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MOST RECENT ASCENTS |
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| Date |
Mountain |
Route |
Party
Name |
Party
Members |
Notes |
| 03/01/2020 | Mt Rolleston - Low Peak
 | Otira slide | PVT | Dean | Good firm icy snow all the way, softening slightly in the arvo, this made it easier to descend . |
| 24/12/2019 | Mt Philistine
 | Standard from foot bridge | PVT | Troy and Katie | Snow on face near summit but ridges are clear. |
| 11/12/2019 | Mt Philistine
| Standard route from the Otira valley foot bridge | PVT | Daryll Thomson, David Kennedy, Susan Parkes | Normal spring conditions with snow softening during the day |
| 07/10/2019 | Mt Rolleston - Low Peak
| Rome Ridge | PVT | Eiffel | Mostly solid firm snow.
Sizes of cornices have been reduced.
Very cloudy and super windy weather today.
Otira Slide descent was shrouded in clouds.
Otira Valley is filled with tons of avo debris from the weekend. |
| 03/10/2019 | Mt Rolleston - Low Peak
| Chockstone Route | Eiffel Tan | Eiffel Tan | Up to 5 cm deep snow on top of firm snow on the Bealey Face. Hard firm snow when topping out on goldney ridge directly above the chockstone Some hollowed out cornices on Goldney Ridge. Pretty safe traverse otherwise. Otira Slide having up to 15 cm of powder snow.
Class .5 avos happening mid day on the otira face. Some head sized rollerballs with a short run out as well |
| 28/07/2019 | Mt Temple
 | Carter Gough Gully | PVT | J Morris, T de Wilde | Good firm snow to 1700m with variable snice and unconsolidated rubbish above. Large pinwheels in Downhill Basin with prior warm event |
| 30/06/2019 | Mt Alexander
 | Low peak from Camp Creek | Ben | Just me | Icy snow from around 1500m. Left the car park at 11am and made it to the low peak in 1 hour 50 min running. Crazy how much more ground you can cover without a pack! |
| 18/06/2019 | Mt Rolleston - Low Peak
| Crow Face | PVT | Keeley Rhynd | Solid conditions centre left of Face. Ice flow and leads on the right haven’t touched down yet. Descent down Rome ridge which is firm on the crest with pockets of shallow wind blown under a thin crust on the northern side. |
| 05/05/2019 | Mt O'Malley
 | Via 1844 on Mt Aicken Track | PVT | Jon Colbert | Minimal snow cover, and only in southerly aspects. |
| 30/04/2019 | Mt Edgar Evans
 | South along the ridge from Mt wilson | PVT | Daryll Thomson, Stuart Columbus | Some new snow |
| 13/04/2019 | Mt Barron
 | Via Mt Barron track | PVT | Robert, Thomas, Tim, Vincent | |
| 06/04/2019 | Mt Binser
 | Via binser saddle | Robert, Geoff, Thomas | 3 | Straight forward trip, follow the doc track past the saddle until you reach the creek to your right, followed up the creek for about 500m, then gained the ridge on the right following a deer trail. From there route finding is straight forward. Small cornices have formed at the ridge, about 20cms of snow from the treeline, knee deep in the ridge |
| 25/01/2019 | Mt Temple
| Central Buttress | PVT | Karen Jackson, Jason Watson | 5 pitches of fun. Have backed up the rap anchor on the tower with new cord. |
| 16/01/2019 | Mt Scarface
 | Up bush opposite Worsley Biv -> around to the eastern basins above Minchin Stream -> to South ridge about 500m south of peak -> 500m west side of south ridge to summit. Descended same route. | PVT | Daryll Thomson
Stuart Columbus | Typical summer conditions of the area in perfect weather.
Bush is thick in places but does provide good, energetic access to the open tops. |
| 27/11/2018 | Mt Alexander
| Camp Creek Route | PVT | Jon Colbert | A few chamois on the tops.
Snow on the summit was firm enough to kick steps and not sink. |
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