Mt Robert/Speargrass - Organiser: David Nielsen
When I rang DOC on Saturday morning for a weather update, I was told of forecast high cloud, 40km winds and snow along Robert Ridge. Well, no high cloud, just low cloud over the lake and a gentle breeze on top, with no snow. The good “warm up” up the Pinchgut saw two people decide to drop off at Flagstaff hill and return via Bushline Hut. For the rest, after reaching Julius Summit, we had lunch with excellent views all round. From the summit, it was straight down a scree slope (yeeha!) to Speargrass Hut. Two non-members, Pippa and her son John, were faithfully following the leader through a swampy part of the track and found themselves knee-deep (oops, help, laughter), with the leader only finding it ankle-deep…
Party: Grahame Harris, Margot & Peter Syms, Yvonne Kyle, Arthur Jonas, Dan McGuire, Christine Hoy, Susan Ledingham, John Lammin, and visitors Pippa and John Harrison, Adam Walesley, and organiser David Nielsen.