Western Arthurs Traverse - 5 - 15 January 2008
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Party - Chuin Nee Ooi, John Robens, Stephen Burns, John Menyhart, Dave
Noble
- Day 1 and 2 - Morraine A, Mt
Hesperus, Lake Cygnus, Mt Hayes
- Day 3 - Lake Cygnus to Lake
Oberon
- Day 4 - Lake Oberon to High
Moor
- Day 5 - High Moor to Haven Lake
- Day 6 - Haven Lake to
Promontory Lake
- Day 7 - Promontory Lake to
West Portal and back to Centaurus - Phoenix Saddle
- Day 8 to 11 - Centaurus -
Phoenix Saddle - Promontory Lake, Morraine K, Arthur Plains, Huon Camp
- Scotts Peak Dam
- A YouTube video of the walk can be found here
Some weather observations (at Scotts Peak Dam) -
5 Jan (Moraine A) max 34.3
9 Jan (Haven Lake) max 30.8
10 Jan (the day we went jumping in and out of lakes) max 35.2
11 Jan (bushfire and about turn...) max wind gust 115 km/hr, min temp
13.9 max 27 (3pm temp 15.6)
13 Jan (hail and descent) max wind gust 117 km/hr, min temp 7.2
max 13.0
(thanks to Chuin Nee for emailing these to me)
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