Club Members Photos of
Western Arthurs Tasmania
Extended wilderness hike Sunday 1st - Monday 9th February 2009
Scotts Peak Dam - A Moraine / K Moraine Traverse.













Sunday afternoon- Start at Scotts Peak Dam - off to Junction Creek.
Janet, Richard, Heather, Helen, Peter and Phillip
Monday - Climbing Alpha Moraine
Lake Pedder behind us
Monday - Top of Alpha Moraine
Heather smiling after the climb
Tuesday- after climbing the slopes of Mount Hayes, down we go.

Tuesday- after passing Square Lake

Tuesday - About to scramble steeply down to Lake Oberon

Wednesday - Lake Oberon to High Moor, climbing Mount Pegasus
The hike becomes serious from here!

Wednesday - passing through the keyhole at top Mount Pegasus.
Helen on a natural "high"

Wednesday - crossing the saddle between Mount Pegasus and Mount Capricorn
Peter admiring the stunning views

Wednesday - The vertical drop from the peak vertically straight down
The track went, unbelievably over the apparently sheer rock face left of the centre top of the photo.

Wednesday - High Moor Camp
All camp sites have platforms

Thursday - High Moor to Haven Lake- steep decent before the first Beggary's Bump.
This is steeper than it looks

Thursday - Sidling across the incredible steep slopes around first Beggary's Bump.
Heather "what are we doing here?

Thursday - climbing down the steep and loose shale "Tilted Chasm"
Heather and Helen cautiously  hanging on.

Thursday - around The Dragon then heading steeply down to "Lovers Leap"
Phillip leading the way down

Friday - after leaving Haven Lake


Friday at the top of Kappa Moraine
Off the Seven Mile Creek Junction camp

 

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