by bumpingbill » Fri 18 Feb, 2022 9:46 am
I went through there a couple of weeks ago, and it is *drrrrrryyyyyy*.
In Smiths Saddle, there were very small pools but they were drying fast and were getting very muddy, so by now I reckon they're gone.
Leaning Tea Tree saddle had much better pools, that I would say are probably still there.
Wylly was dry too. Hard to find much up there. As someone else noted, there is a good pool at the base of Mt Vic Cross - that's about 25-30 or so mins walk off the track though.
I didn't find anything at all after Wylly, and at PB low camp no sign of anything either. I climbed halfway up PB to find the "waterfall" but it was barely a trickle. There was a pool but it was pretty small. It is pretty shaded, so it might still be there.
A few small pools up top too, but nothing massively inviting.
So all in all, it's dry. It's also pretty manky. I saw someone had taken a *&%$#! about 10 meters from the campsite at low PB and it was crawling with maggots. I was incredibly suspicious of every water source I found, and treated it all before drinking.
Good luck! Have fun. Love to hear how it went when you get back.