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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.

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A great friend of mine, who I have shared many skiing adventures with,  recently celebrated his half century.  It was unfortunate that I was not able to get together for Bluestone's great day, so I put together a collage of photos from past adventure years.  You can download the resulting masterpiece here.

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Charlottes Pass    September 2009

My good friend, Teepar, invited me to join with him, Rohan and a colleague, Francesca, on an adventure to Charlottes Pass for a week’s skiing. We hired skis at Jindabyne and travelled into the mountains using the skitube and across to the Pass via oversnow transport.  It was the last week of the downhill season for Charlottes Pass and that gave us a great opportunity to hit both the downhill and alpine slopes across the high range.  It was great to have some 5 star luxury at the end of the day staying at the magnificent KAC lodge with lots of laughs and good food.

Some of the photos are below, click here to see the complete photo album.

 

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This was the year that we entered Bogong from the Mulhauser track. I remember it was pretty wet and miserable. My brand new backpack turned out to be not so waterproof and I was soon carrying a wet sleeping bag amongst other things up the mountain. I certainly felt it that year as my diet precluded me from consuming much in the way of carbohydrates.

I was glad the lads looked out for me - it was a pretty hard slog. Still, where there is a will there's a way - I got there, and what a great week it turned out to be. Here is Bluestone giving the traditional reading ... By the end of the week we were all in fine form and even managed a few classic photos. There was some great fresh powder snow through the week and this gave me some excellent photo opportunities.

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Some unreal snow & lots of us crammed into a hut for a week - priceless! See the complete photo album at Mt Bogong 2005

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How BIG is that!!  An excellent year of deep powder snow tempted some extreme skiing. Big Al shows he has connections and gets a heli escort.  Disnek was handy to coordinate.  We meet the 7 dwarfs.  See all the action at Mt Bogong 2004

        

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Big bushfires earlier in the year gave an errie change to the moutain and opened up whole new areas to ski.  TD brings his cat.  The boys have snow cones for Liam.  There is a lot more to see at Mt Bogong 2003

   

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The Spadcha Boys were in their element this year at Mt Bogong. Some fantastic weather which finished with a gruelling exit via Staircase. A complete set of photos is at Mt Bogong 2001

 

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Spectacular snow. A brilliant year.  Capture the essence at Mt Bogong 2000.