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Thu 01 Jan, 2015 8:49 pm
Gday all,Just wondering if anyone has walked this section of the Sthn Range in recent weeks and can give me a heads up on current track/scrub/water conditions? Know its a scrubby slog of a day but has anyone on the forum attempted Pindars to PB summit in a day? Wondering if 10 hrs walking sounds reasonable if travelling light in decent weather? Have previously walked to Pindars in a day but recognize the terrain gets increasingly difficult beyond this point.cheers
Sat 03 Jan, 2015 9:27 am
That would be a big day, and not worth wasting the amazing country along the way. It took me 4 hours to walk from Ooze Lake to Wylly Plateau, then it was at least another 6 hours from there. So 10 hours is doable I guess. Great camping at Wylly Plateau though.
I walked through here a couple of years back and the track was in good condition. There is good water at Leaning Tea Tree Saddle, and there was a tarn under Mt Victoria Cross. Other than that, there is not much until you ascend PB, where there is a creek running down the slopes.
Sun 04 Jan, 2015 3:21 pm
Thanks for the solid info Pazzar-much appreciated. I agree with you on timing-ideally I would spend a few days exploring the inner section of range but with work and a little one on the way soon,time is looking scarce...4 days out might be about as much as I can scrounge! Really want to cross PB off the list before other priorities take over for a while though. Might have to be a mission
Mon 05 Jan, 2015 2:49 pm
I've done Pigsty Ponds to PB Low Camp in a long December day. Including summiting Whylly and VC. We didn't summit Pindars as we'd all been there recently. Left as the sun came up and arrived just after it went down. Like you we wanted to do the full range but only had 5 days for the trip including the walk out on the South Coast track.
Mon 05 Jan, 2015 4:52 pm
Yeah cool,good to hear its a possibility ,albeit a demanding one. Have been to Hippo,La Perouse & Pindars before so will just push through. Gonna be 4 big days but thinking along these lines: Day 1: Mystery Creek-Leaning TTS(11 hrs). Day 2:Leaning TTS-PB summit-PB low camp(11 hrs). Day 3: PB low camp-Mt Wylly-Ooze Lake(10 hrs). Day 4: Ooze Lake-Mystery Creek(9 hrs) Obviously weather may have a fair say in how things pan out in a 4-day window too,will watch the chart and hopefully have a crack this month
Tue 13 Jan, 2015 11:21 pm
Sun 18 Jan, 2015 6:24 am
Great photos, especially the first one, thanks for sharing
Sun 18 Jan, 2015 9:19 am
great pics
The one of the high camp is great. I love camping on top of mountains
Sun 18 Jan, 2015 9:25 pm
Thanks to all who contributed to the discussion. I'm going there this autumn and was interested to hear the chat. Adored the pics, thanks alex75!!!! LOVED those tent shots. Can't wait to get there.
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