2005-03 (Ball Pass - Tasman Valley To Hooker Valley)

OTMC crossing of Ball Pass (Tasman Valley to Hooker Valley)

Tasman Valley - Ball Pass Crossing - Hooker Valley (March 2005)
Looking across Tasman Valley to Novara Peak (2298m)
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Tasman Valley - Ball Pass Crossing - Hooker Valley (March 2005)
Tasman Valley, looking towards De La Beche and Minarets
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Tasman Valley - Ball Pass Crossing - Hooker Valley (March 2005)
Tasman Valley - looking towards Lake Pukaki
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Tasman Valley - Ball Pass Crossing - Hooker Valley (March 2005)
Track diversion - Tasman Valley
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Tasman Valley - Ball Pass Crossing - Hooker Valley (March 2005)
Tasman Valley - looking up valley from Ball Shelter
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Tasman Valley - Ball Pass Crossing - Hooker Valley (March 2005)
De La Beche and Minarets from Ball Shelter (zoom)
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Tasman Valley - Ball Pass Crossing - Hooker Valley (March 2005)
Ball Shelter and Tasman Valley
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Tasman Valley - Ball Pass Crossing - Hooker Valley (March 2005)
Tramping parties meet at Ball Shelter
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Tasman Valley - Ball Pass Crossing - Hooker Valley (March 2005)
De La Beche and Minarets from Ball Ridge
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Tasman Valley - Ball Pass Crossing - Hooker Valley (March 2005)
On Ball Ridge Route - Tasman Valley in late afternoon sun
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Tasman Valley - Ball Pass Crossing - Hooker Valley (March 2005)
Caroline Face of Aoraki / Mt Cook (from Ball Ridge)
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Tasman Valley - Ball Pass Crossing - Hooker Valley (March 2005)
Upper Tasman Valley from Ball Ridge (sunset)
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Tasman Valley - Ball Pass Crossing - Hooker Valley (March 2005)
Lake Pukaki and Ben Ohau Range from Ball Ridge
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Tasman Valley - Ball Pass Crossing - Hooker Valley (March 2005)
Lake Pukaki and Ben Ohau Range from Ball Ridge
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Tasman Valley - Ball Pass Crossing - Hooker Valley (March 2005)
Caroline Face of Aoraki / Mt Cook from Ball Ridge campsite
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Tasman Valley - Ball Pass Crossing - Hooker Valley (March 2005)
At Ball Ridge campsite, looking over Tasman Lake, with Lake Pukaki and the Ben Ohau Range in the background
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Tasman Valley - Ball Pass Crossing - Hooker Valley (March 2005)
Sunrise from Ball Ridge campsite with storm clouds approaching from the west
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Tasman Valley - Ball Pass Crossing - Hooker Valley (March 2005)
Sunrise and storm clouds above Caroline Face from Ball Ridge
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Tasman Valley - Ball Pass Crossing - Hooker Valley (March 2005)
Leaving campsite on Ball Ridge for Caroline Hut, threatening clouds over Ball Pass
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Tasman Valley - Ball Pass Crossing - Hooker Valley (March 2005)
On Ball Ridge, heading for Caroline Hut, Ball Glacier in the centre
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Tasman Valley - Ball Pass Crossing - Hooker Valley (March 2005)
On Ball Ridge, heading for Caroline Hut
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Tasman Valley - Ball Pass Crossing - Hooker Valley (March 2005)
Upper Tasman Valley from Caroline Hut
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Tasman Valley - Ball Pass Crossing - Hooker Valley (March 2005)
Caroline Hut and Murchison Valley
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Tasman Valley - Ball Pass Crossing - Hooker Valley (March 2005)
Climbing from Caroline Hut, Tasman Valley morraine 1000m below
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Tasman Valley - Ball Pass Crossing - Hooker Valley (March 2005)
Weather closing in - looking towards the Upper Tasman from above Caroline Hut
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Tasman Valley - Ball Pass Crossing - Hooker Valley (March 2005)
Tasman Lake and Lake Pukaki from ridge above Caroline Hut
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Tasman Valley - Ball Pass Crossing - Hooker Valley (March 2005)
On ridge heading for top of Ball Glacier
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Tasman Valley - Ball Pass Crossing - Hooker Valley (March 2005)
Approaching head of Ball Glacier
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Tasman Valley - Ball Pass Crossing - Hooker Valley (March 2005)
OTMC party just before Ball Glacier (Barry Atkinson, Ralph Harvey, Debbie Pettinger, Ann Burton, George Kemmett, Dave Chambers, Chris Burton)
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Tasman Valley - Ball Pass Crossing - Hooker Valley (March 2005)
First patch of snow - near Ball Glacier
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Tasman Valley - Ball Pass Crossing - Hooker Valley (March 2005)
Ball Glacier - Ball Pass near centre (route crosses glacier and curves up through snow saddle near centre)
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Tasman Valley - Ball Pass Crossing - Hooker Valley (March 2005)
Last rocky climb before dropping to Ball Glacier
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Tasman Valley - Ball Pass Crossing - Hooker Valley (March 2005)
Tasman Lake from near Ball Glacier
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Tasman Valley - Ball Pass Crossing - Hooker Valley (March 2005)
On Ball Glacier
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Tasman Valley - Ball Pass Crossing - Hooker Valley (March 2005)
On Ball Glacier (top)
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Tasman Valley - Ball Pass Crossing - Hooker Valley (March 2005)
Traversing around and down to Ball Pass
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Tasman Valley - Ball Pass Crossing - Hooker Valley (March 2005)
Descending to Ball Pass (2121m), Tasman Valley to the left, Hooker Valley to the right
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Tasman Valley - Ball Pass Crossing - Hooker Valley (March 2005)
Ball Pass from Hooker side
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Tasman Valley - Ball Pass Crossing - Hooker Valley (March 2005)
Descending Hooker side of Ball Pass
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Tasman Valley - Ball Pass Crossing - Hooker Valley (March 2005)
Descending Hooker side of Ball Pass
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Tasman Valley - Ball Pass Crossing - Hooker Valley (March 2005)
Crossing rock on descent from Ball Pass
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Tasman Valley - Ball Pass Crossing - Hooker Valley (March 2005)
Heading towards the Playing Fields - rainbow above the Hooker Valley
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Tasman Valley - Ball Pass Crossing - Hooker Valley (March 2005)
Playing Fields and Hooker Lake - the gut on the left is the route down to the Hooker Valley.
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Tasman Valley - Ball Pass Crossing - Hooker Valley (March 2005)
At the Playing Fields
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