Mt Hugel, weekend 14-15 June 2008

[tasadam]

Thought I would share these we took from a lovely weekend into Shadow Lake and climbing Mt Hugel.
Watersmeet


Cool fungi


Cool fungi (crop)


A stream on the side of the track towards Shadow Lake


Sticking out from nowhere - looked pretty cool.


Coral fern and snow


Interesting bark


Stripped


Mossy stuff


Sunrise at Shadow Lake, towards Rufus


Sunrise at Shadow Lake, towards Little Hugel


Sunrise at Shadow Lake, towards Little Hugel


Sunrise at Shadow Lake, towards Hugel


Sunrise at Shadow Lake, towards Rufus and Hugel


Sunrise at Shadow Lake, towards Hugel


Sunrise at Shadow Lake - Little Hugel


Sunrise at Shadow Lake, towards Hugel


A HDR image comprising several photos including the one above, enhancing the frost on the other side of the lake.


Sunrise at Shadow Lake, towards Hugel


Frost on the side of the track


Tarns on the plateau between Little Hugel and Hugel


Tarns on the plateau between Little Hugel and Hugel


Tarns on the plateau between Little Hugel and Hugel


Tarns on the plateau between Little Hugel and Hugel


Tarns on the plateau between Little Hugel and Hugel


Summit of Hugel


Mt Rufus from Mt Hugel


Looking down on the upper reaches of the catchment for the Franklin River.


Looking down on the upper reaches of the catchment for the Franklin River.


Sunset at Shadow Lake


Sunset at Shadow Lake


Sunset at Shadow Lake


Sunset at Shadow Lake


Hope you enjoyed

[frank_in_oz]

Nice, really nice. Another one on the list.

Loved the reflection pics

Thanks

[walkinTas]

Very, very nice. Lake shadow and the surrounds are a really pretty spot. The photo of Rufus taken from Hugel is probably the best picture of Rufus I have seen. It shows what Rufus is really like.

For a while now I have been planning a walk to the spot in the two pictures below that shot of Rufus (Lake Hermione I believe). This should be very close to Orites Falls (they're approximately 700 m south-east from the lake). I figured to walk north-west from the first larger tarn that lies west of little Hugel and come around below Hugel. Did it look at all like it could be done? I have no idea what the falls are like.

[Nick S]

Great photos tasadam,
definitely worth the extra effort for that morning and evening light. I like that last one with the tree especially

[Mickeymoo]

Great series Adam, its a great little area up there.

[NickD]

What was the plateau between Little Hugel & Hugel like? Very scrubby?
We got told it was quite scrubby, and so tackled the peak from the south over the boulder fields.
The scrub looks quite pleasent in your photos.

Awesome pics!!!

[tasadam]

Thanks for the comments.

For a while now I have been planning a walk to the spot in the two pictures below that shot of Rufus (Lake Hermione I believe). This should be very close to Orites Falls (they're approximately 700 m south-east from the lake). I figured to walk north-west from the first larger tarn that lies west of little Hugel and come around below Hugel. Did it look at all like it could be done? I have no idea what the falls are like.

Doing that wasn't exactly on my mind, but I see no reason why not to give it a go... Jusging by the terrain I encountered, it can't be too bad so log as you aren't attempting it in the middle of winter or something.

I can't remember what the ascent would be like so perhaps Google Maps - terrain or a good study of the 1:25000 would be a better judge than my memory of it. http://maps.google.com.au/?ie=UTF8&ll=- ... 5&t=p&z=14
I tried setting a path but got

Walking directions are in beta.
Use caution – This route may be missing sidewalks or pedestrian paths.

I'll go thru my other photos of that walk some time & see if I can find anything that suggests more on the possibility or otherwise. If I find anything I'll let you know. I do remember it looked like a cool place to kick about, I have always liked the idea of exploring the headwaters of the Franklin River but thought I would have to follow the Cheyne Range to do it - which wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing, judging by some of the Dombrovskis photos I have seen of that area, I think in the Wild Rivers book.

What was the plateau between Little Hugel & Hugel like? Very scrubby?
We got told it was quite scrubby, and so tackled the peak from the south over the boulder fields.
The scrub looks quite pleasent in your photos.

Awesome pics!!!

I didn't find it very scrubby at all - the plateau is wild - no track, so good to fan out.
The tarn to the west of Little Hugel is easy to get to. Then you head up the slope, which can be scrubby if you don't pick a good route. But it isn't hard, and a reasonably short section to the top so no problem.
Then there's the plateau with its short scrub and lots of rock to walk on. So long as you are mindful to pick your route in front of you as you progress, you will be able to get across in a very minimal impact way.

Great photos tasadam,
definitely worth the extra effort for that morning and evening light. I like that last one with the tree especially

That photo was actually horribly under-exposed, and I had to do a lot of work on it (post-processing) to get it to look that good. Cool result tho, I'm pretty happy with it too.