Walls of Jerusalem after the dump

[bushnut]

Hi All

I am planning a 4 day trip to the Walls in early September. After the heavy snow I wanted to know if anyone has been up there recently and can report on the track conditions? I realise that there will be lots of snow but am interested in how much has melted/refrozen. Not super keen on trudging through incredibly deep powder.

Also we are planning on taking 2WD cars up there - should we be taking 4WD's after the weather?

Any info is greatly appreciated!

[DanShell]

Hi All

I am planning a 4 day trip to the Walls in early September. After the heavy snow I wanted to know if anyone has been up there recently and can report on the track conditions? I realise that there will be lots of snow but am interested in how much has melted/refrozen. Not super keen on trudging through incredibly deep powder.

Also we are planning on taking 2WD cars up there - should we be taking 4WD's after the weather?

Any info is greatly appreciated!

Hi Bushnut
As far as I know the road is closed up there at the moment. Im not sure if its only because of the snow or the construction works were sick of pulling tourists out of trouble on the slippery roads

Sorry I can't help in regards to the snow there in a couple of weeks. There was a lot up there a week or so a go.

[Hallu]

"after the dump" I was quite thrown off by this expression lol

[bushnut]

Yeah not going to lie, that was some deliberate clickbait right there...

[Richard W]

I was up there yesterday - it was amazing.

Definitely needed snow shoes past the lake Adelaide track turn off.

I'd say there was at least a meter of snow still on the plateau itself. The Dixon's kingdom hut had snow up to the roof.

I didn't need 4WD to get to the start of the track.

There could well still be a similar amount of snow by September, it all depends on what the weather is like from now.

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[bushnut]

Wow Richard - beautiful pictures, definitely looks amazing! Can't wait to get up there...

Obviously a fair bit of snow but how hard was the walking? Was there a base or did you just sink?

Recommend Wild Dog or Dixon's for camping?

Sorry about the questions, just keen to get a sense of the walking so I can 'prepare' the troops

[Richard W]

Thanks, yes it is a great place.

With snow shoes (MSR explorers with extended tails) and a ~25 kg pack the snow was find unless you stepped on a bush or a creek - I really couldn't see much of anything, including track markers.

If the snow's that deep I'd recommend a GPS with the track plotted on it, unless you're very familiar with the area. And even then, if the visibility is poor you'll really struggle to follow the track.

Dixon's is certainly more scenic than Wild Dog Creek. Pretty sure Parks don't encourage people to camp in Dixon's Kingdom, you'd have to check with them. The hut is nice to look at but pretty basic, there was snow all through it and the door had fallen off.

A lot can change in a few weeks, just have to keep an eye on the weather.

[bushnut]

Thanks again Richard.

Good to hear that the snow isn't terribly soft. I recently did a snow shoe trip in Kossie and the snow was very powdery - tough going. We are used MSR evo's last time but this time will be using Yowies (only ones I could fine for hire)

I plan on plotting plenty of way points on my GPS!

Will look into restrictions for camping at Dixon's.

Cheers!

[north-north-west]

There are now tent platforms and a dunny at Dixons, although the platforms might be a bit hard to find under the snow. Camping there is very popular.

[bushnut]

Thanks NNW. I think we will aim for Dixon's depending on conditions.

I will set waypoints for what I think are the platforms and hopefully with a little digging we can find them