by north-north-west » Mon 18 May, 2020 3:57 pm
Snow cover depends very much on weather - even in the depths of winter in our higher places snow can be of short duration. It's highly variable.
That said, given the height of Abels, even without snow ice is frequently a major factor. I've done Black Bluff Range (from the Belvoir Road), Clumner, Cradle, Pelion East, Oakleigh, Murchison, Geikie, kunanyi, Mt Field East & West, Florentine, Legges Tor, Albert and Ben Nevis in winter. Maybe others. All had ice and at least some small patches of snow. kunanyi, even from The Springs, was the the easiest. Descent in particular of the others was definitely awkward.
Kate, Campbell, Brewery and Recondite wouldn't be too bad. Ditto Marion and Collins Bonnet; Trestle if the conditions have been warm and dry enough for a while, although the summit rocks can be iffy with both ice and the wind that's usually blowing up there. Maybe Dundas and Owen, depending on the state of the tracks and roads. The big boulder hops are perhaps best avoided as it can be hard to judge where there's solid footing.
"Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens."