Lower Lake Drive Track

Lake Dive (and side trips)

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Date: 31 July to 2 August 2020.
Trip type: Easy-Medium.
Location: Lake Dive Hut, Egmont National Park.
Author: Ashley.
Trampers: James, Amy, Jamie, Ashley, Katie, Sarah, Scott, Awais and Tash (leader).

Fanthams Peak reflected in Lake Dive

We left Wellington on the Friday evening with a small medium-fit group and had the Konini Lodge at Dawson Falls, Egmont National Park to ourselves. With our expected walking time of 3-4 hours to Lake Dive on Saturday, we had ample time to explore the Dawson Falls and Wilkies Pools loop tracks (30-60 minutes each). … Read more

A Snowy Sojourn at Lake Dive

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Date: 19-21 August.
Trip type: Easy-Medium Tramping Trip.
Location: Taranaki-Egmont National Park.
Author: Andrei.
Trampers: Andrei (Leader), Jue, David, Sophie, Karen, Rory, Rachel, Ren.

On Friday night we ended up going to Waigongoro Hut, which was less than an hour from the road end to save us a chilly night camping. The track is reasonably straight forward with one creek crossing, which can be avoided by taking a slightly different track lower down from the carpark. It climbs gently … Read more