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K2K Conditions

Postby GuyW » Tue 20 Sep, 2022 8:41 am

Hey

thinking of doing the K2K in October. Has anyone done it recently ? I am wondering about the regrowth and how much of a slog it is.

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Re: K2K Conditions

Postby nick_spiral » Fri 23 Sep, 2022 8:35 am

Hi Guy,

I did it with a partner about 6 weeks ago, from Kanangra to Katoomba. There is still thick wattle on Strongleg ridge, which is quite unpleasant but not impassable. You really must have GPS to navigate to Mt Morilla I think. Plenty of perfect water at Dex creek and in Kanangra Creek. We had trouble crossing Cox's River because it was very wide, deep and swift. It seemed very dangerous and we swam for our lives with our packs on our backs! I was at Cox's a couple of weeks ago though and it was much lower and slower. There is more thick wattle on Yellow Dog ridge, but there is a noticible track to follow through it. More like a tunnel really. Have fun!

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Re: K2K Conditions

Postby GuyW » Mon 26 Sep, 2022 5:53 pm

Thanks Nick … will try for it in a couple of weeks … hopefully the rain doesn’t come back in force or we might need floaties for the Cox’s
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Re: K2K Conditions

Postby Jacob1990 » Tue 04 Oct, 2022 5:12 pm

Any updates on this? We are going tomorrow and are concerned about the river
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Re: K2K Conditions

Postby tom_brennan » Wed 05 Oct, 2022 8:27 am

Jacob1990 wrote:Any updates on this? We are going tomorrow and are concerned about the river


The Coxs River is likely to rise very quickly over the next 3 days - I'd be reconsidering if I were you. (But based on the weather forecast for the next few days, I'd probably be sitting at home! 50-100mm of rain for the Central Tablelands)
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Re: K2K Conditions

Postby keithj » Thu 06 Oct, 2022 10:51 am

Jacob1990 wrote:Any updates on this? We are going tomorrow and are concerned about the river


This is what it looked like this morning.
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Re: K2K Conditions

Postby GuyW » Tue 11 Oct, 2022 3:59 pm

Jacob1990 wrote:Any updates on this? We are going tomorrow and are concerned about the river


Did you end up going ?
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