Triangle - Iron Gate 24-25 January - Parawai Tramping Club

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Triangle - Iron Gate 24-25 January

Knocking off the gorge in the Oroua River between Triangle and Iron Gate Huts. Saturday - Up to Rangiwahia Hut and along the range to the track junction down to Triangle Hut. Sunday - Down the Oroua River to Iron Gate Hut. Then a climb up to the Whanahuia range and along to Rangiwahia Hut via Mangahuia and out.

Rangiwhahia hut - Triangle - Iron Gate 24-25 January

Rangiwhahia hut

Intersection (damn it was HOT)!! - Triangle - Iron Gate 24-25 January

Intersection (damn it was HOT)!!

Looking down at Triangle - Triangle - Iron Gate 24-25 January

Looking down at Triangle

Triangle - Iron Gate 24-25 January

Into the trees - Triangle - Iron Gate 24-25 January

Into the trees

We cleared a few traps - Triangle - Iron Gate 24-25 January

We cleared a few traps

Triangle hut - Triangle - Iron Gate 24-25 January

Triangle hut

The river to Iron Gate hut - Triangle - Iron Gate 24-25 January

The river to Iron Gate hut

Triangle - Iron Gate 24-25 January

Triangle - Iron Gate 24-25 January

Decision time - gorge or hill climb - Triangle - Iron Gate 24-25 January

Decision time - gorge or hill climb

Triangle - Iron Gate 24-25 January

GUO and Rex opted for the gorge - Triangle - Iron Gate 24-25 January

GUO and Rex opted for the gorge

and had some great swims - Triangle - Iron Gate 24-25 January

and had some great swims

Triangle - Iron Gate 24-25 January

Even saw these chaps - Triangle - Iron Gate 24-25 January

Even saw these chaps

Iron Gate was empty = strange - Triangle - Iron Gate 24-25 January

Iron Gate was empty = strange

Climbing up the next day - Triangle - Iron Gate 24-25 January

Climbing up the next day

With some track clearing on the way - Triangle - Iron Gate 24-25 January

With some track clearing on the way

Triangle - Iron Gate 24-25 January

It was very hot again - Triangle - Iron Gate 24-25 January

It was very hot again

and hard work climbing the hill - Triangle - Iron Gate 24-25 January

and hard work climbing the hill

But we made it as we always invariably do - Triangle - Iron Gate 24-25 January

But we made it as we always invariably do

GUO having a dip on the way down from Rangi hut - Triangle - Iron Gate 24-25 January

GUO having a dip on the way down from Rangi hut