Your really going to have to go by feel on the day, how your & your patners hairy legs are coping, hot weather, thicker scrub than anticipated,
cloud covered peaks, 2 days of rain, wet slippery rocks, swollen creeks etc etc....be flexible.
Up & down via Midget Ridge, Up & down Barrabool Ridge, or up one & down the other, are all fine routes.
If I'm walking a ridge for the first time I like to ascent it first, much easier pick & choose my lines from the bottom looking up.
Midget Ridge had a fire through there when I last climbed it over 2yrs ago, so maybe some regrowth there now.
Montserrat is another side trip.
I'll add a few picks of the terrain your going encounter...to help you decide.
Midget Ridge front & centre...
Bippoh to West Peak...Barrabool @ right.
Short & Long Barrabool with Gwyala in the background...
Barrabool short & long...
...and lastly a overall view from Montserrat, where the ridge you can see at your feet takes you to Yamahra Ck camp & Upper Portals.
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ofuros on Sat 17 Feb, 2018 8:58 pm, edited 1 time in total.