Was with a group which included one of the guys who originally cut this track in the 70's, so it was particularly interesting to get a little history lesson on the area - along with a few hairy tales of life and near-death adventures in the mountains
Just above Woolleys Tarn though, we got waylaid on a bit of a wild goose chase following a line of newish-looking yellow taped trees. It crossed the main inlet river just after leaving the tarn (heading up the hill towards Nevada), and then seemed to follow a fairly hap-hazard route up the opposite (western) river bank in the direction of Wetpants Peak. There was no evidence of any kind of track on the ground - just this yellow tape.
We gave up on it when it hit the scrubbier line of pandanni forest and it became obvious this was NOT the correct track up to Nevada.
As soon as we first crossed the river, the guy who cut the track said he recalled the track crossing the river further upstream. Should've listened to him of course! Sure enough, once we re-crossed the river we picked up the correct track (marked with orange tape) which did indeed take us further upstream before crossing.
Anyone have any ideas where this yellow tape leads or the purpose of it? Climber's route to Wetpants perhaps?
Just curious.
Anyhow, just in case anyone makes the same mistake we did - ignore the yellow tape! Unless you want to see how deep the rabbit hole goes...
For anyone interested, here's a bit of the track just near Woolleys Tarn:
