Carkeek Hut Waitangi Extended 6-10 February

Wednesday, 06 February 2019

We headed into Roaring Stag on Wednesday

Then over cow saddle

To Cow Creek Hut for the night

Rex slept under his fly

GUO convinced us to take the river to Arete Forks Hut Thursday morning...

Pistol

"It wont be deep" he said...

He clearly lied!!

We swam more than your average fish does in a day #&@*!

Finally made Arete Forks Hut for lunch

we then set off up Pinnacle Spur

Shame to see the Basil Blatchford memorial cross broken

We arrived at Tarn Ridge upon dark Thursday night

Tarn Ridge Hut

Always a favourite view

Great shot Marcia

Exit stage right down Dorset Ridge Friday morn

Looking back towards Girdles and Mitre

Into the bush

for lunch at Park Forks

Up Carkeek Ridge to Carkeek Hut for the night

The sun sets on Tarn/Dorset Ridges

Continuing up Carkeek Ridge Saturday

Not far off Arete Hut

Some people walked back to the top of Pinnacle Spur to join the red line

There she is

Arete Hut

Bad Ass Bannister

Dundas or Logan I think?

DW

Turn off to Dundas Hut

Dundas Hut

Climbing Pukemoremore (Dundas Hut centre left)

Along Dundas Ridge

Edelweiss

West Peak and East Peak

Marcia and DW east side

Stan Evans grave

Dundas Ridge as we descent to Herepai Hut and back out to Putara Road end