Overland Track Snow Walk, August 2010
Posted: Sat 04 Sep, 2010 2:58 pm
Earlier this year when my not-really-a-bushwalker wife ('Daughter-in-law of a Beach' - or Mrs Beach) suggested walking the Overland Track in winter as part of her training for the "Burnie 10" (10km road run), I jumped on the opportunity and immediately compared diaries, and booked it into the only available winter week in our combined calendars to make sure she couldn't change her mind and that it would go ahead. We decided to include the lakeside walk rather than catch the ferry, and being a slow walking team, and unused to deep snow, allowed 7 days.
The trip finally happened last week from the 26th of August to the 1st of September, 2010, and turned out to coincide with Tasmania's best snowfalls for about 6 years (according to the Ben Lomond ski reports). We carried snow shoes and used them on 5 of the 7 days. Our itinerary in brief was as follows:
We met people on the track on every day except for day 1 and day 6, but we only shared a hut or campsite once, at Windermere on night 5.
This walk ended up being much more difficult than usual due to lots of deep soft snow, but the scenery was even more impressive than usual due to lots of deep soft snow.
(continued in the next few posts...)
The trip finally happened last week from the 26th of August to the 1st of September, 2010, and turned out to coincide with Tasmania's best snowfalls for about 6 years (according to the Ben Lomond ski reports). We carried snow shoes and used them on 5 of the 7 days. Our itinerary in brief was as follows:
- Day 1 - Cynthia Bay to Echo Point Hut (after morning meetings and a 3pm start).
- Day 2 - Echo Point to Windy Ridge Hut (Bert Nichols Hut).
- Day 3 - Windy Ridge to Kiaora Hut.
- Day 4 - Kiaora to Frog Flats (in tent).
- Day 5 - Frog Flats to Windermere Hut.
- Day 6 - Windermere to Waterfall Valley Hut.
- Day 7 - Waterfall Valley to Ronnie Creek.
We met people on the track on every day except for day 1 and day 6, but we only shared a hut or campsite once, at Windermere on night 5.
This walk ended up being much more difficult than usual due to lots of deep soft snow, but the scenery was even more impressive than usual due to lots of deep soft snow.
(continued in the next few posts...)