Approaching Pelion Gap in the snow
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Lap of Pelion East – August 2020

In 2011, on an autumn mission to Kia Ora Falls and Castle Crag, I was walking the Overland Track just past Kia Ora hut around 11am. An unlikely group of runners approached from the south. They were completing what they dubbed, “The Lap of Pelion East.” Nine years later, Kylie and I were looking for a winter adventure and decided to complete a 'Lap' of our own.
Pelion Gap
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Mount Ossa x2

Pelion Gap In October last year a couple of colleagues were doing the Overland Track with Cradle Mountain Huts Walk.  I arranged to meet them for their 'Ossa Day' by doing a long return day walk from Arm River.  I had also arranged to do a day walk the following day with a young bloke relatively new to bush…
Sunset from Pelion Hut
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Pelion Family Bushwalk

Over Easter we took our 11, 9 and 5 year old children to walk the Arm River Track. While Pelion Hut was the loose objective it was not set in stone. The area has many lovely spots for camping so the plan was to do whatever we could do then setup camp. With enough meals to last 4 days…