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| 7summits | First the tourist route...  Date Climbed: Feb 17, 2008 | |
| Nice circular trek from Charlottes pass, back via main range trek, with a sidestep to Mt Townsend's summit, total about 25km. Not really a climb, but beautiful area. | |
| Posted Mar 7, 2008 10:05 am | ||
| buzzdainer | From Thredbo Base Area Date Climbed: May 18, 1991 | |
| Easy hike up from the base area; slightly dismayed to walk along a metal grate. | ||
| Posted Oct 14, 2007 4:09 pm | ||
| A Bit | Thredbo Ski Lift Date Climbed: Feb 5, 2001 | |
| Easy hike on a great day. | |
| Posted Sep 1, 2007 2:03 am | ||
| alexclimb | Charlotte Pass Date Climbed: Apr 8, 2006 | |
| Sunny and clear morning followed the windy and snowy night. Fresh snow melted as we walked to the Summit. All way to the Summit from Charlott Pass and back took us 3,5 hours. | |
| Posted May 5, 2006 3:36 pm | ||
| vancouver islander | Route Climbed: Charlotte Pass/Main Ridge circle, via Blue and Albina Lakes Date Climbed: Jan 30, 2006 | |
| Pleasant day out from Tar Gan Gil Lodge at Charlotte Pass. Unfortunately, "Blue" Lake wasn't. The crux was the 3km or so of interlocking paving stone down to and up from the Snowy River. Very hard on the knees. Lots of wildflowers and a nasty looking little snake while traversing Carruthers peak to provide diversion. The whole 22km circuit took a gentle 6 hours or so with lots of time out for photos and detours up neighbouring tors etc. | |
| Posted Jan 31, 2006 6:54 pm | ||
| Jason Halladay | Route Climbed: Charlotte Pass Date Climbed: 30 December 2005 | |
| Three of us enjoyed a pleasant hike up this gentle peak. Still snow in places that had been heavily corniced. The flies were super annoying but didn't detract too much from the great views. | |
| Posted Jan 17, 2006 12:07 am | ||
| SiberianSayan | Route Climbed: From Charlotte's Pass Date Climbed: January 2002 | |
| High winds, cold on top. Those who took the shorter Thredbo route came up in shorts and were freezing! I loved the mountain hut -- spent some time looking through the journal of who had weathered out the storms. | |
| Posted Nov 6, 2005 4:38 am | ||
| romfrantic | Route Climbed: Summer - normal; Winter - north ridge Date Climbed: Several winter and summer ascents | |
| The summit and the landscape take a whole new different and enchanting character in winter compared to summer - if you can, get out there in winter on skis (and no crowds). | ||
| Posted Aug 24, 2005 8:57 pm | ||
| Valtho | Route Climbed: from Thredbo centre Date Climbed: November 2000 | |
| Although it seems to be an easy hike, we experienced some quick changing weather which made it quite a challenge to get to the summit and unfortunately the weather was too bad too have a nice view from the summit. | |
| Posted Aug 24, 2005 9:22 am | ||
| richardpattison | Route Climbed: Main range track Date Climbed: 10 April 2004 | |
| Failed in Jan 2003 due to bush fires, reaching the lookout only 5km away. I returned with my whole family over easter 2004 to reach the top of the continent. | |
| Posted Nov 8, 2004 5:59 am | ||
| noah | Route Climbed: various Date Climbed: 1988/89 . 93-2002 | |
| first time in summer in the late 80's. To many times to count in the 90's till 2002 back country snowboarding. | |
| Posted Oct 16, 2004 6:55 pm | ||
| Kimberly | Route Climbed: Thredbo Date Climbed: January 2003 | |
| I carried our son to the very top of the mountain. | |
| Posted Apr 5, 2004 4:55 pm | ||
| Kessler | Route Climbed: Thredbo Date Climbed: January 2003 | |
| Carried by mommy. | |
| Posted Mar 16, 2004 6:29 pm | ||
| Scott | Route Climbed: standard Date Climbed: January 2003 | |
| My wife Kimberly carried our 7 month old son Kessler to the summit. | |
| Posted Aug 21, 2003 1:47 pm | ||
| Peak Freak | Route Climbed: Threadbo Date Climbed: August 17, 2002 | |
| It was brilliant to be on the mountain in winter. We rented back country skis and skied to the summit. Although the Kosciuszko walk was completely covered in snow, we skied to Rams Head North, which is one of the few places where you get a view of the summit. From there we traversed to Rawson Pass and hiked up the final bit ('cause they were out of skins for rent). The terrain on Kosciuszko is so undulating, that you can't see the summit or the base of the mountain 90% of the time. I can see how route finding would be a nightmare in a white out in winter. We were lucky we had a beautiful day. | |
| Posted Sep 25, 2002 8:29 pm | ||
| Wyoming Bob | Route Climbed: Charlotte Pass Road Date Climbed: February 1994 | |
| Did the road walk to the summit and back. Touch of wind with great views. Companion trip report has details and photos. | |
| Posted Sep 17, 2002 5:53 am | ||
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