I'm a 6th Grade teacher in Lewiston, Idaho USA teaching a unit on Australia. I have shown your videos in class and the kids love them. Thank you for posting your videos and allowing us to have an extraordinary view and experience of Australia's amazing mountains!
There will be snow on top of Bogong generally in the months of July, August and September. But often there may be snow as early as May and even as late as October. Last night there was a dump of about 40cm of snow on all of Victorias 1800+ peaks. Oxygen thinning only becomes a problem around 4000-5000 metres I believe. Mt Bogong is only 1986 metres.
Good question. On the way up the mountain I am anticipating 2 days in very cold conditions so I wanted to keep my clothes as dry as possible. On the way down I am in a rush to get back to the town of Mount Beauty ASAP before the supermarket and motel closes. I had no food left in my back pack but made it into town and spent that night in a hot spa.
I climbed it in late September 2011. I took a route which involves starting at the town of Mount Beauty then almost immediately entering the bush and following fire trails for about 20km with my bicycle, then camped the night at the entrance to the Quartz Ridge walking track. On the morning of day 2 I walk the final 6 kms (roughly) up hill to the summit. The staircase is known as the easiest route. Good luck climbing Bogong, it's awesome!!!
I sympathize, believe me. Ended up in the U.S. Army in 1975, Alaska. Even in the summer, getting up there in the higher elevations & getting frozen was a severe shock for someone (me) thought thought he was in shape & quickly found out otherwise. I don't recall getting dragged up there in the winter, but it may well have happened. Well, it's your turn for spring time, this month. We're unwillingly being dragged into another winter. Best of luck!
I'm heading up there later this month. Going to head up the Staircase track (Done that many times) I've camped on snow many times and footfalls can be filled by snow very quickly...hope you had a GPS mate.
If shoes are taken off to cross the stream on the way up, why not on the way down? The wets you feet on the way up are the wets you'll feet on the way down, I guess. (Ouch.) Nice video! I'm here in America admiring the Australian horse racing. We used to have the elan, dash, spirit & seemingly inexhaustible optimisim (not to mention great race callers) that Australia racing still has today. In fact, the best race caller in America is Peter Berry (from Australia). GOYM! (not Yiddish).
I’m sure you have had time to think about it over the past 8 years, but he’s avoiding having frozen boots and feet as he ascends into a colder alpine environment. It’s not an issue as he returns to the lower altitudes so he doesn’t bother.
On the day I did this mountain the snow was quite fresh and fairly soft so I was sinking in by a few inches with each foot step. But when the snow has been there for longer it might be necessary to have axe and crampons. As you probably know evetually the snow will be as hard as ice and very slippery; it's a long way down from Quartz Ridge.
nice video mate! Was the helmet necessary or are you only taking extra precautions? would ice axe and crampons also be necessary too? or snowshoes would be enough?
Where are your skis?! Looks like some nice Bogong weather... We did the walk from Clover up Quartz Ridge to West Peak and down Staircase just before the snow this year. A big day but magnificent views!
I used to hustle that fast downhill when I was a mere 17 years of age & the Youth Hostel bike tour leader in Canada had wisely positioned a beautiful young lady in front. No problem motivating a swift pace by the boys behind her, I assure you. But that was then. Today, I'd bypass her to get to that hot spa after 2 days of the conditions you describe. Try "The Most of S.J. Perelman," by an American comedy writer who unwisely agreed to a magazine-financed trip to Asia in 1947. Be well!
Thanks for the jokes.It’s not a matter of simply rolling downhill. You have to navigate to the top first, people get lost in the fog. At the summit the wind is icy cold, it’s the highest peak for about 200km, you could die in 20 minutes if you didn’t have the right clothes on. There are no signs saying, “Mt Beauty this way” cell phone coverage is patchy. The fire trails are littered with rocks as big as footballs, you have to dismount and carry the bike over fallen trees every 300m.
The eskdale spur is the easiest way up... Its longer and not as steep as the staircase spur...
I'm a 6th Grade teacher in Lewiston, Idaho USA teaching a unit on Australia. I have shown your videos in class and the kids love them. Thank you for posting your videos and allowing us to have an extraordinary view and experience of Australia's amazing mountains!
There will be snow on top of Bogong generally in the months of July, August and September. But often there may be snow as early as May and even as late as October. Last night there was a dump of about 40cm of snow on all of Victorias 1800+ peaks. Oxygen thinning only becomes a problem around 4000-5000 metres I believe. Mt Bogong is only 1986 metres.
Good question. On the way up the mountain I am anticipating 2 days in very cold conditions so I wanted to keep my clothes as dry as possible. On the way down I am in a rush to get back to the town of Mount Beauty ASAP before the supermarket and motel closes. I had no food left in my back pack but made it into town and spent that night in a hot spa.
I climbed it in late September 2011. I took a route which involves starting at the town of Mount Beauty then almost immediately entering the bush and following fire trails for about 20km with my bicycle, then camped the night at the entrance to the Quartz Ridge walking track. On the morning of day 2 I walk the final 6 kms (roughly) up hill to the summit. The staircase is known as the easiest route. Good luck climbing Bogong, it's awesome!!!
I sympathize, believe me. Ended up in the U.S. Army in 1975, Alaska. Even in the summer, getting up there in the higher elevations & getting frozen was a severe shock for someone (me) thought thought he was in shape & quickly found out otherwise. I don't recall getting dragged up there in the winter, but it may well have happened.
Well, it's your turn for spring time, this month. We're unwillingly being dragged into another winter. Best of luck!
Yes I've done Feathertop, I have a video of Feathertop on my channel.
I'm heading up there later this month. Going to head up the Staircase track (Done that many times) I've camped on snow many times and footfalls can be filled by snow very quickly...hope you had a GPS mate.
If shoes are taken off to cross the stream on the way up, why not on the way down?
The wets you feet on the way up are the wets you'll feet on the way down, I guess.
(Ouch.)
Nice video! I'm here in America admiring the Australian horse racing. We used to have the elan, dash, spirit & seemingly inexhaustible optimisim (not to mention great race callers) that Australia racing still has today.
In fact, the best race caller in America is Peter Berry (from Australia).
GOYM! (not Yiddish).
I’m sure you have had time to think about it over the past 8 years, but he’s avoiding having frozen boots and feet as he ascends into a colder alpine environment. It’s not an issue as he returns to the lower altitudes so he doesn’t bother.
awesome places
I did this climb too
On the day I did this mountain the snow was quite fresh and fairly soft so I was sinking in by a few inches with each foot step. But when the snow has been there for longer it might be necessary to have axe and crampons. As you probably know evetually the snow will be as hard as ice and very slippery; it's a long way down from Quartz Ridge.
@kungfuchicken21 You wouldn't need those things
Cool that's real Adventure
I wanna get there but with a pedelec
good stuff! bit rough up top!
nice video mate! Was the helmet necessary or are you only taking extra precautions?
would ice axe and crampons also be necessary too? or snowshoes would be enough?
Where are your skis?! Looks like some nice Bogong weather... We did the walk from Clover up Quartz Ridge to West Peak and down Staircase just before the snow this year. A big day but magnificent views!
You climb alone here? wow!
I don't have skis because I can't ski, but I wish I could ski.
nice shoot, but a from Arequipa a city of 2.335 msnm so you need more to amaze me, lol, seriously now leaving jokes aside, very beutiful place
I have two questions how long dose snow stay on top of Bogong In terms of months & Is the oxygen thin on the summit?.
it's only a 2000m hill. no, you won't notice any difference in breathing
i have two questions first one did you go up the staircase track and the second is what is what month did you climb it in?
I used to hustle that fast downhill when I was a mere 17 years of age & the Youth Hostel bike tour leader in Canada had wisely positioned a beautiful young lady in front. No problem motivating a swift pace by the boys behind her, I assure you.
But that was then. Today, I'd bypass her to get to that hot spa after 2 days of the conditions you describe.
Try "The Most of S.J. Perelman," by an American comedy writer who unwisely agreed to a magazine-financed trip to Asia in 1947.
Be well!
Thanks for the jokes.It’s not a matter of simply rolling downhill. You have to navigate to the top first, people get lost in the fog. At the summit the wind is icy cold, it’s the highest peak for about 200km, you could die in 20 minutes if you didn’t have the right clothes on. There are no signs saying, “Mt Beauty this way” cell phone coverage is patchy. The fire trails are littered with rocks as big as footballs, you have to dismount and carry the bike over fallen trees every 300m.