Got as far as Barron Pass Wednesday (28 Aug). A beautiful blue sky day. Frenchmans Cap was well and truly snow-capped. I spoke to a party of two who had tried to summit that morning and found chest deep snow on their ascent too hard to grapple with and abandoned the attempt.
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Frenchmans Cap - late August 2013
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Re: Frenchmans Cap - late August 2013
by stepbystep » Fri 06 Sep, 2013 10:32 am
I read their tale in the Tahune logbook and saw where they turned back. From the summit on Monday 2/9 
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Re: Frenchmans Cap - late August 2013
by stepbystep » Fri 06 Sep, 2013 10:56 am
By way of comparison, here's my shot from Baron Pass on Sunday 1/9
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Re: Frenchmans Cap - late August 2013
by tigercat » Fri 06 Sep, 2013 1:42 pm
Great shots SBS. Any problems with the ascent in snow?
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Re: Frenchmans Cap - late August 2013
by stepbystep » Fri 06 Sep, 2013 3:27 pm
tigercat wrote:Great shots SBS. Any problems with the ascent in snow?
No pretty easy, mostly firm. Good fun bumsliding down
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Re: Frenchmans Cap - late August 2013
by Peaksnik » Fri 06 Sep, 2013 3:47 pm
Excellent shots SBS - my jealousy knows no bounds. We ran out of time - too old and slow 
No doubt we'll have another go at it but need to contact Essendon's high performance unit to get some advice about appropriate supplements.
No doubt we'll have another go at it but need to contact Essendon's high performance unit to get some advice about appropriate supplements.
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Re: Frenchmans Cap - late August 2013
by tibboh » Fri 06 Sep, 2013 4:34 pm
Skiing looks better up here than the Acropolis 
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