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2016-01-03 Lake Ōhau to Lake Hāwea

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Day From To Distance

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
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
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

Sun Jan 3 day 1 - South Branch South Temple Stream

South Branch South Temple Stream
Brian, Philip, Simon, and Bruce ready to depart

Photo: Simon

South Branch South Temple Stream
Brief stop in Temple Stream South Branch
Photo: Philip
South Branch South Temple Stream
Start of the Temple Stream South Branch track
Photo: Brian
South Branch South Temple Stream
In South Branch of Temple Stream
Photo: Simon
South Branch South Temple Stream
Heading up Temple Stream South Branch
Photo: Philip
South Branch South Temple Stream
Simon heading up south branch of Temple Stream
Photo: Bruce
South Branch South Temple Stream
Looking up eroded side creek in Temple Stream South Branch
Photo: Philip
South Branch South Temple Stream
In view up South Temple
Photo: Simon
South Branch South Temple Stream
In Temple Stream South Branch
Photo: Philip
South Branch South Temple Stream
Arriving at South Temple hut
Photo: Simon
South Branch South Temple Stream
Arriving at South Temple Hut
Photo: Philip
South Branch South Temple Stream
Arriving at South Temple Hut
Photo: Brian


Mon Jan 4 day 2 - Southern tributary South Branch South Temple Stream to Maitland Tarns

Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Crossing Southern South Branch Temple Stream

Photo: Philip

Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Rocky travel, Brian and Bruce
Photo: Simon
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Side Waterfall
Photo: Simon
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Moving Up The Stream
Photo: Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Climbing Out Of Valley
Photo: Brian
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Paragliders
Photo: Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Paraglider
Photo: Brian
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Philip and the head of the valley
Photo: Simon
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
View Down Valley
Photo: Simon
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Bruce, Mt Maitland and upper tarn
Photo: Brian
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Philip, Brian, and Simon at tarn campsite
Photo: Bruce
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Camp At Tarns
Photo: Brian


Tue Jan 5 day 3 Maitland Tarns to Maitland Stream and Hut

Maitland Stream
Last view of tarns and South Branch Temple Stream

Photo: Brian

Maitland Stream
Rocky view into the Maitland
Photo: Brian
Maitland Stream
Bruce starting down scren slope
Photo: Simon
Maitland Stream
Looking Back Up Scree Slope
Photo: Simon
Maitland Stream
Bruce powering down the scree slope
Photo: Brian
Maitland Stream
Looking back at cirque, Philip and Brian
Photo: Simon
Maitland Stream
Sidling Out Of Sid Valley
Photo: Simon
Maitland Stream
Sidling Out Of The Creek
Photo: Philip
Maitland Stream
View from lunch spot to lower Maitland
Photo: Simon
Maitland Stream
On the spur and looking up the Maitland
Photo: Brian
Maitland Stream
View from spur to Hopkins
Photo: Philip
Maitland Stream
Bruce arriving at Maitland Hut
Photo: Brian


Wed Jan 6 day 4 - Maitland Hut to Snowy Gorge Stream and Hideaway Biv

Snowy Gorge Creek
Maitland Hut

Photo: Simon

Snowy Gorge Creek
Philip, Simon, and Brian at Maitland Hut
Photo: Bruce
Snowy Gorge Creek
View of upper Maitland Stream
Photo: Simon
Snowy Gorge Creek
View from the bush edge up the Maitland
Photo: Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
Simon, Brian, and Maitland Stream in tussock
Photo: Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
Looking back down the Maitland to the bush edge
Photo: Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
Philip looking back at the Maitland bush edge
Photo: Brian
Snowy Gorge Creek
Fresh clear upper Maitland Stream waters
Photo: Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
On the Maitland Snowy Gorge saddle
Photo: Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
Starting down Snowy Gorge
Photo: Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
Snowy Gorge Hut in distant sight
Photo: Brian
Snowy Gorge Creek
Dinner at Hideaway Hut
Photo: Bruce


