Dragons Teeth, 30 December 2015 to 3 January 2016
Day 1: From the southern end of the Quartz Range Road over the Lead Hills to Lake Clara and to Boulder Lake Hut.
Day 2: Up Arena Creek to Green Saddle and along the tops to the Needles Eye. Here we ditched our packs and scrambled up the north ridge of The Needle. We then continued to Adelaide Tarn Hut; since it was full, we bivvied among tussocks 80m higher up.
Day 3: Dragons Teeth High Route to Lonely Lake Hut, with a side trip to the Dragons Teeth's high point (Pt 1663m).
Day 4: In steady rain, south over the Douglas Range tops, sidling under Kakapo Peak and the Waingaro Peaks. Fenella Hut was full; we spent the night at Cobb Hut.
Day 5: Down the Cobb River to Chaffey Hut and to the car park at Trilobite Hut (Cobb Reservoir).
Party: Crystal Brindle and Danilo Hegg.
View of Mount Douglas, Trident and Adelaide Tarn from the summit of The Needle.
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View from the summit of The Needle: Anatoki Peak, Dragons Teeth, Mount Douglas, Trident and Adelaide Tarn.
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Kea (Nestor notabilis) on The Needle. Anatoki Peak and the Dragons Teeth are in the background.
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Kea (Nestor notabilis) on The Needle. Anatoki Peak and the Dragons Teeth are in the background.
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Lead Hills, The Pulpit and Brown Cow from the summit of The Needle.
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Anatoki Peak and the Dragons Teeth from the summit of The Needle. Mount Snowdon and Kakapo Peak are back left.
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Dragons Teeth High Route topo, with side-trip to the range's high point. Approximate line only.
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Adelaide Tarn, Dragons Teeth, Mount Douglas, Trident.
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Adelaide Tarn, Dragons Teeth, Mount Douglas, Trident.
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Approaching Adelaide Tarn. Anatoki Peak, the Dragons Teeth and Mount Douglas are in the background.
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Adelaide Tarn. Clark Peak (Lead Hills) in the background.
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Adelaide Tarn. Clark Peak (Lead Hills) in the background.
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At our bivvy site above Adelaide Tarn.
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Dawn panorama from the ridge south of Adelaide Tarn: Anatoki Peak, Dragons Teeth, Mt Douglas, Trident, Adelaide Tarn and the Lead Hills.
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Dawn panorama from the ridge south of Adelaide Tarn: Mount Snowdon, Drunken Sailors, Anatoki Peak, Dragons Teeth, Mt Douglas, Trident, Adelaide Tarn and the Lead Hills.
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On the ridge south of Adelaide Tarn. The Needle is in the background.
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Dawn panorama from the ridge south of Adelaide Tarn: Mount Snowdon, Drunken Sailors, Anatoki Peak, Dragons Teeth.
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Dawn panorama from the ridge south of Adelaide Tarn: Devil River Peak, Mount Snowdon, Drunken Sailors.
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Mounty Snowdon and the Drunken Sailors at dawn.
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Mounty Snowdon and the Drunken Sailors at dawn.
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Adelaide Tarn and Lead Hills at dawn
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The Dragons Teeth at dawn
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Mounty Snowdon and the Drunken Sailors at dawn.
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Mounty Snowdon and the Drunken Sailors at dawn.
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The Tasman Mountains (Domett Range and Gouland Range) at dawn.
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Adelaide Tarn and Lead Hills at dawn
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Adelaide Tarn and Lead Hills at dawn
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Mount Olympus, Adelaide Tarn and Lead Hills at dawn.
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The profile of The Needle
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First sun rays of the year on Anatoki Peak and the Dragons Teeth.
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Mounty Snowdon and the Drunken Sailors at dawn.
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Mounty Snowdon and the Drunken Sailors at dawn.
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Mount Snowdon, Drunken Sailors, Anatoki Peak and Dragons Teeth.
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The Dragons Teeth at dawn
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Mount Douglas and Trident
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Mount Douglas and Trident. The Domett and Gouland Ranges are back left.
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Anatoki Peak and the Dragons Teeth. The Domett and Gouland Ranges are back right.
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Adelaide Tarn and Lead Hills at dawn
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Mount Douglas, Trident, Mount Olympus, Adelaide Tarn and Lead Hills.
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Anatoki Peak, the Dragons Teeth, Mount Douglas, Trident, Mount Olympus, Adelaide Tarn and Lead Hills.
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The Dragons Teeth at dawn
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First sun rays of the year on Anatoki Peak and the Dragons Teeth.
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Adelaide Tarn and Lead Hills at dawn
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Mount Douglas and Trident
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Anatoki Peak, Dragons Teeth, Mount Douglas, Trident.
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Dave Pratt
on December 31, 2017Great trip and pics Danilo! Question: Is there any info out there on the Dragons Teeth high route?
Chris Jones
on May 15, 2016I love looking at the photos of your trips. Great work!