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

Approaching Pelion Gap in the snow 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. The foursome had light packs and were moving freely and quickly compared with me and my full multi-day…
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…
Cathedral Mountain from Castle Crag
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Castle Crag

Cathedral Mountain from Castle Crag Last week I set my sights on Castle Crag. I’ve often looked at it from Lees Paddocks or the Overland Track and wondered about tackling it as a long day walk from Wadleys Hut. After some other commitments on Friday evening, I set out from Lake Rowallan at 9:00pm and took exactly three hours…