snow Archives - TasTrekker

Overland Snow from Go to Whoa

Overland Track in Snow Last week I was working at Lake St Clair when Kylie came to visit. In typical Kylie fashion she arrived via an Overland Track trail run on what may turn out to be the best snow day of the winter. Sun rises over Cradle Plateau Good snow had fallen overnight Friday and intermittent flurries continued…

25th August 2025

Bushwalking

Southern Ranges – Third Time Lucky – February 2020

If at first you don't succeed... We were super keen to test our theory that we could complete the Southern Ranges traverse, New River Lagoon wade and South Coast Track (SCT) to Cockle Creek in four days. Our next opportunity arose when a few days off lined up at the start of February - potentially the most stable part…

2nd May 2021

Trail Running

kunanyi / Mt Wellington Snow Run

Last Friday, with snow falling to low levels and a few spare hours, there was an obvious choice for a run: kunanyi / Mt Wellington. Last time I did a snow run I added the summit as a side trip on my regular back yard loop. I was after a shorter run this time so I drove 5 minutes…

12th September 2017

Trail Running

Back Yard Rain & Snow

Up and down tracks of my Pearl Izumis(...and the 4WD tracks of a techo working on the TV towers) A couple of runs to report in the past week. Last Sunday some rain had switched on the New Town Rivulet at the Clapper Bridge. This was a pleasant contrast from last week when we found the stream unseasonably dry.…

29th July 2017