Tag Archives: Charlotte Pass

Charlotte Pass – Seamans Hut

Tuesday 17/09/2019   Charlotte Pass – Seamans Hut

                                         Kosciuszko National Park, NSW

                                        Ngarigo country

Participants:  Angela Barton, Helen Cromb, Stephen Davies (Photos, Report), Tim Hager (Leader), Kathy Husselbee, Ken Moylan, Gordon Newell, Jean

After sitting out a day of wind and rain yesterday we were pleased to see a dusting of fresh snow this morning. Tim suggested a day trip to Lake Albina which attracted a group of nine. We headed out under a low cloud cover shortly after 9:00am.

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Charlotte Pass – Spencers Creek – Snowy River – Tate East Ridge – Mount Tate – Pounds Creek 

Sunday 15/9/2019   Charlotte Pass – Spencers Creek – Snowy River – Tate East Ridge – Mount Tate – Pounds Creek 

                                     Kosciuszko National Park, NSW

                                     Ngarigo country

Participants: Helen Cromb, Stephen Davies (Photos, Report), Trish Elmore, Celesta Fong, Kenn Clacher (Leader), Ian Houghton, Ken Moylan, Gordon Newell, Stephen Poole, Robert Webber, Jean, Jacque, Susie, Damien

Day one of the annual NSW Nordic Ski Club’s Southern Alps Ski Lodge week for 2019. With excellent snow cover and observing how well covered Betts and Spencer Creeks were on the trip up from Perisher Valley Kenn Clacher suggested a day trip to Mount Tate via Spencers Creek. A party of fifteen headed out at 9:00am.

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Charlotte Pass – Mount Townsend – The Racecourse – Lake Albina

Thursday 20/09/2018   Charlotte Pass – Mount Townsend – The Racecourse – Lake Albina

                                           Kosciuszko National Park, NSW

                                          Ngarigo country

Participants: Stephen Davies (Photos, Report), Sue Davies and 22 others!

Today a mixed ability group in excess of twenty people, led again by Colin Ridley, set out in an attempt to summit Mount Townsend. Along with our NSW Nordic Ski Club group we had visitors from Victoria, South Australia and Queensland. Sue and I left separately a couple of minutes earlier, heading further up Kosciuszko Road than the main group to take some panoramas of the Main Range.  Continue reading

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Charlotte Pass – Mount Guthrie Circuit

Wednesday 19/09/2018   Charlotte Pass – Mount Guthrie Circuit

                                               Kosciuszko National Park, NSW

                                               Ngarigo country

Participants: Stephen Davies (Photos, Report), Sue Davies

With the forecast overnight snow not eventuating along with overcast skies and cold wind blowing together with an overnight freeze there was no reason for an early start. So after 10:00am Sue and I departed, traversing across the nearly deserted but still operating downhill slopes to Charlotte Pass. It was cold and felt like more than the forecast 40km/h headwind. Continue reading

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Charlotte Pass – The Foxhole – Wrights Creek

Tuesday 18/09/2018   Charlotte Pass – The Foxhole – Wrights Creek

                                         Kosciuszko National Park, NSW

                                          Ngarigo country

Participants: Helen Cromb, Stephen Davies (Photos, Report), Sue Davies

Tuesday’s forecast temperature was 8C with winds to 70km/h after an overnight low of -4C. Finding somewhere out of the wind seemed the best idea. After waiting a while for the snow to soften after it’s overnight freeze we headed straight up the hill behind the lodge hoping the trees would provide a little shelter. We were still too early for our planned return descent, as there were still plenty of frozen sections in the shade around the trees, so after ascending most of the hill we headed further around towards Wrights Creek in order to find a slope that had seen more morning sun.  Continue reading

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Charlotte Pass – Twin Valleys

Monday 17/09/2018   Charlotte Pass – Twin Valleys

                                         Kosciuszko National Park, NSW

                                          Ngarigo country

Participants: Margaret Baz, Helen Cromb, Stephen Davies (Photos, Report), Sue Davies, John Fuller, Kathy Husselbee, Jacque Paynter, Stephen Poole, Colin Ridley, Jean, Kevin, Rod, Wayne

