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23 March 11am - Lake St Clair to Cradle Mt Shuttle

PostPosted: Tue 05 Feb, 2013 9:16 pm
by Gavo
My friend and I have this itinerary for Sunday 23rd March 2013

6:00 - Arrive Davenport (ETA) on Spirit of Tasmania
7:00 - Disembark in vehicle (approx)
10:30 - Lake St Clair Visitor's Centre (approx)
11:00 - Private shuttle pickup @ Visitor's centre by Stan http://www.adventureseekers.com.au/
14:30 - Ronny Creek Carpark (approx)
19:30 - Waterfall Valley Hut (approx)

There is a shuttle running back to the start of the walk from Late St Clair leaving at 11am on Sunday 23rd March. Stan is very personable - please call his # on that website to come along - there are spare seats currently available (not free though ;)

It's a bit of a late time to start the walk, but we're saving a day this way, and don't mind getting to the first hut on dusk or even after dark. Some sunset shots of Barn Bluff would probably look great.

FYI - we are both amateur photographers. If you're a photog or interested in photography then come say hi!
Here is my website: http://gavowen.com Hope to see you out on the trails.

Re: 23 March 11am - Lake St Clair to Cradle Mt Shuttle

PostPosted: Wed 06 Feb, 2013 2:16 pm
by Mark F
If you run into time problems on the first day you can always start at Dove Lake and go to Scott Kilvert for the first night. This adds a couple of hours to the second day's walk through to Windermere which is ridiculously short and can allow a climb of Barn Bluff if you want.

Re: 23 March 11am - Lake St Clair to Cradle Mt Shuttle

PostPosted: Wed 06 Feb, 2013 3:10 pm
by Strider
Not sure about where you are, but it doesn't get dark until around 9pm in Tassie that time of year. You'll have heaps of daylight on your hands :)

Re: 23 March 11am - Lake St Clair to Cradle Mt Shuttle

PostPosted: Thu 07 Feb, 2013 3:01 pm
by Swifty
Strider wrote:Not sure about where you are, but it doesn't get dark until around 9pm in Tassie that time of year. You'll have heaps of daylight on your hands :)


Actually March 23 is the equinox, the sun sets in Hobart at 7:18 pm that day, so you should be OK for daylight.