paidal_chalne_vala wrote:Al those routes are serious 4 WD only. In Dec. I plan to walk up Brock's road from The Upper Jamieson River near where the winter gate is located on Brock's road and go over KB saddle down to the Mac. River and up to the Howitt Plains and VG hut as a green season fact finding mission for XC BC ski touring access to VG hut at Mac. Springs. I will return via Hell's window and Lovick's hut and Cairn Creek track.
paidal_chalne_vala wrote:There is no easy way to Mac. Springs in white season.
Lophophaps wrote:It's on Magdala and Howitt. I have not been near pole 333 in a whiteout. The most memorable whiteout was on the Etheridge Range on the ridge southish of the hut. Paul was next to me and he vanished, gone in an instant. Either the cornice gave way or he skied off the edge - we never found out. It took about 30 minutes for him to get back to the party. His first words were along the lines that there was no wind where he was.
GBW wrote:That's the beauty of whiteout photos. You can say they're anywhere you want.
paidal_chalne_vala wrote:The XC skiing with a heavy pack over Mt. Magdala could become hairy in poor visibility even via the low track. The descent from KB could become tricky for this plodder on planks.
The summit of Mt. Howitt in white season could become an ordeal when it comes to finding the track to VG hut in a white out even with a map compass and GPS. Of course one plans
such ski tours when the weather window is good but the weather can change suddenly up there in white season.
As a bushwalk I want to see what the route I have described is like . The approach from Gorge Gap and the winter gate there on the Howitt road is further but has less up and down. There is no easy way to Mac. Springs in white season.
paidal_chalne_vala wrote:Yes, I think you could be right about that. So coming in from Gorge Gap on the Howitt road could be smarter and better for my Nordic skiing ability.
A trip to Kelly's hut & McMichael's hut ( the better of the two huts )
could be even better suited to what I want to do .
Vehicular access
could become the real hurdle using that route. Arbuckle Junction is subject to large snow drifts in winter and early spring and the road area from Tamboritha Saddle to the winter gates at Gorge Gap receives many fallen trees in winter.
paidal_chalne_vala wrote:Even so I am curious about the route I have described merely as a Bushwalker and will most likely do it anyway just because it covers some terrain( mostly 4 x 4 tracks ) I have not walked in the area.
Lophophaps wrote:GBW wrote:That's the beauty of whiteout photos. You can say they're anywhere you want.
I was wondering how long it would take you to realise that the picture is actually on the Larapinta.
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