Gorge Burn - Cozette Burn, 21 - 31 December 2019
22 December: Gorge Burn to Lake Boomerang.
23 December: From Lake Boomerang over Mt Baird to McPherson Pass.
24 December: North along the tops to a campsite directly above Hidden Lake.
25 December: Down into the Cozette Burn East Branch and to Hidden Lake, then up to a campsite in the Cozette Burn West Branch, below Coronation Peak.
26 December: Back to Hidden Lake and down valley into the Cozette Burn.
27 December: Pit day.
28 December: Up Tuaraki Stream to a campsite west of Mount Fowler.
29 December: Around Lake Tuaraki to Fowler Pass and down to Lake Boomerang.
30 December: Down the Gorge Burn, then kayak across Lake Te Anau to the mouth of the William Burn.
31 December: kayak Lake Te Anau to Te Anau.
With Heather Rhodes and Juliet Meldrum
Trip map. 1 grid square = 10km. Left click on map then click again to view full size.
Trip map. 1 grid square = 1km. Left click on map then click again to view full size.
Paddling past Dome Islands, Lake Te Anau.
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Looking across the South Fiord of Lake Te Anau to Mt Lyall, Murchison Mountains.
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Mount Maury above the Tutu Burn, Lake Te Anau
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Looking across the South Fiord of Lake Te Anau to Mt Lyall.
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End of a long kayak ride at the mouth of the Gorge Burn
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View down the Gorge Burn from the route to Fowler Pass. Lake Cecil is at centre image.
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Lake Boomerang and Gerald Peak, Gorge Burn.
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En route to Fowler Pass, in front of Lake Boomerang and Gerald Peak. Gorge Burn.
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View down the Gorge Burn from the east ridge of Mount Baird. The outlet of Lake Boomerang is just visible near the bottom edge of the image. Lake Cecil is further down valley, and Lake Hall up high on the left. Mount Lyall is at centre image. Mount Martin on the far right.
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Gerald Peak and Lake Hall from the east ridge of Mount Baird
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View down the Gorge Burn from the east ridge of Mount Baird. Lake Cecil is below Mount Martin; Mount Kidd is top right.
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View of Mount Kidd from the east ridge of Mount Baird. Kepler Mountains.
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On the east ridge of Mount Baird. Lake Hall and Lake Cecil below. Mount Lyall is in the background at centre image; Mount Martin on the far right.
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On the east ridge of Mount Baird. Lake Hall and Lake Cecil below. Mount Lyall is in the background at centre image.
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On the east ridge of Mount Baird, looking back into the Kepler Mountains.
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On the east ridge of Mount Baird, looking back into the Kepler Mountains. The pyramid of Pt 1652m between the Freeman Burn and the Awe Burn is in the far back.
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On the east ridge of Mount Baird, looking back into the Kepler Mountains. The pyramid of Pt 1652m between the Freeman Burn and the Awe Burn is in the far back.
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On the east ridge of Mount Baird, looking back into the Kepler Mountains.
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View down the Gorge Burn from the east ridge of Mount Baird. Lake Boomerang is at the bottom edge of the image. Lake Cecil is further down valley, and Lake Hall up high on the left. Mount Lyall is left of centre image. Mount Martin on the far right.
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Gerald Peak and Lake Hall from Mount Baird.
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Lake Ione and Pt 1694m from the east ridge of Mount Baird.
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Lake Ione, Pt 1694m (back) and Gerald Peak from the east ridge of Mount Baird.
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Cloud formations over Mount Baird. MacPherson Pass, Kepler Mountains.
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Cloud formations over Mount Baird. MacPherson Pass, Kepler Mountains.
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Lakes Ione and Eva at the head of the Gorge Burn.
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Lakes Ione and Eva at the head of the Gorge Burn.
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Lakes Ione and Eva at the head of the Gorge Burn.
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Lakes Ione and Eva at the head of the Gorge Burn.
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Lakes Ione and Eva at the head of the Gorge Burn. Gerald Peak on left, Mount Baird on right, and Mt Kidd right of centre image.
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Lakes Ione and Eva at the head of the Gorge Burn. Mount Kidd is at centre image and Mount Baird on the right.
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Pt 1694m at the head of the Adams Burn
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View south into the Kepler Mountains: Mount Kidd, Mount Baird, Mount Scott, Mount Fannin.
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Lunch break on the saddle north of Lake Ione. Kepler Mountains (Mount Kidd and Mount Baird) behind.
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Coronation Peak and Mount Irene from the saddle south-west of Pt 1694m
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Coronation Peak and Mount Irene from the saddle south-west of Pt 1694m
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In the headwaters of the Cozette Burn, above Hidden Lake. Pt 1694m back right.
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In the headwaters of the Cozette Burn, above Hidden Lake. Pt 1694m back right.
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Kea (Nestor notabilis). Cozette Burn West Branch, Fiordland National Park.
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From Kea
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