BS5: Viewtiful! (Canterbury) Arthur's Pass, South Island, New Zealand
By
8ManAfter on 01-Dec-17. Waypoint GC7FHZR
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Logs
Quick find on the way down... Thanks 8ManAfter for placing this cache for all of us to enjoy.??Definitely a viewtful tramp!TNLNSL, replaced as found, TFTC ??
A nice spot to wait for the smaller member of the fmaily to catch up while I signed the log. Cheers
Another quick find, worth sitting down and having a short rest and to admire the view. Thanks 8ManAfter
#12931
#12931
This one took us a little longer. And again, angelic_kiwi logged in before. At least, we will meet at the hut.
Nice quick find here, lovely place to enjoy the view. The scenery is gorgeous up here. Thanks for the caches!
Also number 5 couldn’t hide for long, though a bit further from the path than expected. TFTC 
Nice quick find. It in the open to tucked it away
Finished Cass Lagoon circuit yesterday so thought I'd do Bealey spur today to grab some caches
Finished Cass Lagoon circuit yesterday so thought I'd do Bealey spur today to grab some caches
Out leading a day trip for the CUTC. Took the opportunity to try and get all the caches up a track that I don't take very often. Quality views and quality cache. TFTC
A fairly quick find here and had to explain caching to some walkers heading up the track! TFTC
A fairy quick find, although for us a bit further from the track than our GPS indicated. We made this our lunch spot for the day as it was still some distance to the hut. TFTC
Enjoying a hike with the EU crew up to Bealey Hut for the afternoon. Great views and an enjoyable walk. TFTC
A few metres further off trail than where I looked initially . Soon spotted
Thanks
Thanks
We were staying nearby for a few days, so what better than a walk up Bealey Spur on a lovely winters day! The ever unfolding views are just great, all the snow clad hills in the distance. TFTC
The suns out and awesome views from here. Another one bagged and tagged. Cheers. Onwards and upwards..
Monday today, and first up is Bealy Spur Track for the morning, then home via Lake Brunner and Murchison later today.
Its Queens Birthday weekend and The Seagnoid, Zara and I are heading out of town for a long weekend to Arthurs Pass, via Kaikoura. Had a fantastic weekend, seeing lots of new places, limestone formations, amazing views, awesome beech forest walks, but getting nowhere fast. Bloody cold at times with -3deg frosts but thankfully the snow stayed on the top of the highest mountains.. Enjoyed driving back via Lake Brunner, Murchison. An awesome few days exploring.
Monday today, and first up is Bealy Spur Track for the morning, then home via Lake Brunner and Murchison later today.
Its Queens Birthday weekend and The Seagnoid, Zara and I are heading out of town for a long weekend to Arthurs Pass, via Kaikoura. Had a fantastic weekend, seeing lots of new places, limestone formations, amazing views, awesome beech forest walks, but getting nowhere fast. Bloody cold at times with -3deg frosts but thankfully the snow stayed on the top of the highest mountains.. Enjoyed driving back via Lake Brunner, Murchison. An awesome few days exploring.
Dammit. Now I am losing track of what was at each cache. This one had a viewtiful view, apparently, so maybe it was the photo I've attached here...
Which is probably my favourite photo of the whole trip. Crystal clear air (which I have raved about a number of times), vivid blue sky (which was completely overcast two hours later) and incredible views (which reduced to merely amazing when the quality of the light dropped). Anyway, favourite.
Taybeedragon and I are on a five day extended Queen's Birthday weekend. Happy birthday marm! The plan was to cache the Arthur's Pass route, from Rangiora to Lake Buller. You would think four days was enough to do the 211 kilometers, but we didn't even manage the 130 to Arthur's Pass village before we had to pull the pin Monday lunchtime for the drive back to Blenheim. But on the way we saw some amazing views, strange geology, weird amounts of ice in the puddles, ice on the inside of our windscreen - it was that cold. Caves, wonderful beech forests, rather a lot of bridge barriers and even a cache or few. And there was blisters, sliding down icy grassy hills on our bums (what fun!) and rather a lot of walking. Many thanks to all the cache owners that made this such an amazing trip.
