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Travers Valley / Sunset saddle / Robert RidgeNelson Lakes National Park
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Grade: Fit Event Status: Completed |
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From Saturday 27 January 2024 Cost: $
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Trip Leader: Jo Gould
Email: Phone: 027 281 1548 |
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Fit trip. Tents needed. Map BS24 Pourangahau/Mt Robert Day 1 – Drive to St Arnaud. Park cars at lower Mt Robert carpark and walk along Lakeside track to Hopeless Hut, up the Travers Valley (around 8 hrs). Apparently there is limited camping room around the hut so it would be good to arrange sharing tents. Hopeless hut is 6 bunks. If you want to stay in the hut (if there are free bunks) please bring a hut ticket. Day 2 – Walk up Hopeless creek to Sunset Saddle (1900m), side trip to climb Mt Angelus (1hr), camp at Hinapouri tarn. Day 3 – Walk out via Robert Ridge back to carpark. There are some descriptions of the route on the Internet. They reference loose boulders / boulder hopping and it involves walking up / across scree. We would need a fine forecast and good weather / visibility. Sounds like it would take @4hrs to get to the saddle from Hopeless Hut. The ATC group stayed at Bushline Hut on the way out, then walked back to Kerr Bay the next day. This is from an Auckland Tramping Club write up: The track heads up valley from Hopeless hut terminating in a large imposing cirque. There are two possible options for conquering the cirque walls. Either climb directly up, to the true left of the waterfall, or scramble up the large scree fan on the west side of the cirque, staying closer to the northern side of the fan. (the GPX file I have goes up the shingle fan) The latter option is the more recognised route and the direction we took. The slope is loose and scrambly. Once you connect with the head wall, a cairned route can be picked up to take you higher. From here to the saddle is almost entirely rock travel. This part of the route could be more difficult to follow in bad weather. Two high tarns in rocky basins are eventually reached and the cairned route (passing between the tarns) is more easily followed from here to the top of the saddle. If you don’t like boulder hopping then this is not the trip for you. There were a few tiny patches of snow to traverse which could be easily avoided. We reached Sunset Saddle (1900m) bang on mid day and were greeted with expansive views in all directions. Lake Angelus Hut could be seen in the distance. The saddle would be a fantastic spot to be sitting at sunset. Descending from the saddle was no great drama and well cairned. We passed a high alpine tarn on the way down to the larger Hinepouri Tarn and decided it was a very appealing place to stop and set up camp for the night having ample flattish areas for our six tents. Coldwater hut to Hopeless Hut: 5-6 hours https://www.aucktramping.org.nz/about-atc/all-trip-reports?view=article&id=576:hopeless-creek-sunset-saddle-robert-ridge&catid=120 https://whatisbruceupto.com/2022/02/26/nelson-lakes-5-days-with-highlights-waiau-pass-and-sunset-saddle/ |
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Number Registered: 6 , Trip Capacity: 8, Waiting List Space: 0
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