A lack of recent significant snowfalls, warmer temperatures early last week and recent overnight minimums of about -10degrees have the cover set hard. With the days forecast of cold winds to 50km/h our options were limited. Hoping that the recent light snowfalls may have accumulated on the lee side of Rams Head Range our party of thirteen led by Colin had decided to head over to Twin Valleys hopeful of some shelter that it may provide and to ski the pockets of snow we envisaged would be found there. Continue reading

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Charlotte Pass – Trapyard Creek – Wrights Creek

Sunday 16/09/2018   Charlotte Pass – Trapyard Creek – Wrights Creek

                                       Kosciuszko National Park, NSW

                                      Ngarigo country

Participants: Stephen Davies (Photos, Report), Sue Davies

We arrived at Southern Alps Ski Lodge by oversnow transport from Perisher Valley in the afternoon of the previous day after a polar system had injected a mass of cold air and strong winds across the area earlier in the day. We were disappointed that at most a centimetre of snow came with it. So, after some warm weather earlier in the week we were left with a hard, frozen base with patches of fresh windswept snow. Continue reading

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Snowscapes

Club Lake Creek

Monday 11/9/2017     Charlotte Pass – Club Lake Creek

                                        Kosciuszko National Park, NSW

                                        Ngarigo country

Participants: Damien Aggio, Stephen Davies (Photos), Sue Davies (Report), Stephen Poole

An frequently undertaken day ski trip from Charlotte Pass. It requires crossing the Snowy River and Club Lake Creek in both directions. Mid-winter this can often be done on snow bridges but otherwise requires getting wet feet or attempting to rock hop. In good cover Club Lake Creek provides an easy and direct route to Club Lake.

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Charlotte Pass – Club Lake

10/10/2011 – 14/10/2011     Charlotte Pass – Club Lake

Participant: Stephen Davies

 

Day 1: Monday 10/10/2011   Charlotte Pass – Club Lake

Left home at 7:30am just in time to catch all the school zones after the school holidays. Picked up cheese and marshmellows, sliced turkey and bread rolls at Cooma. A 15 minute delay with road resurfacing near Cooma airport. Jindabyne at 11:00am, spillway in action with environmental flow release designed to flush out sediment etc in Snowy River. The weather remained overcast all the way down but mostly blue sky and a light breeze on arrival at Perisher Valley. Continue reading

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Peter Clark climbing Mount Lee

Charlotte Pass – Mount Lee – Club Lake – Little Austria – Charlotte Pass

26/10/1985 – 27/10/1985   Charlotte Pass – Mount Lee – Club Lake – Little Austria return

                                               Kosciuszko National Park, NSW

                                                Ngarigo country

Distance: 19km Total Ascent: 1620m Total Descent: 1620m

Participants: Ian Burns, Stephen Davies (Photos, Report), John Eddy, Peter Clark, Dave MacDonald

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Charlotte Pass – Mount Clarke – Mount Northcote – Moraine Pass – Little Austria – Mount Lee – Carruthers Peak – Elevator run

4/10/1985 – 6/10/1985   Charlotte Pass – Mount Clarke – Mount Northcote – Moraine Pass – Little Austria – Mount Lee – Carruthers Peak – Elevator run

                                           Kosciuszko National Park, NSW

                                            Ngarigo country

Friday 4/10/1985

Distance: 16km Total Ascent: 1120m Total Descent: 1120m

Participants: Steve Brown, Debbie Christlo, Greg Christlo, John Eddy, Sue Eddy, Chris Davies, Joanne Davies, Peter Davies, Stephen Davies (Photos, Report), John Meehan Continue reading

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Snowy River crossing 14/10/1984

Charlotte Pass – Mount Clarke – Carruthers Peak – Charlotte Pass

12/10/1984 – 14/10/1984   Charlotte Pass – Carruthers Peak return

                                               Kosciuszko National Park, NSW

                                              Ngarigo country

Distance: 28km Total Ascent: 1570m Total Descent: 1570m

Participants: Debbie Christlo, Greg Christlo, Stephen Davies (Photos, Report), Peter Davies, Gillian Ible, Wayne Ible

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