Which is probably my favourite photo of the whole trip. Crystal clear air (which I have raved about a number of times), vivid blue sky (which was completely overcast two hours later) and incredible views (which reduced to merely amazing when the quality of the light dropped). Anyway, favourite.
Taybeedragon and I are on a five day extended Queen's Birthday weekend. Happy birthday marm! The plan was to cache the Arthur's Pass route, from Rangiora to Lake Buller. You would think four days was enough to do the 211 kilometers, but we didn't even manage the 130 to Arthur's Pass village before we had to pull the pin Monday lunchtime for the drive back to Blenheim. But on the way we saw some amazing views, strange geology, weird amounts of ice in the puddles, ice on the inside of our windscreen - it was that cold. Caves, wonderful beech forests, rather a lot of bridge barriers and even a cache or few. And there was blisters, sliding down icy grassy hills on our bums (what fun!) and rather a lot of walking. Many thanks to all the cache owners that made this such an amazing trip.
STAY HOME, STAY SAFE, STAY SMART!
DISABLING FOR NOW. ANY LOGS POSTED FROM NOW UNTIL THE CACHE IS ENABLED WILL BE DELETED.
STAY HOME, STAY SAFE, STAY SMART!
DISABLING FOR NOW. ANY LOGS POSTED FROM NOW UNTIL THE CACHE IS ENABLED WILL BE DELETED.
STAY HOME, STAY SAFE, STAY SMART!
Heading to the Arthur’s pass area for the weekend grabbing a load of unfound caches along the way
Finally the stars have aligned to get onto this track which I have wanted to do for years
Sorry for the cut and paste but my logs have disappeared into cyber space so having to rewrite them
Finally the stars have aligned to get onto this track which I have wanted to do for years
Sorry for the cut and paste but my logs have disappeared into cyber space so having to rewrite them
Lovely morning walk before it gets to hot,and hopefully this cache is one of many! Tftc.
We are enjoying this track so much. Lots of good views down the valley & overlooking the many mountain ranges here. Found the cache pronto. Find 562
Another quick find on a walk up Bealey Spur with Ilmari the Red and the family. TFTC
Today Trifolia Argentea and I took ourselves for a hike up Bealey Spur. Quite a serious walk, but it felt good, and the views were certainly worth the effort. Along the way, we collected a whole string of caches - with not one missed! An excellent day in all.
Viewtiful!: Loved the view of the lake here, indeed.
TFTC!
Viewtiful!: Loved the view of the lake here, indeed.
TFTC!
quick found on the way up today. we had fun, rain, thunderstorm and finally sun at the end of the day.
Thanks - team bycycle
Thanks - team bycycle
We were today on our tour to the Bealey Spur Hut. We had a wonderful sunny day and absolut great views. With the kids we need 8 hours and had a nice rest at the hut. Thanks for the cache!
10:29
FITW GreenMenace
10m further off the track than the given coords, according to my device.
Found quite easily though. The viewtifullness!
#6448
FITW GreenMenace
10m further off the track than the given coords, according to my device.
Found quite easily though. The viewtifullness!
#6448
Out for a walk up this track on a lovely sunny day!
The view was truly Viewtiful!
TFTC
The view was truly Viewtiful!
TFTC
The seventh of 11 finds today (along with 3 DNFs). The three of us stayed at Dew Drop Inn opposite the Bealey Hotel on Saturday night so we could walk up to Bealey Top Hut on Saturday and explore Castle Hill Reserve on Sunday. As writing Bo&bronnie, Rincewind3, and Not Manly Jack on the logs was tedious (& a lot didn't have room) we logged as BRN. I joked that BRN stood for "feel the BuRN!" 
Great views though the track around here was quite muddy (snow melt).
TFTC
Find # 3186
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Great views though the track around here was quite muddy (snow melt).
TFTC
Find # 3186
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Today we decided to hike to the top hut. It was higher than we thought, but it was such a lovely natur and very nice views to the river and to the mountains. We found 8 caches from 9. The bonus we solved using all our inspirations. TFTC! 
I scored a free night's accommodation in Arthur's Pass for the Saturday, perfect for caching and walking!! Today I decided to head up Bealey Spur past the hut and collect the caches along the way. I was really looking forward to collecting the series! Yes, great views!! TFTC!!
