Photos of DEEP snow on Mt Wellington/kunanyi!
Posted: Fri 08 May, 2015 6:41 pm
With apparent temperatures down to -20C (due to windchill), combined with significant precipitation, there was some seriously deep powder on Mt Wellington yesterday. On the summit plateau, some of the drifts were a metre in depth; beautiful, dry powder. When I was up there, the wind was gusting at 80km/h and the temperature was -2C so it was a hoods up-wear everything affair!
I was astonished at how the snow transformed what is a familiar place to me into an alien, frozen landscape.
As quickly as it came, the snow melted. Only 24 hours later, there were only patches left!
Luckily I snapped a few good ones when the snow was at its deepest. See photos below.
Does anyone have other photos to share?
What's the most snow any of you have ever seen up there?
If you liked this post, you can see more photos of snow covered landscapes on my blog: http://mountainsofaustralia.com/gallery/
Happy wonderings!
,
I was astonished at how the snow transformed what is a familiar place to me into an alien, frozen landscape.
As quickly as it came, the snow melted. Only 24 hours later, there were only patches left!
Luckily I snapped a few good ones when the snow was at its deepest. See photos below.
Does anyone have other photos to share?
What's the most snow any of you have ever seen up there?
- The overhanging branches made for slow progress.
- Dolerite icicles.
- Twin boulders with the sun trying to break through the cloud behind.
- Spindrift and the radio tower of Wellington.
- The mythical tower.
- The frozen summit plateau. So much snow!
- No footprints, anywhere!
If you liked this post, you can see more photos of snow covered landscapes on my blog: http://mountainsofaustralia.com/gallery/
Happy wonderings!
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