Day 1 - Climbed up to Kapuni Lodge and onto Fantoms Peak and Syme Hut. Then back down and onto Lake Dive Hut.
Day 2 - Tramped to Dawson Falls carpark and then onto Waingongoro Hut.
Day 3 - Up to Manganui Ski Lodge, and a side trip to Wilkies Pools. Then back to Dawson Falls carpark.
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Southern Egmont and Syme Hut Queens Birthday Weekend 4-6 June
Smurf was excited
Kapuni Lodge
owned by the Egmont Alpine Club (EAC)
and up we went
Julie looking like a pro with her crampons and ice axe
Sharks Tooth sticking up at the back
Rex
It was a reasonable climb
Top of Fanthams
We spotted two climbers heading up the south route to the summit
Chris
DW and Smurf
Almost at Syme hut
Concrete loo
You can see which way the wind has been blowing
Sue
After a bite to eat we headed down
...then on towards Lake Dive
Lake Dive (centre photo front of hill)
It was a lovely wee place (and a lovely place for a...nevermind!)
Mad Jelly and an amused Glenda
Lake Dive hut
Relaxing at Lake Dive Hut
Lake Dive
Looking back at Fanthams peak we'd climbed earlier in the day
Watch out Bad Jelly...Tony's about to stick you with his ice axe!!
The next day we walked back to the car for lunch and to drop the ice axes, crampon...and %^&#! Julie's tent!!
Then onto Waingongoro hut
Magnificent mountain cabbages
All together now :)
After dinner at Waingongoro Hut
The highest swing bring in the park - 100m drop...we all had to run across without holding on
Like deer in headlights
Opps wrong direction...
Tony and his ingenious backpack...
The last day we did a loop up to Manganui Ski Lodge
Rex and Karl
Great views of the three central NI peaks
Karl (wiv a 'K')
Snack time at the skifield kiosk
A bit more snow needed on the skifield
Smurf trying to sleep in the cage they use to transport goods to the ski lodge
The tunnel by the car park
Looking back at Waingongoro hut (we blamed Neville for the ugly towers)
Hut close up (for the short sighted one)
We visited Wilkies Pools before heading back to the hut for lunch and an hours walk back to the cars
