Mataketake Range, 4 - 6 June 2016
Day 1: Starting near the bridge over the Waita River, we walked the Haast - Paringa Cattle Track up Coppermine Creek and past Coppermine Creek Hut as far as Robinson Creek. Here we left the track and climbed the northern spur of Mount Smith, over the summit and down to a tarn at 1230m of elevation.
Day 2: Along the Mataketake Range tops over Pt 1319m to Lake Dime and to a campsite just south of the Telecom transmitter on the slopes of Pt 1280m.
Day 3: We bush-bashed down the spur on the true right of Wrong Creek to the Haast - Paringa Cattle Track, which we followed past Blue River (Blowfly) Hut and down the Moeraki River to the northern car park.
Party: Juliet Meldrum and Danilo Hegg.
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The Mataketake Range tops rise above the Waita River
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The Mataketake Range tops rise above the Waita River
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Old Hut in Coppermine Creek. The Mataketake Range is in the background.
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Old Hut in Coppermine Creek.
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Coppermine Creek, old hut interior.
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Juvenile kea (Nestor notabilis). Robinson Creek, Mataketake Range, South Westland.
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From Kea
Juvenile kea (Nestor notabilis). Robinson Creek, Mataketake Range, South Westland.
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From Kea
Juvenile kea (Nestor notabilis). Robinson Creek, Mataketake Range, South Westland.
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From Kea
Juvenile kea (Nestor notabilis). Robinson Creek, Mataketake Range, South Westland.
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From Kea
Unnamed lake on the Mataketake Range tops, just south of Mount Smith.
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Dawn view from our campsite on Mount Smith
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Dawn view from our campsite on Mount Smith
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Mount Victor and the Marks Range at dawn
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View of the Marks Range at dawn
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View of Mount Campbell, Mount Diomede and Mount Victor from Mount Smith. Mount Thomas is directly below the summit of Mount Victor.
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View of Rough Ridge, Marks Range, in the first light of the day.
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View of Mount Brewster from the slopes of Mount Smith, Mataketake Range. Mount Barth is the square rocky peak left of centre image.
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View of Rough Ridge, Marks Range, at sunrise.
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View of Mount Campbell, Mount Diomede and Mount Victor from Mount Smith. Mount Thomas is directly below the summit of Mount Victor.
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View of Mount Campbell and Mount Diomede from the slopes of Mount Smith.
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On the summit of Mount Smith, Mataketake Range. Mount Campbell, Mount Diomede and Mount Victor are in the background.
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View from Mount Smith: The West Coast from the Bald Hill (right) to Jackson Bay (far left). The Waita River flows into the sea at centre image.
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View of Mosquito Hill, the Haast River mouth and Jackson Bay from Mount Smith, Mataketake Range.
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View of the Waita River mouth and Coppermine Creek from Mount Smith, Mataketake Range.
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Old trig on Mount Smith, Mataketake Range. The West Coast and Jackson Bay in the background.
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Old trig on Mount Smith, Mataketake Range. The West Coast and Jackson Bay in the background.
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View north from Mount Smith, looking towards Law Hill, Mount Docherty and the Moeraki River.
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View of the Southern Alps from Mount Smith, extending from Mount Tasman (left) to Mount Hooker (right).
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Southern Alps panorama from Mount Smith, Mataketake Range.
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Southern Alps panorama from Mount Smith, Mataketake Range.
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Mount Tasman, Aoraki / Mount Cook and Mount Sefton from Mount Smith, Mataketake Range.
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Southern Alps panorama from Mount Smith, Mataketake Range.
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Southern Alps panorama from Mount Smith, Mataketake Range.
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Mount Dechen and Mount Hooker from Mount Smith, Mataketake Range.
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Mount Tole, Mount Barth and Mount Brewster from Mount Smith, Mataketake Range.
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Approaching Pt 1319m from the west, Mataketake Range.
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Powelliphanta rossiana, Powelliphanta hochstetteri subsp. rossiana, or Powelliphanta "Haast" - three scientific names for the one entity. Taxonomists, get your act together! Pt 1299m, Mataketake Range tops, South Westland.
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Tarn just west of Pt 1319m, Mataketake Range. Law Peak, Mount MacFarlane and Mount Swindle are in the background.
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View of Mount Tasman, Aoraki / Mount Cook and Mount Sefton from Pt 1319m, Mataketake Range. Mount Clarke is in the foreground at centre image.
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Mount Strachan, Mount Dechen and Mount Hooker from Pt 1319m, Mataketake Range.
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Mount MacFarlane from Pt 1319m, Mataketake Range.
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View of Mount Tasman, Aoraki / Mount Cook and Mount Sefton from Pt 1319m, Mataketake Range. Mount Clarke is in the foreground at centre image.
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Lake Dime, Mataketake Range.
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Lake Dime, Mataketake Range. Law Peak is at centre image.
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Mount Dechen, Mount Hooker, Eureka and Monro Peak from Pt 1292m, Mataketake Range.
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Sunset view from Pt 1258m, Mataketake Range. From left to right are Mt Dechen, Mt Hooker, Eureka, Monro Peak, Weary Summit, Mount Stephenson.
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Sunset view from Pt 1258m, Mataketake Range. From left to right are Mount Hooker, Eureka, Monro Peak (centre), Weary Summit, Mount Stephenson. Shattered Peak is just visible at the right edge of the image.
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