paidal_chalne_vala wrote:GF spur track is locked in white season . The winter gate is located at the Hollowway logging road.
For BC XC ski access the Long spur starting at Mulhauser camp offers a humane gradient , starts at about 1350 -1400 M. ASL and is far more sheltered route for the entire way , all in the tree line. There is no need to put micro spikes on and carry the skis strapped to the pack up the Eskdale spur with an ice axe in one hand and slog it over the summit area.
The summit area of Mt. Bogong
can be treacherous in white season. The surface can be very icy which even with full length skins and metal edged BC XC skis, it would be unsafe for my skill level esp. with a 4-5 night pack on my back on skis.
There are very many fallen trees blocking the way on Long Spur. I have raised this matter with Parks Vic., Bushwalking Vic. and the Bogong Club.
Going up the last pinch of the Long Spur with kicker skins on ( up to near the start of the Pole line down to Maddison hut ruins will be steep and taxing) but quite doable if one starts early in safe weather and allows a full day to reach CC hut. The days are longer in September.
It helps if one has walked that route a number of times in green season.
paidal_chalne_vala wrote:The possibility of a lockdown in Melb. continuing until mid September is there. The State Govt. of Vic. is very risk averse . Melbourne people have no great relish for an extended lockdown but here we are again , stuck in the same situation as August 2020. Public Morale is decreasing and so too will compliance with Lockdown NO. 6 rules correspondingly become ever decreasing.
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LET US OUT !!!!
neilmny wrote:paidal_chalne_vala wrote:The possibility of a lockdown in Melb. continuing until mid September is there. The State Govt. of Vic. is very risk averse . Melbourne people have no great relish for an extended lockdown but here we are again , stuck in the same situation as August 2020. Public Morale is decreasing and so too will compliance with Lockdown NO. 6 rules correspondingly become ever decreasing.
(.
LET US OUT !!!!
Of topic but watch the numbers PCV, once all new cases are in quarantine then the way out and duration gets clearer and closer.
Today we have 15 new but only 8 were in quarantine for infectious period. The 8 needs to be a zero.
Hang in there man, no one is enjoying this.
Baeng72 wrote:neilmny wrote:paidal_chalne_vala wrote:The possibility of a lockdown in Melb. continuing until mid September is there. The State Govt. of Vic. is very risk averse . Melbourne people have no great relish for an extended lockdown but here we are again , stuck in the same situation as August 2020. Public Morale is decreasing and so too will compliance with Lockdown NO. 6 rules correspondingly become ever decreasing.
(.
LET US OUT !!!!
Of topic but watch the numbers PCV, once all new cases are in quarantine then the way out and duration gets clearer and closer.
Today we have 15 new but only 8 were in quarantine for infectious period. The 8 needs to be a zero.
Hang in there man, no one is enjoying this.
The 8 in iso/quaranteen are no the problem.
It's the 7 in the wild which indicate it's still spreading in the community and we won't get a lifting of restrictions until that's 0.
But, I second your sentiment. Hang in there PCV!
north-north-west wrote:The top of the Bogong Rd is usually kept closed well after the bulk of the snow has gone because there's one spot in the Cope/Langfords area that gets massive drifts that take ages to thaw enough to be ploughable. You can usually walk in up the road from Trapyard Gap in September.
neilmny wrote:paidal_chalne_vala wrote:The possibility of a lockdown in Melb. continuing until mid September is there. The State Govt. of Vic. is very risk averse . Melbourne people have no great relish for an extended lockdown but here we are again , stuck in the same situation as August 2020. Public Morale is decreasing and so too will compliance with Lockdown NO. 6 rules correspondingly become ever decreasing.
(.
LET US OUT !!!!
Of topic but watch the numbers PCV, once all new cases are in quarantine then the way out and duration gets clearer and closer.
Today we have 15 new but only 8 were in quarantine for infectious period. The remaining 7 not in iso needs to be a zero.
Hang in there man, no one is enjoying this.
paidal_chalne_vala wrote:I am not coming up to the Vic. Alps until I get the green light from the Vic. State Govt.. However a great number people in Melb. have simply gone past the tipping point of enduring being locked up at Level 4 lockdown for nearly 200 days since March 2020. I can understand some people simply saying
"STUFF IT!, I MUST GE OUT!! "
paidal_chalne_vala wrote:I am not coming up to the Vic. Alps until I get the green light from the Vic. State Govt.. However a great number people in Melb. have simply gone past the tipping point of enduring being locked up at Level 4 lockdown for nearly 200 days since March 2020. I can understand some people simply saying
"STUFF IT!, I MUST GE OUT!! "
Xplora wrote:paidal_chalne_vala wrote:I am not coming up to the Vic. Alps until I get the green light from the Vic. State Govt.. However a great number people in Melb. have simply gone past the tipping point of enduring being locked up at Level 4 lockdown for nearly 200 days since March 2020. I can understand some people simply saying
"STUFF IT!, I MUST GE OUT!! "
These people must be able to afford the hefty fine or think they will get away with it. It is also people like them who think it won't hurt anyone. Tell that to all the NSW regional towns in lockdown. A level of calm is needed and it doesn't help when people incite others with silly talk. Bogong will have skiable snow until mid October. There may be a bit more walking to be done if you go in via the Long Spur but an afternoon run up Eskdale spur should be fine in Spring. It would save many many hours even if you walked it all in snowshoes and carried your skis. Once on top the going is cushy all the way to the hut. The Long Spur is not always sheltered either. It is exposed to the north and south. If the weather is crap on the summit you risk many more hours of crap weather going the Long Spur. We came close to pitching a tent once because of bad weather. Perhaps the best thing would be for you to do it and then you may understand. Skinning up Mulhauser spur is also not that easy. Especially when a great many people boot it down. In spring it is quite bare also in places. Good luck with it.
paidal_chalne_vala wrote:I have been up to Mt. Bogong by every major known route. I know the travel times in white and green season in terms of driving from Melb. and trekking in from the trail heads.
One year a friend and I drove from Melb. via Wodonga to Mitta Mitta and then up to Mulhauser camp. We then hiked in and set up camp at Maddison Hut ruins camp site just on dusk .
Xplora wrote: People from Melbourne broke restrictions last week and went to CC hut. I call that selfish.
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