ragged jack info

[doogs]

Does anyone have any info on the start point for ragged jack. I had a look for it on a wet winters day last year but gave up. PM me if needed. Thanks.

[ollster]

Does anyone have any info on the start point for ragged jack. I had a look for it on a wet winters day last year but gave up. PM me if needed. Thanks.

A group of us did it... gee, must've been 1.5 years ago now. ILUV will have the details, I'd give him a nag if I were you. [EDIT: it may be documented in the Abels book, but I don't have it on me at work ]

My recollection: There's a road slightly NW of the peak, I think we started there. I remember (I think) we started on an old 4wd track that followed up the left of a small river valley and then crossed the river on a stony ford higher up. Eventually the 4wd track ran out and we had to cross a small section of forest, then some boulder scree and around the left of a rock pinnacle, up to the summit "plateau" and from there a short and slightly scrubby jaunt to the summit.

ILUV or MJD will correct probably all of that...

EDIT: Ah yes, the rockclimbing/bouldering site thesarvo has the access info. Amazingly this matches my recollection...

http://www.thesarvo.com/confluence/disp ... agged+Jack

[MJD]

This is the bit we walked:

[doogs]

Thanks Ollster and MJD. Big week of peak bagging next week!

[ollster]

Thanks Ollster and MJD. Big week of peak bagging next week!

Whatcha got planned, if I may ask?

[doogs]

Monday - snowy south and Nevada
Wednesday - taking wifee up st pats head
Thursday - ragged jak, hamilton crags and legges tor
And anything else that I have time for!

[ollster]

Monday - snowy south and Nevada
Wednesday - taking wifee up st pats head
Thursday - ragged jak, hamilton crags and legges tor
And anything else that I have time for!

A nice little bag I must say, St Pats is a personal fave. May as well do Markham Heights while you're on Ben and knock off the Nth section. Peakbagging is all about efficiency.

[stu]

Agreed, I have been up St Pats 4 times now, it's a really great little peak / walk.
It's also one of the easiest peaks on the Connoisseurs List & a worthy inclusion IMHO

Those ones around the ski village / road on Ben are all pretty easy & worth doing in 1 visit.
Mensa Moor is a longer / harder option tho, right Oll?

[doogs]

Monday - snowy south and Nevada
Wednesday - taking wifee up st pats head
Thursday - ragged jak, hamilton crags and legges tor
And anything else that I have time for!

A nice little bag I must say, St Pats is a personal fave. May as well do Markham Heights while you're on Ben and knock off the Nth section. Peakbagging is all about efficiency.

I do things inefficiently, this will be my third trip to the north of the Ben and have walked within 5 mins of legges tor summit twice but haven't bothered as its sooo ugly. This will finish off all the Ben except wilmot (have been up stacks 3 times already, see what I mean by inefficient?).

[ollster]

Mensa Moor is a longer / harder option tho, right Oll?

Helps if you can avoid putting your foot down a hole.

[ollster]

legges tor summit twice but haven't bothered as its sooo ugly.

So true. Looks like someone crashed a boat up there with all the wood lying around.

[doogs]

legges tor summit twice but haven't bothered as its sooo ugly.

So true. Looks like someone crashed a boat up there with all the wood lying around.

Noah? No I think that was mt ararat.

[ollster]

legges tor summit twice but haven't bothered as its sooo ugly.

So true. Looks like someone crashed a boat up there with all the wood lying around.

Noah? No I think that was mt ararat.

Who'd know? Those old books are pretty vague at the best of times - don't give grid refs do they?

[slparker]

Anybody ever noticed old mine works at the north end of RJ?

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article ... a|||sortby