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.
Fog rolls over the Mataketake Range tops at sunset. Mount Tasman, Aoraki/Mount Cook and Mount Sefton are just visible on the skyline.
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Sunset view from Pt 1258m, Mataketake Range. From left to right are Mount Hooker, Eureka, Monro Peak (centre), Weary Summit and Mount Stephenson.
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View of Mount Dechen and Mount Hooker at sunset from Pt 1258m, Mataketake Range.
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Law Peak at sunset from Pt 1258m, Mataketake Range.
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Mount Campbell and Mount Diomede at sunset from Pt 1258m, Mataketake Range.
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View of Mount Dechen and Mount Hooker at sunset from Pt 1258m, Mataketake Range.
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West Coast under a blanket of cloud. Sunset on Pt 1258m, Mataketake Range.
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At dusk on Pt 1258m, Mataketake Range. Law Peak is back left.
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View of Mount Dechen and Mount Hooker at dusk from Pt 1258m, Mataketake Range.
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At sunset on Pt 1258m, Mataketake Range.
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View of Mount Dechen and Mount Hooker at dusk from Pt 1258m, Mataketake Range.
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View of the Marks Range at dusk from Pt 1258m, Mataketake Range.
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View from Pt 1258m, Mataketake Range, at nightfall. From left to right are Mount Dechen, Mount Hooker, Eureka, Monro Peak (centre), Weary Summit and Mount Stephenson.
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Campsite on the Mataketake Range tops, just west of Pt 1280m. The Thomas Range is in the background on the far left.
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Campsite on the Mataketake Range tops, just west of Pt 1280m.
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Mount Campbell and Mount Diomede at dawn.
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Mount Nerger, Marks Range, at dawn. Dizzy Pinnacle is on the far left.
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Mount Nerger, Marks Range, at sunrise. Dizzy Pinnacle is on the far left.
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A layer of fog fills the lower Moeraki River at sunrise. The Collie Range is in the background.
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A layer of fog fills the lower Moeraki River at sunrise. The Collie Range is in the background.
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A layer of fog fills the lower Moeraki River at sunrise.
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A layer of fog fills the lower Moeraki River at sunrise.
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