Hey all. I'm doing a solo hike over new years eve. I'm fit & endurance-ready, but inversely fit at navigation (i'm not a complete numb-nut, but haven't done anything remotely complex in a couple of decades, I get lost trying to find my loungeroom). But I'm happy to work hard for the views.
So i'm looking for a 2-3 day hike suitable with that in mind. 1 night would be fine, 2 nights ideal. My criteria was (spectacularly) elevated, isolated, and an escape from this weeks heatwave, which led me to looking at Bogong/Feathertop with a pretty agreeable forecast being served up. Parking at Mountain Creek carpark and up the stair trail, overnight around the hut then back to the peak for more moving around before heading back the way I came. Spending a night at Vic's highest peak sounds like a New Years well spent. Just seems a little wasteful going back the Bivouac hut and then back to the peak, but "I don't know what I don't know".
Don't care how far I am from Melbourne, but I do want the closest feeling I can get to waking up on top of the world - I also know that doesn't necessarily mean just going to the highest peak just because it's there. I'm a photographer and will have a handful of books and kinda want to get my head into both of those while I am wherever I am.
Bogong is more immediately appealing over Feathertop, and all the footage i've seen tell me that's the kind of views i'd love to immerse in. I've had friends wake up to views like that right outside their tends in Tassie (buggered if I remember where), mist rolling over the peaks and not a tree in immediate sight, but consensus says that's not done out at or around Bogong. I'm obviously not looking to break any written/unwritten rules.
If anyone is able to share any words of wisdom regarding that plan, or has any other ways they'd fill about 2 days with the above in mind, i'd be super grateful. Thankyou!