Day 3 - Upper Beans Burn to Fohn Lakes
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - Upper Beans Burn to Fohn Lakes
Upper Beans Burn
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - Upper Beans Burn to Fohn Lakes
Upper Beans Burn and Niobe Peak (2204m)
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - Upper Beans Burn to Fohn Lakes
Preparing for the ascent to Fohn Saddle
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - Upper Beans Burn to Fohn Lakes
Start of the climb to Fohn Saddle from the Beans Burn
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - Upper Beans Burn to Fohn Lakes
Climbing to Fohn Saddle from the Beans Burn
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - Upper Beans Burn to Fohn Lakes
Climbing to Fohn Saddle from the Beans Burn (yes, the lower section is quite steep!)
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - Upper Beans Burn to Fohn Lakes
Tramper en-route to Fohn Saddle
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - Upper Beans Burn to Fohn Lakes
Upper Beans Burn with Niobe Peak on right
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - Upper Beans Burn to Fohn Lakes
All routes lead to Fohn Saddle (the normal route and parts of a track can be found on the right hand side of this photo)
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - Upper Beans Burn to Fohn Lakes
The final 200m or so to Fohn Saddle from the Beans Burn side is an easy rock scramble
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - Upper Beans Burn to Fohn Lakes
Upper Beans Burn and Lake Wakatipu from below Fohn Saddle
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - Upper Beans Burn to Fohn Lakes
Approaching Fohn Saddle from the Beans Burn
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - Upper Beans Burn to Fohn Lakes
On Fohn Saddle, looking north (Sunset Peak on right)
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - Upper Beans Burn to Fohn Lakes
On Fohn Saddle (second highest pass on the trip at 1506m)
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - Upper Beans Burn to Fohn Lakes
The route from Fohn Saddle to Fohn Lakes - sidle just below the bluffs on the right, keeping as much height as possible. A final small climb over the rock rib takes you to the southern beach beside the upper lake.
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - Upper Beans Burn to Fohn Lakes
On the sidle from Fohn Saddle to Fohn Lakes
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - Upper Beans Burn to Fohn Lakes
The highlight of the trip for many - Fohn Lakes and Sunset Peak
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - Upper Beans Burn to Fohn Lakes
The larger Fohn Lake (the second lake is behind and below the straight-ahead low ridge)
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - Upper Beans Burn to Fohn Lakes
Fohn Lakes - quite warm near the edge, but soon drops off quite quickly!
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - Upper Beans Burn to Fohn Lakes
Sunset Peak (left, 1800m) and Corrina Peak (right, 1852m)
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - Upper Beans Burn to Fohn Lakes
If you have time, heading to source of Fohn Lakes is worthwhile and impressive
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - Upper Beans Burn to Fohn Lakes
Mallory Peak and Merkl Glacier at the head of the Beans Burn (from the head of Fohn Lakes)
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - Upper Beans Burn to Fohn Lakes
Trampers admiring the impressive view (and vertical fall below) at the head of the Beans Burn valley
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - Upper Beans Burn to Fohn Lakes
View back down the Beans Burn valley from the head of Fohn Lakes
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - Upper Beans Burn to Fohn Lakes
Mallory Peak above the Merkl Glacier, with the start of the McBride Peaks on the right. Irvine Peak is out of sight to the left of Mallory Peak.
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - Upper Beans Burn to Fohn Lakes
Fohn Lakes from the head of the valley
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - Upper Beans Burn to Fohn Lakes
Both Fohn Lakes from ridge leading to Fohn Peak
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - Upper Beans Burn to Fohn Lakes
Final scramble to the summit of Fohn (peak, 1777m)
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - Upper Beans Burn to Fohn Lakes
Upper Beans Burn Valley from Fohn
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - Upper Beans Burn to Fohn Lakes
Fohn Lakes from Fohn (peak)
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - Upper Beans Burn to Fohn Lakes
Afternoon fog settling over the head of the Beans Burn (from slopes of Fohn)
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - Upper Beans Burn to Fohn Lakes
Fohn Lakes as seen on descent from Fohn. We camped in the small valley in the bottom left of this photo
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - Upper Beans Burn to Fohn Lakes
Our campsite at Fohn Lakes
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - Upper Beans Burn to Fohn Lakes
Our evening ritual - listening to the weather forecast on the mountain radio. The radio was invaluable on this trip as we knew when we had to get back to the valley floor before the incoming cyclone
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - Upper Beans Burn to Fohn Lakes
The golden hour for photographers? - some interesting light coming through the intermittent fog.
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - Upper Beans Burn to Fohn Lakes
Looking south-west from our camp towards the Darrens in the distance
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - Upper Beans Burn to Fohn Lakes
Range after range of mountains
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - Upper Beans Burn to Fohn Lakes
The swirling fog made for some interesting photos
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - Upper Beans Burn to Fohn Lakes
Pt2079 on the far side of the Beans Burn, from Fohn Lakes
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - Upper Beans Burn to Fohn Lakes
Neat light to north-east (from Fohn Lakes)
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - Upper Beans Burn to Fohn Lakes
Enjoying the last of the evening sun
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - Upper Beans Burn to Fohn Lakes
Sunset over Fohn Lakes
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - Upper Beans Burn to Fohn Lakes
Mt Madeline and Mt Tutoko in the Darren Mountains
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - Upper Beans Burn to Fohn Lakes
Moon Rise over Sunset Peak