A walk in the snow - not quite to Rufus
Posted: Tue 15 Sep, 2009 8:30 amHi all
Just thought I'd post a few pics of my day-walk from this past Friday (11th Sep).
The two of us arrived from Launceston down at Lake St Clair at about 8:15 and were straight on the track. It was a glorious frosty morning, blue sky and not a breath of wind. There was quite a bit of excitement upon seeing the amount of snow in the area as we travelled along the small section of the Lyell Highway after coming down from the Great Lakes (very enjoyable drive from Launceston to start the day).
It didn't take long before we started seeing some snow in perfect walking conditions. A couple of the tarns along the way were frosted over, we wandered past Shadow Lake and then onto Forgotten Lake. Unfortunately it was very hard going as we attempted to ascend Little Hugel due to the amount of snow (only one of us had snow shoes - thanks Nik) and so we turned around and wandered back to Shadow Lake for an early lunch.
From there we wandered along the track towards Rufus (knowing that we would not summit it either) at a more casual pace and throughly enjoyed the walk in sunny conditions. After taking a few photos and stopping for a snack at the Hugel River we turned back and headed back down to Lake St Clair via the Shadow Lake Circuit.
Hope you enjoy some of the photos
Just thought I'd post a few pics of my day-walk from this past Friday (11th Sep).
The two of us arrived from Launceston down at Lake St Clair at about 8:15 and were straight on the track. It was a glorious frosty morning, blue sky and not a breath of wind. There was quite a bit of excitement upon seeing the amount of snow in the area as we travelled along the small section of the Lyell Highway after coming down from the Great Lakes (very enjoyable drive from Launceston to start the day).
It didn't take long before we started seeing some snow in perfect walking conditions. A couple of the tarns along the way were frosted over, we wandered past Shadow Lake and then onto Forgotten Lake. Unfortunately it was very hard going as we attempted to ascend Little Hugel due to the amount of snow (only one of us had snow shoes - thanks Nik) and so we turned around and wandered back to Shadow Lake for an early lunch.
From there we wandered along the track towards Rufus (knowing that we would not summit it either) at a more casual pace and throughly enjoyed the walk in sunny conditions. After taking a few photos and stopping for a snack at the Hugel River we turned back and headed back down to Lake St Clair via the Shadow Lake Circuit.
Hope you enjoy some of the photos