Bryneira Range High Peak, 19 - 20 September 2015

A solo trip up the highest point of the Bryneira Range, Unnamed Peak Pt 1793m.
On Friday night I walked from the lower Hollyford Road end down the Hollyford Track to Hidden Falls Hut - a great place to wake up on a Saturday morning!
On Saturday I walked the Hollyford Track to Little Homer Saddle, then climbed through the bush north of an unnamed lake and to the saddle Pt 1339m just north of Prospector Peak. To my surprise, I found the route through the bush to be fast and easy - no bluffs, bush lawyer or any thick vegetation, and even a decent deer trail up the spur above the lake. Definitely a good access route to the Bryneira Range! I bivvied on a small ledge just next to the saddle, (mostly) sheltered from a fierce south-easterly wind that would have made camping impossible. Just as well I did not carry a tent!
On Sunday, I climbed to the high point of the Bryneira Range (Pt 1793m) in perfect conditions, then retraced my steps to the car park and drove back to Dunedin.

Waitiri, Mt Tarewai, Mt Syme, Mt Madeline from Pt 1793m, Bryneira Range
Bryneira Range 424 Bryneira Range Climbing Darran Mountains Fiordland Fiordland National Park Mount Madeline Mount Syme Mount Tarewai Mountaineering New Zealand Tramping Waitiri
Darran Mountains panorama from Pt 1793m, Bryneira Range. From left to right are Waitiri, Mt Tarewai, Mt Syme, Mt Madeline, Mt Tutoko, Alice Peak, Paranui Peak, Mt Parariki.
Bryneira Range 429a Alice Peak Bryneira Range Climbing Darran Mountains Fiordland Fiordland National Park Mount Madeline Mount Parariki Mount Syme Mount Tarewai Mount Tutoko Mountaineering New Zealand Tramping Turner Pass Waitiri
Mount Tutoko, Alice Peak and Paranui Peak from Pt 1793m, Bryneira Range.
Bryneira Range 430 Alice Peak Bryneira Range Climbing Darran Mountains Fiordland Fiordland National Park Mount Tutoko Mountaineering New Zealand Paranui Peak Tramping
Looking towards the Olivine Wilderness from Pt 1793m, Bryneira Range. Ark is the prominent peak right of centre image. McClimont Peak and Intervention Ridge are on the sides one ridge forward, Angle Peak and Blockade Peak further outside and one more ridge forward. Fiery Col is front right.
Bryneira Range 432 Angle Peak Ark Blockade Peak Bryneira Range Climbing Fiery Col Fiordland Fiordland National Park Intervention Ridge McClimont Peak Mountaineering New Zealand Olivine Wilderness Tramping
Poseidon Peak and Sarpedon from Pt 1793m, Bryneira Range.
Bryneira Range 433 Bryneira Range Climbing Fiordland Fiordland National Park Mountaineering New Zealand Park Pass Glacier Poseidon Peak Sarpedon Tramping
Somnus and Nereus Peak from Pt 1793m, Bryneira Range. Unnamed Peak 2117m, Humboldt Mountains, is back right.
Bryneira Range 434 Bryneira Range Climbing Fiordland Fiordland National Park Humboldt Mountains Mountaineering Nereus Peak New Zealand Somnus Tramping
Mount Lyttle, Mount Christina, Mount Gifford and Barrier Peak from Pt 1793m, Bryneira Range. Prospector Peak is in the foreground near the bottom edge of the image.
Bryneira Range 435 Barrier Peak Bryneira Range Climbing Darran Mountains Fiordland Fiordland National Park Mount Christina Mount Gifford Mount Lyttle Mountaineering New Zealand Prospector Peak Tramping
Taiaroa Peak, Mount Revelation, Karetai Peak and Mount Te Wera from Pt 1793m, Bryneira Range.
Bryneira Range 436 Bryneira Range Climbing Darran Mountains Fiordland Fiordland National Park Karetai Peak Mount Revelation Mount Te Wera Mountaineering New Zealand Taiaroa Peak Tramping
Alice Peak, Paranui Peak, Ngapunatoru Plateau, Mount Parariki and Halfway Peak from Pt 1793m, Bryneira Range. Lake Agnes is at bottom centre image.
Bryneira Range 438 Alice Peak Bryneira Range Climbing Fiordland Fiordland National Park Halfway Peak Lake Agnes Mount Parariki Mountaineering New Zealand Paranui Peak Tramping
On the summit of Pt 1793m, Bryneira Range. Somnus is back left, Mount Christina back right.
