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Winter Conditions 27-Jun-2007 At 1:25:49 PM JohnK

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Ahhh...the build up to the Australian mountaineering season is soooo good.

On 25/06/2007 nmonteith wrote:
The ice climbing area has practicly no ice, zero rime and only
>soft mushy snow in the gullys.
>We spent our weekend rockclimbing the walls instead. Pity we didn't bring
>climbing shoes, only
>mountain boots so our free climbing ability was scaled back somewhat.
>So, for the moment it is not
>worth hiking the 3 hours up the hill for the current conditions.
>

That's a shame Neil. I am sure after this week it can only get better.

Chris e-mailed me some photos of Blue Lake last week (they are in a PDF so cannot upload them). All I can say is that you can easily climb there now and it's compararble to how things were last August - not surprising - it's been very cold. It will be a great season for it. Mark the first or second weekend of August in your diaries (based on the weather forecast).

If anyone is interested, going to Buller for a plod (and some much needed cardio training) the weekend after next. Either late Friday night or Saturday arvo based on weather forecast.