Overnighter in South West.

[iaindtiler]

Hi all. Well i'm very glad to be back living in Tas and amongst the wilderness. I am planning an overnighter in the south west, ideas so far are ; Scotts Peak to Lake Cygnus or Mt Picton or Mt Hopetoun. Any ideas on favorites? I am relatively fit, have done Mt Anne, Main range (kosiosco) amongst others and well equipped. Any suggestions would be much appreciated , regards , Iain

[stepbystep]

Hopetoun is very different with a steep and scrubby offtrack section, Lake Sydney would be a better option in that area. Best go for Cygnus or Picton, although Picton can be done as a daywalk relatively easily.

The Snowy Range would also make a nice o/nighter with a camp below Nevada Peak.

[doogs]

Hopetoun may be a bit hopeful, you would want a bit of company in the scrub!!
Other options could be Mt Wright and Stepped Hill, an overnighter to Lake Rhona or an overnight trip to Mt Weld.

[iaindtiler]

Cheers for the suggestions. So Hopetoun is out , thankyou, but more chioces now. Weld has always interested me. I have a Tasmap of Weld, tho no track is marked. I assume track starts from the end of South Weld Rd? for Nevada peak and the Snowy Ranges is access via the forestry roads? Cheers again

[MJD]

Not quite the end. There are some descriptions on the site for this trip. The track peters out on a flat area a bit before the upper lake, which makes a nice camp site.

Weld

[stepbystep]

...for Nevada peak and the Snowy Ranges is access via the forestry roads? Cheers again

I only have a hard copy of directions but this guy will email them to you http://mhanna.customer.netspace.net.au/nevada_peak.htm

Sth Pictons is also fantastic with the walk starting a cpl hundred metres from the Picton track. Adamsons, Sthn Ranges(Pigsty or Moores Garden return), Schnells Ridge, Mt Shakespeare, Mt Field lots of options

[iaindtiler]

Thanks for all the suggestions. You're right , there are lots of options. With about 5 maps in front of me , it's down to Snowy Range and Weld. Have to make decision before morning . Cheers again.

[doogs]

A copy of The Abels volume 2 is extremely handy to own as it has great track notes on a lot of the major peaks. If you haven't got one already that is !!!

[iaindtiler]

Thanks again for all the advice. Ended up choosing Snowy Range with the idea of camping at Snowdrift Tarns. But the weather wasn't playing ball and after a few hours on the plateau, returned down and out. On a side note, with a spare day decided to do some scrambling on Mt Wellington. Stumbled on a weak and occasionally tagged pad at the foot of the Organ Pipes, and it leads you up a gully to the summit. Great views of the Organ pipes, and a challenge. Highly recommended little (hour n half from the chateau) climb , with care. Again thanks for the advice, iain.

[north-north-west]

Bad luck with the weather, mate. I did the Picton circuit over three days, starting Monday and, bar a short squall between Chapman and Abrotanella, had pretty good conditions.
Nice to know that, for once, I made the right decision and got better conditions than someone else.
The Bobs/Boomerang trip, however, goes down as a 'fail'.

[iaindtiler]

And Picton was on my short list!! I did start sunday, think the weather got better from monday on , dohhh!!