Heading out to the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park today and thought I'd share a few of my favorite photos when I did the summit in 2015. It was no easy feat. Lots of rock scrambles and lots of snow as well. Pass the Kitchen Hut there were only two other trekkers who continued on while the others had turned around. I pretty much hiked alongside them until they decided it was too tough and dangerous to keep going. I was determined to summit that day as my time in Tassie was limited and only had one chance (at least at that time). To my surprise, I somehow managed to convince one of them to go with me while the other wait for us. The snow got thicker and deeper. It was a bit scary as we had no idea how deep it went. But we carefully and slowly made it to the top. We snapped a few "we made it" photos and quickly made our way back down as it was nearly sunset and we still had a long way to go. Passed the rock scrambles, all three of us raced to the bottom with the lil day light we had left. It was an unforgettable hike and I can't wait to go back again. Hopefully with less snow this time. I won't go into too much details and just let the photos below do the talking.
P.S. my computer is dead and editing this on my phone, my wifi is also running out but I promise to include some photo descriptions as soon as I can. Until then, please enjoy the photos below :)
A family checking out a wombat at the start of the Overland Track near Ronny Creek Car Park
Overlandland Track
A boatshed at the edge of Crater Lake
A boatshed at the edge of Crater Lake
Views from Marions Lookout - 1223m
Admiring Crater Lake from Marions Lookout
Signature jump shot at Marions Lookout
Views all around
Admiring the jagged face of Cradle Mountain
Cradle Mountain Summit - clouds rolling in from the right side
So much snow at the plateau on the way to Kitchen Hut
Some parts of the boardwalk was totally covered in snow
Just another photo of the jagged face of Cradle Mountain
Walking on snow without proper shoes/gears is no fun
Made it to the infamous Kitchen Hut
The infamous Kitchen Hut
Clouds were rolling in and out so quickly you could have such poor visibility one second...
...and then this the next
Checking out the views
Still a long way up
Rock scrambling our way up following the snow poles
More snow on the track
Very steep ascent through rock scrambles
The track we were just on issomewhere beneath the clouds
Rock climbing and photo ops shenanigans, glad these guys were up for it.
Rock climbing and photo ops shenanigans, glad these guys were up for it.
Such an incredible sight to see the clouds roll in out
More climbing up steep rocky scrambles
Photos doesn't really do these rock formations justice
Photos doesn't really do these rock formations justice
Photos doesn't really do these rock formations justice
Obligatory summit photo, see my shadow?
Obligatory summit photo
Summit views
The trickiest section with very thick snow, don't know how I managed to snap a photo but i did
The trickiest section with very thick snow, don't know how I managed to snap a photo but i did
Spot the person next to the tall rock? Aidan's friend waiting for us while we hiked to the summit
Here's a close up
*A foggy descent
