Leader: Uta Purcell
Twelve trampers weaved their way up from the Maitai Dam to the ridgeline between Little Twin and Maungatapu Saddle. Showers gave way to sunshine and we were able to sit on the track for morning tea at the Argillite Quarry site.
For some it was their first visit; for others a return to a well-loved area. The man-made Rushpools had a little water in them.
We reached our high point and highlight, the Dew Lakes, just before midday. Eager to get all of the view before thickening cloud and rain blurred it, we tip-toed through the spongy ground to the far side of the shallow lakes just in time but exposed to chilling winds.
Returning to the first of the lakes, we had lunch in the rain. The water levels on track were no different to other days.
Participants were: Laura Solomon (visitor), Dan McGuire, Alison Aaron, Jim Kjestrup (visitor), Natasha Kawrocki (visitor), Val Latimer, Dion Pont, Mary Honey, Charles Kerkham (visitor), Brian & Diane Renwick and Uta Purcell (scribe).