Archived trip from old website run by laurenbartsch
**Amended plan**
Due to a change in weather forecast - we will intend to ascend to the Rams Head Range, however we will likely return to Dead Horse Gap in the afternoon to set up camp on lower ground. We will most likely set up camp a few hundred metres from the car.
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This trip will be a relatively easy trip, with the aim to meet the participants on the Mountaineering course and share a camp with them on Saturday night.
We will head up on Saturday morning and start from Dead Horse Gap (1582m) and walk up (470m) to the Rams Head Range where the Mountaineering course will be based. We will be going at a fairly easy pace as I will be carrying Lena and we'll have to stop every so often. After lunch and setting up camp, there will be a chance to stomp up the nearby peaks and get a few turns in on the snowboards. On Sunday we will continue stomping up and sliding down until we've had enough and will break camp and head back down to the cars. We will aim to be at the cars between 3-4pm.
To come on this trip you will need to be a confident snowboarder (off piste) and have your own equipment (or hire it in Canberra on Friday night). You can be new to snow camping, but will need appropriate gear.
This trip is weather dependent. If the forecast is for bad weather it will be cancelled.
You will need:
Food - lunch x2, dinner x1, breakfastx1, snacks
Tent, down sleeping bag, mat, inner sheet
Warm layers - including thermals and socks.
Shell layers
Hat, gloves, beanie, goggles, sunnies, sunscreen
Snow shoes and poles
Snowboard, boots, helmet
Stove
Headtorch
Snow shovel
Map: 1:25,000 Thredbo Ski Touring.
The route from the Dead Horse Gap car park (1582m) to the trig point at South Rams Head Peak (2052m) is a straight forward ascent in four distinct parts. The first is a steady climb through snow gum forest with an ascent of about 180m over 700m and ends near a cluster of boulders. The second part is a level or gently rising passage of about 400m through an area of flat and mostly open ground with some scattered snow gums (~1760m). In clear conditions the trig point can clearly been seen from this area which is bound on the east (right) by a tributary of Bogong Creek. The third part is an ascent through larger snow gums over a distance of about 300m to the edge of the tree-line at about 1900m. The final climb to the trig point is across exposed ground, passing a band of boulder clusters on the left, and gaining about 160m over a distance of about 500m. The trig point is located atop a large cluster of boulders which is best approached from the east. From atop the trig point or the crest of the ridge, there is a direct view across the headwaters of Leatherbarrel Creek to Mt Kosciuszko, 6km away directly to magnetic north.
**Amended plan**
Due to a change in weather forecast - we will intend to ascend to the Rams Head Range, however we will likely return to Dead Horse Gap in the afternoon to set up camp on lower ground. We will most likely set up camp a few hundred metres from the car.
******
This trip will be a relatively easy trip, with the aim to meet the participants on the Mountaineering course and share a camp with them on Saturday night.
We will head up on Saturday morning and start from Dead Horse Gap (1582m) and walk up (470m) to the Rams Head Range where the Mountaineering course will be based. We will be going at a fairly easy pace as I will be carrying Lena and we'll have to stop every so often. After lunch and setting up camp, there will be a chance to stomp up the nearby peaks and get a few turns in on the snowboards. On Sunday we will continue stomping up and sliding down until we've had enough and will break camp and head back down to the cars. We will aim to be at the cars between 3-4pm.
To come on this trip you will need to be a confident snowboarder (off piste) and have your own equipment (or hire it in Canberra on Friday night). You can be new to snow camping, but will need appropriate gear.
This trip is weather dependent. If the forecast is for bad weather it will be cancelled.
You will need:
Food - lunch x2, dinner x1, breakfastx1, snacks
Tent, down sleeping bag, mat, inner sheet
Warm layers - including thermals and socks.
Shell layers
Hat, gloves, beanie, goggles, sunnies, sunscreen
Snow shoes and poles
Snowboard, boots, helmet
Stove
Headtorch
Snow shovel
Map: 1:25,000 Thredbo Ski Touring.
The route from the Dead Horse Gap car park (1582m) to the trig point at South Rams Head Peak (2052m) is a straight forward ascent in four distinct parts. The first is a steady climb through snow gum forest with an ascent of about 180m over 700m and ends near a cluster of boulders. The second part is a level or gently rising passage of about 400m through an area of flat and mostly open ground with some scattered snow gums (~1760m). In clear conditions the trig point can clearly been seen from this area which is bound on the east (right) by a tributary of Bogong Creek. The third part is an ascent through larger snow gums over a distance of about 300m to the edge of the tree-line at about 1900m. The final climb to the trig point is across exposed ground, passing a band of boulder clusters on the left, and gaining about 160m over a distance of about 500m. The trig point is located atop a large cluster of boulders which is best approached from the east. From atop the trig point or the crest of the ridge, there is a direct view across the headwaters of Leatherbarrel Creek to Mt Kosciuszko, 6km away directly to magnetic north.
Trip category
Bushwalking
Date and Time
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Estimated Costs
None