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Crag & Route Beta

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Current NSW Alpine climbing conditions . . .

Macciza
18-Jul-2015
6:04:52 PM
High All,
Planning on heading down to Watsons Crags or Sentinel next weekend and just seeing if anyoine knows how it is out there or at Blue Lake.
The nexr week looks to be staying quite cold as well and then hopefully another colder weekend . . .
Any ideas?
MM

IdratherbeclimbingM9
19-Jul-2015
9:05:27 PM
>Any ideas?

More snowed-in and cold than Dogface in the Blueys.

I am going the other way towards Qld to avoid it...
;-)

JMK
19-Jul-2015
9:51:00 PM
I was down at blue lake past weekend. Ice was excellent. Generally very good quality for oz. the cold made it very hard so sharp screws a must.

The snowy was totally covered but the snow everywhere else was unconsolidated powder so kept punching thro on walk in - hopefully it will settle for you. Ice on the lake was quite thin. Cracked on the edge as we moved over it. Acces to the blue lake amphitheater was a lot more work with the current snow conditions particularly on Friday but Saturday seemed a little easier. Punched through a few times and got feet wet. Great Sunday
Cheers j
SnowSense
20-Jul-2015
1:37:25 PM
Hey guys, since the spate of deaths in the alps in winter there are a bunch of new resources regarding ice and snow / avalanche conditions. Namely http://www.snowsensebeta.org Thats a good place to start. Also http://www.perisher.com.au/weather-cams/weather-reports/cross-country-report with the blue lake report:
Cold conditions with minus 10C overnight and snow in the gullies with snow predominant. Some ice but quite limited with recent new snowfalls. Weather over past 2-3 weeks has meant solid conditions as often happens early in winter, so very good climbing. Present weather system will ensure "expedition" like conditions. A bit of a trudge to get to Illawong still and will only get better with more snow to access Blue Lake but climbing conditions will be good and worthy.

Macciza
20-Jul-2015
5:29:47 PM
Thanks for all that
Hope to report back with shots after next weekend . . .

Whislt I'm here . .
Anyone one got any Yowies? Or Av beacons?
For sale or loan, coming from Sydney . . .

Cheers
MM

dmueller
21-Jul-2015
10:48:59 AM
G'day,
We were down there touring and climbing Fri-Sun. We started on the verticals just right of central gully on blue lake. Access knee deep but stable. Ice itself was plentiful but pretty rotten (normal). The low angled slabs 150m further SE looked solid and another party were having no issues on that.
Still patches of water on the lake but OK to traverse around the edges on E-N-W sides. Coverage still marginal at lake level and below and often plunge through to bushes, even on skis.
Ended up skiing the rest of the time which was excellent on the higher lee slopes. Looked across at Sentinel/Watsons from top of Carruthers. Good snow coverage but hard to spot any ice from that distance.
Have a good trip !!
Det

Nerm
21-Jul-2015
1:27:04 PM
Some nice ice in Tas:
http://www.thesarvo.com/confluence/display/thesarvo/2015/07/21/Ice+Climbing+-+Cradle+Mt
dalai
21-Jul-2015
5:36:30 PM
Wow Nerm. That looks amazing!
capt_planit
22-Jul-2015
11:52:17 AM
Climb that and u die. Pretty, as in pretty bad ice!

Macciza
22-Jul-2015
12:56:12 PM
Awesome...
looks way cool, well worth a look
good luck
lukef
25-Jul-2015
4:31:18 PM
Pretty good conditions a couple of days ago when we were there! Definitely want to go back again now.




patto
25-Jul-2015
11:47:15 PM
Surely that can't be Australia! ;-)
Chris.b-c
28-Jul-2015
9:39:37 AM
I have a pair of avo beacons Macca, you're welcome to borrow.

What were the conditions like? Hoping to get down there in a couple of weeks.

Macciza
30-Jul-2015
12:45:17 AM
Trip was unfortunately cancelled due to weather forecast - high winds and snow . . .
Could not get anyone else to go for a sufferfest - 80k avg - 120 k gusting wind overnight, -10 + degrees, blizzard conditions with a BetaMid tarp for cover . . .
Return visit planned for a few weeks, so if anyone heads down in between and can post condition reports it would be appreciated . . .
Might catch up for the beacons then . . .
Damien Gildea
4-Aug-2015
10:30:05 PM
Conditions pretty good, plenty of ice but quite a bit of snow on top of much of it. Some areas are quite bare, showing grass, and some of the rock buttresses are bare of ice in places they often have some. Other rock areas have climbable sheets of rime in places there is often nothing.

Cornice on the main gully is big and thick but not huge, a little avo debris but both main gullies are thick with snow, whereas the eastern gully leading up toward Twynam is quite bare.

Snow conditions on the way in were great low and mid-level but very icy high up. All over some of the best general backcountry conditions I've seen for years. Pretty much all non-4WD were using chains for the second half of the Guthega Road, though you could just get by without them. Weather came in after lunch, high winds and lots of spindrift down the cliffs.







Macciza
4-Aug-2015
11:03:35 PM
Thanks Damo
Plan to be down there on the 14-16th this month if anyone else is keen..
See https://www.facebook.com/groups/127287704278849/
cheers
MM

Capt_mulch
5-Aug-2015
8:47:28 AM
Be aware the main gully is highly unstable when it has a big load on it - I would avoid crossing it or being below it at all costs.

Jayford4321
5-Aug-2015
6:34:23 PM


Pick the turkey shot for being in the wrong place to shoot from competiton, happening here?

Capt_mulch
6-Aug-2015
5:54:44 AM
And note that the bulk of the snow came from the lower part of the (semi) vertical top half of the face - you can see the crack lines to the left and right of the rescue crew who are at the top of the debris field.

Macciza
10-Aug-2015
1:04:58 PM
Forecast is for snow during the week but clearing for the weekend ....
Blue Lake Alpine Climbing Meet
https://www.facebook.com/events/1742856812608290/

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