by tasadam » Mon 09 Jul, 2007 8:48 am
My time wasn't "quite" winter - we only got a couple of inches of snow...
My wife and I went up there from Scotts peak, had 1 night at the first lake with platforms (can't remember the lake - before Oberon but too lazy to look it up right now, names are not my forte)
Second day kicking about heading along the track, south, but the weather was bad so sheltered under a bush, made a cuppa then headed back to camp to have lunch then pack up and get off the altitudes. Second night spent at the base of Moraine A due to all the snow (2 inches is not much, but the weather was looking more and more FOUL so we decided to play safe and get out of there.
It's a beautiful place but when the weather is bad, the going is tough! I myself would not risk a traverse in winter but I would certainly go back there.
If you get lucky with the weather, you are going to have a great time!
The ranger from Mt Field Nat park tells me that the Western Arthurs "makes" the weather for Tasmania... Having been there and seen what the weather can throw at you, I can understand that.
It was funny that night when it snowed up there, I thought it was possums at the side of the tent again so I was bashing things and making a racket, but it was just the snow sliding down the side of the tent, which I did not discover til morning... We had a laugh about that.