Tag Archives: South Rams Head

Dead Horse Gap – Rams Head Range

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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Dead Horse Gap – Mount Townsend – Rams Head

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4/9/2016 – 7/9/2016 Dead Horse Gap – Mount Townsend – Rams Head

Kosciuszko National Park, NSW

Ngarigo country

Distance: 41km Total Ascent: 2470m Total Descent: 2470m

Time: 20 hours Track Info

Participant: Stephen Davies (Report, Photos)

After watching the weather for a few days, a good part of this week appeared promising. So Sunday afternoon saw me departing Dead Horse Gap just after 2:00pm with the aim of camping at the top of the ridge just north of South Rams Head. Maybe I could get really lucky and catch some Aurora Australis as last night had produced a good display in the Northern Hemisphere and it was expected to linger.

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Dead Horse Gap – Rams Head Range – Simkin Peak – Mount Kosciuszko

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20/07/2012 – 25/07/2012 Dead Horse Gap – Mount Kosciusko – Swampy Plains Creek – Simkin Peak – Rams Head – Bogong Creek

Kosciuszko National Park, NSW

Ngarigo country

Participants: Damian Aggio, Robin Collins, Stephen Davies (Leader, Photos, Report), Frank Hartigan, Adam Lilley, Stephen Warild

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Dead Horse Gap – Rams Head Range

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16/08/2008 – 17/08/2008 Dead Horse Gap – South Rams Head Range

Kosciuszko National Park, NSW

Ngarigo country

Participants: Stephen Davies (Leader, Photos), Emily Whitelaw (Report), Nick “Schnick” Whitelaw

We met at Steve’s at 1700 on Friday and began the long drive down. It seemed things were against our skiing this weekend. Some people had had to pull out of the trip due to injury and other commitments, and then things continued as the weekend progressed. Just before Canberra Steve pulled over because something felt funny. Sure enough we had a flat (caused by a nail), though luckily the spare was accessible and we managed a quick change. The rest of the drive to Jindy was uneventful, reaching Nuggets Crossing at 2330, just in time to get our skis, stocks and boots from Wilderness Sports ($60 for 2 days). We continued on the last leg of the drive out to Thredbo Diggings (Bullocks Flat) where we set up the tent and were asleep by 2330.

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