Bryneira Range 458 Bryneira Range Climbing Fiordland Fiordland National Park Mount Christina Mountaineering New Zealand Somnus Tramping
The summit of Pt 1793m, highest point in the Bryneira Range.
Bryneira Range 469 Bryneira Range Climbing Fiordland Fiordland National Park Mountaineering New Zealand Tramping
Snow slopes scoured by south-easterly winds just below the summit of Pt 1793, Bryneira Range
Bryneira Range 472a Bryneira Range Climbing Fiordland Fiordland National Park Mountaineering New Zealand Tramping
Darran Mountains from the slopes of Pt 1793m, Bryneira Range: Mount Syme, Mount Madeline, Mount Tutoko, Alice Peak.
Bryneira Range 474 Alice Peak Bryneira Range Climbing Darran Mountains Fiordland Fiordland National Park Mount Madeline Mount Syme Mount Tutoko Mountaineering New Zealand Tramping
Darran Mountains from the valley draining the saddle Pt 1339m to the west, Bryneira Range: Mount Syme, Mount Madeline, Mount Tutoko, Alice Peak.
Bryneira Range 477 Alice Peak Bryneira Range Climbing Darran Mountains Fiordland Fiordland National Park Mount Madeline Mount Syme Mount Tutoko Mountaineering New Zealand Tramping
Bryneira Range icicles. Mount Te Wera is in the background.
Bryneira Range 486 Bryneira Range Climbing Fiordland Fiordland National Park Mount Te Wera Mountaineering New Zealand Tramping icicle icicles
$Hollyford River and Darran Mountains from the slopes of the Bryneira Range. From left to right are \Nount Te Wera, Mount Syme, Mount Madeline, Mount Tutoko.$
Hollyford River and Darran Mountains from the slopes of the Bryneira Range. From left to right are \Nount Te Wera, Mount Syme, Mount Madeline, Mount Tutoko.
Bryneira Range 488 Bryneira Range Climbing Darran Mountains Fiordland Fiordland National Park Hollyford Hollyford River Mount Madeline Mount Syme Mount Te Wera Mount Tutoko Mountaineering New Zealand Tramping
Hollyford River and Darran Mountains panorama from the lower slopes of the Bryneira Range.
Bryneira Range 514a Alice Peak Bryneira Range Climbing Darran Mountains Fiordland Fiordland National Park Hollyford River Mount Dot Mount Gifford Mount Madeline Mount Parariki Mount Revelation Mount Syme Mount Te Wera Mount Thunder Mount Tuhawaiki Mount Tutoko Mountaineering New Zealand Skippers Range Taiaroa Peak Tramping
Hollyford River and Darran Mountains panorama from the lower slopes of the Bryneira Range.
Bryneira Range 514b Alice Peak Bryneira Range Climbing Darran Mountains Fiordland Fiordland National Park Hollyford River Mount Dot Mount Gifford Mount Madeline Mount Parariki Mount Revelation Mount Syme Mount Te Wera Mount Thunder Mount Tuhawaiki Mount Tutoko Mountaineering New Zealand Skippers Range Taiaroa Peak Tramping
Easter orchid / raupeka (Earina autumnalis). Bryneira Range / Hollyford River, Fiordland National Park.
Bryneira Range 517 Bryneira Range Climbing Earina autumnalis Easter orchid Fiordland Fiordland National Park Flora Hollyford River Mountaineering New Zealand Raupeka Tramping orchid
Easter orchid / raupeka (Earina autumnalis). Bryneira Range / Hollyford River, Fiordland National Park.
Bryneira Range 520 Bryneira Range Climbing Earina autumnalis Easter orchid Fiordland Fiordland National Park Flora Hollyford River Mountaineering New Zealand Raupeka Tramping orchid
Aurora australis over the Takitimu Mountains, photographed from the road between Te Anau and Mossburn. 20 September 2015 h21:25.
Bryneira Range 527 Astrophotography Aurora Aurora Australis Southern Lights Southland Takitimu Mountains night photography night sky
Aurora australis over the Old Sod Cottage, Milton. 20 September 2015 h23:55
Bryneira Range 555 Astrophotography Aurora Aurora Australis Milton Old Sod Cottage Southern Lights night photography night sky
Aurora australis over the Old Sod Cottage, Milton. 20 September 2015 h23:57
Bryneira Range 561 Astrophotography Aurora Aurora Australis Milton Old Sod Cottage Southern Lights night photography night sky

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