Forest Creek - Bush Stream, 25 - 27 October 2014
On Saturday we walked up Forest Creek to the confluence of Butlers Creek, where we visited the site of the historic Butler's 'V' Hut. We then followed the Forest Creek Track up the spur on the true right of Felt Creek and over Bullock Bow Saddle before dropping into Bush Stream and to Stone Hut for the night.
On Sunday, we set off down valley then decided that the weather was going to be good enough for a jaunt over the tops. We climbed Sweeps Stream to Captains Peak (2371m) then traversed the main ridge of the Two Thumbs Range to Mount Pattisson (2313m) before descending to Crooked Spur Hut.
On Monday we walked out Bush Stream to the Rangitata Gorge Road, then biked back to the car at the bottom of Forest Creek.
Party: Aaron Whitehead & Danilo Hegg
Panorama from Mount Pattisson (Two Thumb Range), looking west.
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Haasts buttercup (Ranunculus haastii). Bush Stream, Two Thumb Range. An amazing plant capable of growing on dry, mobile scree slopes.
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Our descent route from Mount Pattisson (Two Thumb Range) into Bush Stream.
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Crooked Spur Hut, Bush Stream.
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Crooked Spur Hut, Bush Stream.
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Crooked Spur Hut, Bush Stream.
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Crooked Spur Hut, Bush Stream.
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Crooked Spur Hut, Bush Stream.
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Wire-netting bush / korokio (Corokia cotoneaster). Bush Stream, Canterbury.
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Wire-netting bush / korokio (Corokia cotoneaster). Bush Stream, Canterbury.
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Bush Stream - one of many river crossings
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