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 to the trail head at the end of Lenah Valley Rd. At this point the Lenah Valley Track heads uphill. When combined with Old Hobartians, the top section of Hunters and Panorama Tracks along with a couple of sections of Pinnacle Road this makes the most direct route to the summit from close to home.
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Snowing heavily at Panorama Track. The road was ploughed clear only five minutes earlier. That's more than a "flurry" falling! |
Anyway, back to last week's run...
With deep, fresh snow on the ground and heavy snow still falling I figured this would not be a record breaking run but I was very interested to see just how much slower it would be.
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Settled snow below sandstone cliffs on Old Hobartians Track |
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Scree field below The Chalet |
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Beard icicles and a pony tail anenometer |
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Panorama Track |
Falling snow followed me all the way back to the car in Lenah Valley. When I got home my son, Henry, concurred after seeing snow fall on the windscreen of his school bus as it trundled along Augusta Road at the same time. Later in the afternoon I discovered Kylie had woken that morning to a dusting of snow on the tents of her Three Capes school trip at Cape Raoul. At Tasmania's moderate latitude low level snow has always been and will continue to be a novelty!
"Partly sunny with flurries"!!! |