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Kiandra – Pollocks Creek – Selwyn – Tabletop Mountain – Tabletop Mountain Trail South – Arsenic Ridge – Arsenic Creek – Happy Jacks Road – Tibeaudo Creek – Boobee Hut – Diggers Creek (Northern Tributary) – Doubtful Gap – Doubtful Gap Trail – Doubtful Creek – Cesjacks Hut – Doubtful Creek – Macalister Saddle – Toolong Range – Geehi River – Tarn Bluff – Mailbox Hill – Cup and Saucer – Brassy Mountains – Valentine Creek – Tin Hut – Valentine Creek – Gungartan Pass – Dicky Cooper Creek – Schlink Pass Road – Schlink Pass – The Rolling Ground – Whites River Hut – Munyang River – The Rolling Ground – The Granite Peaks – Guthega Trig Spur – Guthega Dam – Farm Creek – Illawong Walk – Snowy River – Spencers Creek Suspension Bridge – Mount Guthrie – Snowy River – Charlotte Pass – Summit Walk – Snowy River Pole-line – Kosciuszko Walk – Kosciuszko Express – Thredbo

9/06/2022 – 18/06/2022   Kiandra – Pollocks Creek – Selwyn – Tabletop Mountain – Tabletop Mountain Trail South – Arsenic Ridge – Arsenic Creek – Happy Jacks Road – Tibeaudo Creek – Boobee Hut – Diggers Creek (Northern Tributary) – Doubtful Gap – Doubtful Gap Trail – Doubtful Creek – Cesjacks Hut – Doubtful Creek – Macalister Saddle – Toolong Range – Geehi River – Tarn Bluff – Mailbox Hill – Cup and Saucer – Brassy Mountains – Valentine Creek – Tin Hut – Valentine Creek – Gungartan Pass – Dicky Cooper Creek – Schlink Pass Road – Schlink Pass – The Rolling Ground – Whites River Hut – Munyang River – The Rolling Ground – The Granite Peaks – Guthega Trig Spur – Guthega Dam – Farm Creek – Illawong Walk – Snowy River – Spencers Creek Suspension Bridge – Mount Guthrie – Snowy River – Charlotte Pass – Summit Walk – Snowy River Pole-line – Kosciuszko Walk – Kosciuszko Express – Thredbo

                                             Kosciuszko National Park, NSW

                                             Ngarigo Country

Distance: 120km   Total Ascent: 4500m   Total Descent: 4000m   Time: 51 hours 

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

Following excellent snowfalls in early June, Damien saw an opportunity present itself for an extended backcountry ski trip. The classic K to K (Kiandra to Mount Kosciuszko) over 11 days, including car shuffle, was proposed. He promptly made a few phone calls and posted his trip on the New South Wales Nordic Ski Club website to gauge interest. 

After two very CoVid 19 disrupted previous seasons I jumped at the opportunity to join in after last attempting this trip, solo, in 1986 when I was forced to finish early via Guthega Power Station due to cold, windy, whiteout conditions. 

 

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Kiandra – Four Mile Creek – Happy Jack Creek – Cesjacks Hut – Whites River Hut – Guthega Power Station

30/08/1986 – 4/09/1986   Kiandra – Four Mile Creek – Happy Jacks Creek – Cesjacks Hut – Whites River Hut – Guthega Power Station

                                             Kosciuszko National Park, NSW

                                              Ngarigo country

Distance: 70km Total Ascent: 2220m Total Descent: 2250m

Participant: Stephen Davies (Report)

This trip was one had I wanted to do for a while and after deciding to run a marathon early next year and try to do it in under three hours this trip was doubling as a training exercise. I wanted to make it difficult so carried a lot of gear, my pack weighing 66 pound (30kg) as I left.

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