There's more snow up high in the backcountry than I've ever seen in October. Blue Lake is still frozen with a foot of snow on top, all the gullies are banked out and there are still remnants of water ice, though nothing climbable. These pics are from Friday 14/10. The road to Charlotte Pass only opened the previous afternoon. I went up the right side of the main gully, right of the cornice, then continued up Twynam.
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