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Mt Bogong 2010
August 8th, 2010
Mt Bogong 2010
Categories: Skiing
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This year we stayed in Cleve Cole Hut for almost a week, involving extra rations which, thankfully, were earlier hiked in during Apr & May. Gourmet meals & beers were enjoyed, along with the great company of Grossen, Bluestone, Bugle, TD, JC, Dutchy, Birdsong, Dr Tugger, Donkey, and (of course) the Captain. The weather was fantastic and a reasonable dump of snow on the Sunday/Monday meant that we had enough cover to do a bit of skiing as well as getting brilliant photo opportunities. The week went way too quickly. I vowed never to hire boots again - they never mould to your feet unless they are new. Follow this link for the slide show or this link to see all the photos.
After a great night at the Eskdale Hotel, Monday was the hard slog in (5.5 hours). We entered via Mulhauser Spur, which was a safer option than crossing Mt Bogong itself in whiteout conditions with wind gusts of over 125 km/h forecast. There was plenty of new fallen snow and Bluestone christened the AWD. Luckily 'Ubiquitous Steve' was around to make the job of clearing trees easy.
Tuesday was a chance to recover a bit as the winds eased off. We tried our luck at Westons and were rewarded with some magic views of the mountains covered in snow.
Wednesday brought in more snow. Birdsong, Dr T & Chad joined us. The overcast conditions made it ideal to collect wood. Grossen and Bugle prove there is no such word as "can't" when it comes to getting the sled down to the hut with a huge load - watch out Captain!
Thursday the clouds remained low, however that did not prevent some excellent skiing. 
Friday enabled us to head to Mt Bogong and out to West Peak. Great runs down Cairn Gully. Spectacular day, which we repeated on Saturday, despite the "crowds" which turned up for the weekend. The hut was rather full on Friday night and tents were pitched.
Sunday's exit weather was kind. It took about 4 hours to get out to the vehicles and I think we all agreed that a night at the Eskdale Pub on the way out should have been high on our priorities rather than face the long drive ahead.
WANTED! - THE FOLLOWING FERRALS ARE CONSIDERED DANGEROUS:
Thanks everyone for making this such a great trip. We had lots of fun & laughs.
Feedback awaiting moderation
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