OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - The Beans Burn Valley
Morning view looking upstream from the lower Beans Burn Flat
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - The Beans Burn Valley
Mt Chaos from the lower Beans Burn Flat
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - The Beans Burn Valley
Mt Chaos (1995m)
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - The Beans Burn Valley
Wider angle of Mt Chaos
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - The Beans Burn Valley
Beans Burn River
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - The Beans Burn Valley
Great to see quite a few whio on this trip (Blue Duck)
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - The Beans Burn Valley
Banded whio (Blue Duck) - one of a group of four at this spot
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - The Beans Burn Valley
Blue Ducks (whio) enjoying the clear waters of the Beans Burn (this and the previous two photos are in the same location and are of the same four whio)
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - The Beans Burn Valley
Clear waters of the Beans Burn
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - The Beans Burn Valley
Lunch in the Beans Burn - temperture around 30 degrees this day!
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - The Beans Burn Valley
At the end of the marked track (an informal track runs in places until the upper flats) - good travel up the edge of the river in good conditions - only one diversion required to avoid a very deep hole
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - The Beans Burn Valley
Upper Beans Burn
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - The Beans Burn Valley
Upper Beans Burn with Fohn (peak) in background
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - The Beans Burn Valley
Upper Beans Burn, Fohn Saddle (near the lowest point on the skyline ridge, and Fohn Peak (1777m)
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - The Beans Burn Valley
Upper flats in the Beans Burn - Split Rock Bivvy is almost dead centre of photo
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - The Beans Burn Valley
Looking back downstream from the upper Beans Burn
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - The Beans Burn Valley
Route to Fohn Saddle is another couple of km upstream, and then in the obvious gully just above the diagonal bluffs
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - The Beans Burn Valley
Beans Burn split rock bivvy - the river has cut in a lot more than it was in 2010, so there is not a lot of camping room here. We camped on the true left side river
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - The Beans Burn Valley
Upper Beans Burn, with route to Fohn Saddle
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - The Beans Burn Valley
Our campsite across from the split rock bivy - good sites here, but you would need to be careful in rain.
OTMC Five Pass Trip 2018 - The Beans Burn Valley
Upper Beans Burn split rock bivy (Beans Burn river is in between)