Day 124, Lake Middleton to Ahururi River East Branch (2552)
It rained for a while last night but it had stopped by morning although the clouds were low and black.
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| Lake Ohau |
The weather forecast was for rain today but the cloud lifted and it turned into a beautiful day.
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| Climbing away from Lake Ohau |
The trail followed the lake shore for a while before heading for the hills and climbing up to the Freehold Creek and following it all the way up to some swampy ground at 1400 meters .
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| Stream crossing with dry feet |
For a change the path stayed clear of the river and my feet stayed dry until the top.
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| Looking back to the lake from above the treeline |
There were a couple of river crossings on the way down until I reached the wide valley and some great walking on the dry stony ground.
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| Back to the river crossings |
I met a few people coming the other way who had all successfully crossed the Ahuriri River so I'm more hopeful for tomorrow's crossing than I had been.
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| Steep scree and water crossings |
The sky was getting darker as I approached my proposed campsite and I hoped that I would have time to get the tent up and dried before anything happened.
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| Down to flatter ground |
I found a nice spot and got the tent pitched and it didn't take too long to dry so I could get everything sorted inside.
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| There must be somewhere to camp down here |
About ten minutes later there were some big spots of rain which was the start of a thunderstorm. I hope it doesn't put the river up too much.
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