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Sawtooth Ridge 24-25 November
A weekend circuit including Sawtooth Ridge and Black Ridge, overnighting at Howletts Hut. Saturday - Up the Tukitiki River to Daphne Hut. Then up Daphne Spur to Howletts Hut. Sunday - Along Daphne Ridge, Sawtooth Ridge, Black Ridge and down the Rosvalls Track to the Tukituki River. Then back out to the road end.
Matt
Daphne hut lunch stop
The top of the steep climb up to Howletts hut
Elisabeth outside Howletts hut
Phil shooting the amazing scenery
Mike, G-Monster and David admiring the scenery
We toasted marshmallows after dinner (thanks Badjelly!)
The snowy peaks were our halfway point on Sunday (lucky I got us up at 5:15am hehe)
Our first glimpse of Sawtooth
Let the descent beginth
We climbed Up
and Over
and Around...more fun than you could poke a stick at
Phil, Matt and G-Monster resting on one of the teeth
Badjelly
We made the midway point (who's for a snowball fight?)
I'm in!
The drop down to the saddle between Black Ridge (if you look closely you can see some of the group to the left of the first slip on the right)
As you can see, it's quite a drop into the beforementioned saddle
Lunch by a beautiful tarn on Black Ridge (GUO is giving a peace sign...probably eating mung bean sandwiches too)
From whence we'd come
Heading towards Tarn Biv
John the Butcher joined us
Tarn Biv
Tramping is all about breaking down barriers!
The track back down to the river
The end of a fantastic walk
