Biv to Ahuriri and Top Dingle Hut
View up the Ahuriri View back from the Dingleburn route Simon and view down into Ahuriri Rest stop over the Ahuriri Resting on top with upper Dingle Burn view Starting down into the Dingle Burn Simon and Brian view down upper Dingle Burn Dingle Burn panorama Dingle Burn panorama, Bruce, Simon, and Philip Heading Into The Bush Track Through The Beech Forest Arriving at Top Dingle Hut
Fri Jan 8 day 6 - Top Dingle Hut to Bush Hut
Philip viewing a Top Dingle Hut morning Morning view up the Dingle Burn Heading down the slope from Top Dingle Hut Nearing Ben Avon Hut Bruce and Philip inside Ben Avon Hut Left The Sidle Track Behind Rocky Dingle Burn Crossing the Dingle Burn In the Dingle Burn At Bush Hut Simon reading in Bush Hut Bruce checking dinner
Sat Jan 9 day 7 - Side trip to Mae West Biv
Trampers Silouetted By The Slip Across The River Bruce striding down the Dingle Burn Rest stop on Dingle Burn before starting climb View down Dingle Burn to Lake Hawea Philip viewing Lake Hawea Bruce and Brian on spur, lake behind Simon climbing out of the Dingle Burn View into head of Mae West stream Bruce and Philip looking at Lake Hawea Philip at Mae West Hut Brian returning along spur Brian on Mae West spur
Sat Jan 10 day 8 - Bush Hut to Dingle Burn Station Road end
Heading Downstream Dingle Burn near The Peninsula Though Farmland Dingle Burn through farmland At the bottom of the Dingle Burn, last view upstream Brian and Bruce on the Dingle Burn delta 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 View up Lake Hawea
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