Thread: Dingle Burn

Looks like you're not getting much feedback here. Could mean its real good and a local is lying low or just nobody has bothered to go there twice.

I've only been in a couple of times and that was back about '89 too. So not very useful for animal numbers. It is a renowned fishing place.

The hut was quite a bit further downstream than marked on the old maps I remember so check closely on google maps before you go. It's an easy walk up a road from Ahuriri base hut to the saddle and also easy rolling ridge north and south but gets pretty serial further North. At this time of year snow will be starting to melt off so be careful it will be slushy and prone to avalanches later in the day. Even More of a problem is rock fall as the ice thaws (as soon as sun hits a slope or after 10 am). So don't hang around in any gully or below a slope over 45 degrees. Be conservative where you go unless you've got ice axe and crampons and some training. A snow slope an be deceptively lethal in just one step.

You could also try up Canyon creek or little canyon creek. Look out for chamois. There used to be a few rabbits on the flats too.