Mt Oxford and Wharfedale Track -- 1 September 2019

Uncle Roddus Tramping Diary: Tramp No 166

Mt Oxford and Wharfedale Track -- 1 September 2019

This was a CTC club trip, I was a little disappointed about having to do Mt Oxford again after only doing it the week before, but due to a fire up in the kowhai valley, the road was closed, blocking our access to the mountains where we originally wanted to go so it was decided to head to Mt Oxford as this was the closest hill without a lot of extra travel to get anywhere else.

 Fifteen trampers reconvened at the View Hill Car park before heading up the western route up the mount. Lunch on top while discussing the options going back, it was decided to drop down to point 925  on the side track to the Warfdale hut before a bush bash down to the Warfdale track and then the long slog back to the cars. We ended up covering a distance of about 21 Kms and 1200m of height gain, so it was no wonder I was pretty shagged out at the end.