We stayed the night at Lake Pearson. Sunday's mission was Bealey Spur.
I am now logging these finds on the way home. I am enjoying sitting down although my entire body is aching.
JDScout and I thoroughly enjoyed the walk. Finding geocaches was a bonus.
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Did you know that planning has started for a Mega Event in Wellington in 2018? Check out the details on the [WENZ Website](https://sites.google.com/site/wenzgeo2018/home) or visit the event's page on [FaceBook](https://www.facebook.com/groups/590545297801072/) and don't forget to log your attendance on the [WENZ Event Page](https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC78NMQ_wenz-event-2018-wellington?guid=23f451a2-08ac-4374-883f-ed6814687147)
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Thanks. 8ManAfter for putting in the effort to hide this geocache. This was find 5344 for me.
I am now logging these finds on the way home. I am enjoying sitting down although my entire body is aching.
JDScout and I thoroughly enjoyed the walk. Finding geocaches was a bonus.
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Did you know that planning has started for a Mega Event in Wellington in 2018? Check out the details on the [WENZ Website](https://sites.google.com/site/wenzgeo2018/home) or visit the event's page on [FaceBook](https://www.facebook.com/groups/590545297801072/) and don't forget to log your attendance on the [WENZ Event Page](https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC78NMQ_wenz-event-2018-wellington?guid=23f451a2-08ac-4374-883f-ed6814687147)
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Thanks. 8ManAfter for putting in the effort to hide this geocache. This was find 5344 for me.
After earlier reading of ridders76's DNF at this cache I was pleasantly surprised when I had no difficulty at all. Onwards and upwards.
We have never walked this track before so a new series of caches up here spurred us on to do it. We made it all the way to the Hut and back. This cache was a quick find. TFTC.
Only sad face of the day. Was worried that this would affect the ability to find the final but got it ok.
Plans were afoot for a different Mad Monday Mission... those were dashed when CO contacted TG about these being published. I did a bit of a shuffle around with cachelet minding as Mrs TW was in Auckland. A few texts and phone calls later TG came and grabbed me at 5.15pm and we gapped it to the car park and headed up the track at 7pm on the dot. The plan was to turn around at 10pm regardless of whether we got all the caches and we'd only spend a couple of minutes finding the caches. We headed up and DNFed the first cache we came across and then found all the rest thankfully. We got to the hut at 9pm and got back to the car at 10.30 clocking up 12.5kms! We had the perfect night for it it was clear, warm and had a super moon. We even heard a morepork as we were walking back in the dark. Great fun. And back home in bed at 12.30am.
Lovely looking over the tarns. Another {FTF}!!!
Thanks for the cache 8ManAfter.
#5273
Lovely looking over the tarns. Another {FTF}!!!
Thanks for the cache 8ManAfter.
#5273
**FTF** 820pm with TheWanglers
Monday Night Mad Mission time with TheWanglers.. We'd already scoped out an adventure for tonight but when we saw this new series of caches published last night on the spur we quickly changed plans! A fun nights adventure. Picked up TW earlier than usual and we parked up next to the Track Head and set out bang on 7pm. DOC sign said the hut was 6km and 2.5hrs away. All told, even with stopping for caches, photo's and admiring the view we were at the hut by 9pm....then back down and at the car by 1030pm ...and home by midnight. Passed a few people walking out, and 3 camping out up the top. Cool As.
Sweet spot with some purty views.....My GPS was still swinging wildy when TW said he could spot it (5m away).....hmmm....Gave the GPS a wee shake - see if it wakes up?! LOL....
Monday Night Mad Mission time with TheWanglers.. We'd already scoped out an adventure for tonight but when we saw this new series of caches published last night on the spur we quickly changed plans! A fun nights adventure. Picked up TW earlier than usual and we parked up next to the Track Head and set out bang on 7pm. DOC sign said the hut was 6km and 2.5hrs away. All told, even with stopping for caches, photo's and admiring the view we were at the hut by 9pm....then back down and at the car by 1030pm ...and home by midnight. Passed a few people walking out, and 3 camping out up the top. Cool As.
Sweet spot with some purty views.....My GPS was still swinging wildy when TW said he could spot it (5m away).....hmmm....Gave the GPS a wee shake - see if it wakes up?! LOL....
