Dry Stream Circuit -- 7 September 2019

Uncle Roddus Tramping Diary: Tramp No 167

Dry Stream Circuit -- 7 September 2019

Three weekends in a row I am out tramping. Hoping to keep the momentum going but spring planting is almost upon us and there is a lot to do in my garden. Still, It has been great to get back out and I have been able to tramp without too much issues with mu back. I will never be as fast as i was and will need to be careful and watchful on my body, but I hope to get out much more soon.

 This was another CTC club trip with leader Bryce taking us on another of his explorations on different approaches to the Torless range. This time heading up Dry Stream.

 We headed up stream on a overcast but mild morning although it was not really warm. The stream was pretty easy going from the road but soon got scrubby and a little gorgy in places forcing us to climb up a little and sidle over the rocky sections. Eventually we decided to take the ridge up on the south side up to point 1536. This was not quite the route Bryce intended but the valley opposite up to point 1842 looked a lot more challenging and the group wasn't quite that inspired this time. We sidled under Foggy Peak before stopping for lunch, The cloud was starting to break up as predicted and it was turning into a stunning afternoon but still pretty cold.

 Soon after lunch as we headed along towards point 1842, it soon became necessary to don out crampons  and as we got to that point, the group was feeling a bit too lazy to head on to Castle Peak, with most if not all of us having been there before, it was decided just to head straight back to the cars along the western ridge via Mt Plenty. It turned out to be we only walked about 11km all told and climbed about 1140M so we were back at the cars in pretty good time.