by JamesMc » Wed 10 Apr, 2019 8:56 pm
I've been there a couple of times but not since the last fires. Both times up from Windy Saddle. Once down via gullies in the rock slabs to near Boulder Saddle and the other time east along the Wilson Range. The latter had the advantage of good camping in the deep saddle one km east of the summit with water in the creek to the north. If I remember right, the hardest part of the Boulder Saddle route was the lower flatter section of shoulder to head high hakea etc near the bottom. It would be totally different now, possibly easier. The upper rocky section was OK.
If I was planning a trip up Mt Wilson now, I'd probably make a day trip of it. Camp a night at Half Way Hut then a night at Waterloo Bay, and run up in between. Even better to camp both nights at Half Way Hut but I doubt you'd get a permit to do that.
It's a great mountain; well worth the effort. Off-track walking at Wilsons Prom is always an adventure.
The last time I tried to get an off-track permit was a year or two after the 2011 flood which caused some erosion gullies. PV refused to issue a permit because of the supposed risk caused by un-mapped erosion gullies.
JamesMc