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

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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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Guthega – Twynam Creek – Mount Northcote  – Watsons Crags – Mount Twynam

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11/10/2018 – 15/10/2018    Guthega – Twynam Creek – Mount Northcote  – Watsons Crags – Mount Twynam

                                                  Kosciuszko National Park, NSW

                                                  Ngarigo country

Distance: 61km   Total Ascent: 3,620m   Total Descent: 3,730m   

Time: 61 hours

Participants: Stephen Davies (Photos, Report), Caroline Houghton (2 days), Ian Houghton (2 days), Mike Parkinson (3 days), Stephen Poole

 

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Guthega – Mount Twynam – Mount Anderson – Watsons Crags – Little Twynam – Crummer Spur – Twynam Creek

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5/10/2018 – 11/10/2018    Guthega – Mount Twynam – Mount Anderson – Watsons Crags – Little Twynam – Crummer Spur – Twynam Creek

                                                Kosciuszko National Park, NSW

                                                Ngarigo country

Distance: 80km   Total Ascent: 5,270m   Total Descent: 5,270m   

Time: 80 hours                                               Track Info

Participants: Monika Binder (4 days), Melinda Brouwer (4 days), Stephen Davies (Photos, Report), Stephen Poole

 

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Guthega – Pounds Creek – Mount Anderson – Three Rocks Creek – Mount Anton – Mount Twynam

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28/09/2018 – 3/10/2018    Guthega – Pounds Creek – Mount Anderson – Three Rocks Creek – Mount Anton – Mount Twynam

                                               Kosciuszko National Park, NSW

                                                Ngarigo country

Distance: 71km   Total Ascent: 5,100m   Total Descent: 5,100m   

Time: 34 hours                                                           Track Info

Participants: Damien Aggio (3 days), Marg Baz (3 days),  Stephen Davies (Report, Photos), Paul Davis (3 days), Murray Gibbs (3 days), Ian Houghton (3 days), Paul Marsh (3 days), Stephen Poole, Claire Sim (3 days)

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Charlotte Pass – Mount Townsend – The Racecourse – Lake Albina

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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Brindle Bull Hill – Paddy Rushs Bogong – Teddys Hut – Jerusalem Hill

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22/08/2018 – 27/08/2018   Brindle Bull Hill – Paddy Rushs Bogong – Teddys Hut – Jerusalem Hill

                                                Kosciuszko National Park, NSW

                                                Ngarigo country

Distance: 80km   Total Ascent: 3150m   Total Descent: 3150m   

Time: 35 hours

Participant: Stephen Davies (Photos, Report)

A six day solo snowcamping ski tour exploring the area around Brindle Bull Hill, Paddy Rushs Bogong, Bullock Yard Creek, Teddys Hut and Jerusalum Hill.

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Dead Horse Gap – Rams Head Range

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20/07/2018 – 24/07/2018    Dead Horse Gap – Rams Head Range

                                                 Kosciuszko National Park, NSW

Distance: 41km   Total Ascent: 2900m   Total Descent: 2900m   

Time: 19 hours                                               Track Info

Participant: Stephen Davies (Photos, Report)

This solo skiing trip was my first snow camping adventure for 2018. It provided some great skiing to tune the legs for the season to come and the usual early winter variability in weather along with a couple of amazing sunsets. The greatest challenge though proved to be getting mobile phone reception to confirm my safety and report progress.

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View down into Little Austria

Thredbo – Mount Kosciuszko – Mount Townsend – Mount Alice Rawson – Wilkinsons Creek – Abbott Ridge – Northcote Creek – Lake Albina – Little Austria

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12/10/2017 – 18/10/2017     Thredbo – Mount Kosciuszko – Mount Townsend – Mount Alice Rawson – Wilkinsons Creek – Abbott Ridge – Northcote Creek – Lake Albina – Little Austria

                                                  Kosciuszko National Park, NSW

                                                  Ngarigo country

Distance: 92km   Total Ascent: 4,630m   Total Descent: 4,630m   Time: 40 hours

Participants: Stephen Davies (Photos, Report)

My previous week had been spent waiting patiently for a multi-day window of descent weather, so with the next six days after Thursday forecast to be cool, dry and very calm it was now time to act. The trip objective being to camp high on Abbott Range or Mount Townsend or thereabouts and make good use of the two heavy DSLR cameras, two lenses, tripod and multitude of other camera gear I had decided to take. There was also a brand new GoPro to christian and learn how to use. Hopefully some epic day to night time lapses, telemark runs and worthwhile photos will be recorded.   Continue reading →

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