Thu Jan 7 day 5 - Hideaway Biv to Ahuriri and Top Dingle Hut

Ahuriri
Bruce cooking breakfast

Photo: Philip

Ahuriri
Departing Hideaway Biv
Photo: Simon
Ahuriri
Hideaway Biv tucked into the hillside
Photo: Philip
Ahuriri
Bruce and Simon resting in the Ahuriri, view downstream
Photo: Philip
Ahuriri
Travelling up the Ahuriri
Photo: Brian
Ahuriri
Rest stop on the Ahuriri
Photo: Simon
Ahuriri
View up the Ahuriri
Photo: Bruce
Ahuriri
Joining the Ahuriri road and looking upstream
Photo: Philip
Ahuriri
Above the bush on the Dingleburn route
Photo: Philip
Ahuriri
View back from the Dingleburn route
Photo: Brian
Ahuriri
Simon and view down into Ahuriri
Photo: Philip
Ahuriri
View of the Ahuriri
Photo: Philip


Fri Jan 8 day 6 - Top Dingle Hut to Bush Hut

Dingle Burn
Top Dingle Burn Hut in the morning

Photo: Simon

Dingle Burn
Ready to leave Top Dingle Hut
Photo: Philip
Dingle Burn
Looking up the Dingle Burn
Photo: Simon
Dingle Burn
Heading down the slope from Top Dingle Hut
Photo: Philip
Dingle Burn
Crossing The Broad Grassy Fans
Photo: Philip
Dingle Burn
Nearing Ben Avon Hut
Photo: Philip
Dingle Burn
Historic Ben Avon Hut
Photo: Philip
Dingle Burn
Bruce outside Ben Avon Hut
Photo: Brian
Dingle Burn
At Ben Avon Hut
Photo: Brian
Dingle Burn
Heading Down The Grassy Terraces
Photo: Philip
Dingle Burn
Almost at Cotters Hut
Photo: Philip
Dingle Burn
Brian crossing the Dingle Burn
Photo: Philip


Sat Jan 9 day 7 - Side trip to Mae West Biv

Mae West day trip
Slip opposite Bush Hut

Photo: Bruce

Mae West day trip
Heading Downstream
Photo: Philip
Mae West day trip
Bruce striding down the Dingle Burn
Photo: Brian
Mae West day trip
Rest stop on Dingle Burn before starting climb
Photo: Simon
Mae West day trip
View from spur down Dingle Burn to Lake Hawea
Photo: Brian
Mae West day trip
View down Dingle Burn to Lake Hawea
Photo: Bruce
Mae West day trip
Slips And Slumping Across The Valley
Photo: Philip
Mae West day trip
View back up to Ahuriri pass
Photo: Philip
Mae West day trip
Philip viewing Lake Hawea
Photo: Brian
Mae West day trip
The Boys Resting
Photo: Bruce
Mae West day trip
Brian looking at tomorrows route
Photo: Philip
Mae West day trip
Brian returning along spur
Photo: Philip


Sat Jan 10 day 8 - Bush Hut to Dingle Burn Station Road end

Lake Hāwea
Heading Downstream

Photo: Philip

Lake Hāwea
Dingle Burn near The Peninsula
Photo: Brian
Lake Hāwea
In Short Gorge
Photo: Philip
Lake Hāwea
Though Farmland
Photo: Philip
Lake Hāwea
Dingle Burn through farmland
Photo: Philip
Lake Hāwea
At the bottom of the Dingle Burn, last view upstream
Photo: Bruce
Lake Hāwea
Brian and Bruce on the Dingle Burn delta
Photo: Philip
Lake Hāwea
View of Peninsula track
Photo: Philip
Lake Hāwea
Lake Hawea from Peninsula track
Photo: Brian
Lake Hāwea
On the Peninsula track
Photo: Philip
Lake Hāwea
Simon on track down to lake shore
Photo: Brian
Lake Hāwea
View up Lake Hawea
Photo: Philip

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