Sentinel Peak, 20 - 21 December 2015
On Sunday we walked the Sawyer Burn Track to Sawyer Burn Hut, where we dumped our gear, then climbed Sentinel Peak from the south.
On Monday, we walked back out from Sawyer Burn Hut to Kidds Bush.
Party: Kat Manno, Sarah Forder, Danilo Hegg.
Walking up the Sawyer Burn Track above the bushline
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Sentinel Peak from the south
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Approaching the summit of Sentinel Peak. Lake Hawea behind.
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Approaching the summit of Sentinel Peak. Lake Hawea behind.
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On the summit of Sentinel Peak, looking into Camp Creek. Camp Peaks are back left; Teat Ridge is in cloud on the right.
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Lakes Hawea and Wanaka panorama from Sentinel Peak
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View of Lake Wanaka from Sentinel Peak
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View of Lake Hawea from Sentinel Peak
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View from Sentinel Peak: Lake Hawea, Dingle Peak, Corner Peak.
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Descending the east ridge of Sentinel Peak. Lake Hawea is in the background.
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Putting crampons on at the top of Sentinel Peak's short snow couloir
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Male cave wētā / tokoriro (Pharmacus cochleatus cochleatus). Sentinel Peak, Lake Hawea.
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From Pharmacus cochleatus
Female robber fly (Neoitamus spp.). Sawyer Burn Hut, Lake Hawea.
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Red mistletoe / pikirangi (Peraxilla tetrapetala) on mountain beech (Fuscospora cliffortioides). Sawyer Burn Track, Lake Hawea.
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From Red mistletoe
Red mistletoe / pikirangi (Peraxilla tetrapetala). Sawyer Burn Track, Lake Hawea.
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From Red mistletoe
Leek orchid (Prasophyllum colensoi). Sentinel Peak, Lake Hawea.
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Sun orchid (Thelymitra pauciflora). Sawyer Burn Track, Lake Hawea.
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Sun orchid (Thelymitra pauciflora). Sawyer Burn Track, Lake Hawea.
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White sun orchid (Thelymitra longifolia). Sawyer Burn Track, Lake Hawea.
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White sun orchid (Thelymitra longifolia). Sawyer Burn Track, Lake Hawea.
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Eyebright (Euphrasia petriei). Sentinel Peak, Lake Hawea.
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Veronica thomsonii, or rather, Veronica x uniflora, a hybrid of V. thomsonii and V. densifolia. Sentinel Peak, Lake Hawea.
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From Chionohebe thomsonii
Veronica densifolia. Sentinel Peak, Lake Hawea.
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From Veronica densifolia
Alpine willowherb (Epilobium elegans). Sentinel Peak, Lake Hawea.
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