Five Passes

Bush
Personal
Group: Me and Kieran

Awesome rock on the way up to Fiery Col

23/4
Route: Routeburn carpark to Sugar loaf pass
Conditions: Fine weather
Started at 4.30pm, arrived at the saddle around 6.30 and found a nice bit of shelter under half a bivvy rock at nth side of Sugar Loaf pass.

24/4
Route: Sugar Loaf to Hidden Falls creek
Conditions: Overcast, cloud to 1600m, mild temperatures, 50km westerly winds
Pretty straight forward day, over Park Pass, very steep downhill. Camped across the river at the bottom of the hill, claimed a bit of rice left by some hunters in a pot hanging from a tree.

25/4
Route: Hidden Falls creek to the big Fohn lake stream on the ledge below Fohn saddle
Conditions: Drizzle over night, more drizzle that morning then it cleared, persistent cloud on the peaks above 1700m
Along scree slopes to Cow pass which was pretty flat, then picked our way up a spur, swan in an awesome looking and very cold pool in  a stream, Kieran refused to jump in. Rock scrambled up to Fiery Col. Camped on a used campsite looking down over the Olivine.

Looking out over the Olivine

26/4
Route: Fohn Stream to the last clearing on the Beans Burn(1km up from the bridge) via the Fohn lakes
Conditions: Mild temperatures, 50k westerly winds, broken cloud
Up to Fohn lakes in the morning which were pretty epic! Along the ridge to Fohn saddle and down the Northern spur. Camped on the river flats before the bridge.

27/4
Route: Beans Burn to Route Burn carpark, via lake Sylvan
Conditions: Light rain over night. overcast day, a cold wind and colder rain
Crossed the Dart, the rain over night had caused a slight rise in water levels. Then slogged our way back to the Route burn carpark in light rain. Saw a guy that works at Smith City at one of the huts.