Being up at Mt Hotham for the school holidays, there was plenty of time to activate the remaining couple of summits in close proximity. The Twins was my first target and needed a good day. That day appeared on Tuesday 10 July with a forecast of light winds and clear skies. There has been plenty of snow this winter and so The Twins Jeep track had a good snow cover all the way to the Great Alpine Road. Continue reading
For the fifth year running I returned to two regular winter summits – Mt Loch (VK3/VE-005) and Mt Hotham (VK3/VE-006) as part of our school holiday ski trip to Mt Hotham. Rather than write the usual narrative which would read very similarly to the previous four activations (see 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016), I thought I would spend this post documenting what I’ve learned about activating snowy Australian mountain tops (however I have included photos from this activation to provide some visual relief!) Continue reading