Dumb-bell Lake - Snowy Gorge Creek, 21 - 23 March 2015
Starting at the Glen Mary Ski Club on the shore of Lake Ohau, we walked the Te Araroa Trail then up Freehold Creek and over the tops to Dumb-bell Lake and to Maitland Hut in Maitland Stream.
On Sunday after a front had come through we walked to the head of Maitland Stream and over a low saddle into Snowy Gorge Creek and to Snowy Gorge Hut.
On Monday, over the tops again into the head of the Ahuriri River East Branch, then over into Freehold Creek and back to where we'd started.
Party: Zoe Millington, Penzy Dinsdale, Danilo Hegg.
Lake Pt 1514m at the head of the Ahuriri River East Branch. The Ohau Range in the back.
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Lunch at the lake Pt 1514m at the head of the Ahuriri River East Branch. The Ohau Range in the back.
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Montitega dealbata. Freehold Creek, Ohau.
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From Montitega dealbata
Montitega dealbata. Freehold Creek, Ohau.
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From Montitega dealbata
Tall gentian (Gentianella corymbifera). Freehold Creek, Ohau.
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Tall gentian (Gentianella corymbifera). Freehold Creek, Ohau.
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Descending Freehold Creek; Lake Ohau below.
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Tall gentian (Gentianella corymbifera). Freehold Creek, Ohau.
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Dwarf mingimingi / pātōtara (Leucopogon fraseri). Freehold Creek, Ohau.
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Dwarf mingimingi / pātōtara (Leucopogon fraseri). Freehold Creek, Ohau.
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From Pātōtara
Prostrate snowberry (Gaultheria macrostigma). Freehold Creek, Ohau.
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Bush snowberry or fool's beech / koropuka (Gaultheria antipoda). Freehold Creek, Ohau.
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Bush snowberry or fool's beech / koropuka (Gaultheria antipoda). Freehold Creek, Ohau.
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Mouse-ear hawkweed (Pilosella officinarum). Lake Ohau
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From Mouse-ear hawkweed
Briar (Rosa rubiginosa). Lake Ohau
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From Briar
Briar (Rosa rubiginosa). Lake Ohau
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From Briar
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