High Burn - Mount Shrimpton, 17 - 19 December 2015
Day 1: From Cameron Flat up Camerons Creek for lunch at Cameron Hut, then across the river and onto the tops. Sidle under Pt 1866m and Pt 2020m to a scenic campsite on the saddle Pt 1547m above Cascade Creek.
Day 2: Sidling under Pt 1931m, then right over Pt 1940m before a descent to an unnamed lake on the saddle separating Cascade Creek from Camerons Creek. Over the tops south of the lake, then down into the High Burn. The hut was blown over by the wind and is lying on its roof. Across the river and up to a camp above scrub-line, 150m below the High Burn - Big Hopwood Burn Saddle.
Day 3: Up to the saddle above the Big Hopwood Burn, then a long sidle westwards to just under Pt 1960m. I had not intended to climb Mount Shrimpton, but when I saw an elegant snow ramp leading straight to the summit, I could not resist. I then descended the Mount Shrimpton Track to Makarora.
The Makarora River and its true right tributaries. From left to right are the Wilkin River, Tiel Creek, Young River, Leven Stream, Ore Stream.
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Mount Shrimpton from the west.
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Ground beetle (Mecodema spp.). Young Range tops, Camerons Creek, Otago.
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Native cockroach (Celatoblatta spp.) at 1800m of elevation on the Young Range tops, Camerons Creek, Otago.
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Garden wolf spider (Anoteropsis hilaris) at 1800m of elevation on the Young Range tops, Camerons Creek, Otago.
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Short-horned grasshopper (Sigaus australis). Camerons Creek South Branch, Young Range.
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From Sigaus australis
Juvenile short-horned grasshopper (Sigaus australis). Camerons Creek South Branch, Young Range.
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From Sigaus australis
Juvenile short-horned grasshopper (Sigaus australis) on Veronica (Hebe) hectorii subsp. hectorii. Camerons Creek South Branch, Young Range.
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From Sigaus australis
Southern greenhood orchid / tutukiwi (Pterostylis australis). Camerons Creek gorge, Mount Aspiring National Park.
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Southern greenhood orchid / tutukiwi (Pterostylis australis). Camerons Creek gorge, Mount Aspiring National Park.
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Mazus radicans. Camerons Creek Gorge, Mount Aspiring National Park.
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From Mazus radicans
Little mountain heath (Pentachondra pumila). Young Range, Otago.
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Little mountain heath (Pentachondra pumila). High Burn, Young Range, Otago.
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Aciphylla divisa. Young Range, Otago.
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From Aciphylla divisa
Anisotome pilifera. Young Range, Otago.
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From Anisotome pilifera
Haastia sinclairii var. fulvida. Young Range, Otago.
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From Haastia sinclairii
Haastia sinclairii var. fulvida. Young Range, Otago.
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From Haastia sinclairii
Haastia sinclairii var. fulvida. Young Range tops, Camerons Creek / Waterfall Creek, Otago.
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From Haastia sinclairii
Brachyglottis haastii. Young Range tops, Camerons Creek / Cascade Creek, Otago Alps.
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Haast's mountain daisy (Celmisia haastii var. haastii). Young Range tops, Camerons Creek / Cascade Creek, Otago Alps.
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Cardamine reptans. Young Range tops, Camerons Creek / Cascade Creek, Otago Alps.
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From Cardamine reptans
Creeping coprosma (Coprosma perpusilla ssp. perpusilla). Young Range tops, Camerons Creek, Otago.
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From Creeping coprosma
Raoulia buchananii. Young Range tops, Camerons Creek, Otago.
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From Raoulia buchananii
Pixie cup lichens (Cladonia spp.). Young Range tops, Camerons Creek, Otago.
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From Pixie cup lichens
Pixie cup lichens (Cladonia spp.). Young Range tops, Camerons Creek, Otago.
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From Pixie cup lichens
Silky alpine buttercup (Ranunculus sericophyllus). Waterfall Creek, Young Range tops, Otago.
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Horrid spaniard (Aciphylla horrida). High Burn, Young Range, Otago.
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Horrid spaniard (Aciphylla horrida). High Burn, Young Range, Otago.
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Mountain snowberry (Gaultheria depressa var. novae-zealandiae). High Burn, Young Range, Otago.
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Trailing grass tree (Dracophyllum pronum). High Burn, Young Range, Otago.
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