Williams Saddle

29 - 30 June 2019

Always a classic trip for PTC, which we last did in October 2013. The main memory from that trip was crossing the flooded Bealey and Mingha rivers at the start! The lead up to this trip was just the opposite. Dry conditions, little snow and therefore low rivers.

Compared to 2013, we experienced the new highway setup at Greyney’s bend for the first time. Parking our vehicle at Greyney’s Shelter, walking by 10.00am through the rail underpass and up the stopbank to the corner. Then the uneventful crossing of both rivers. Continuing to the true left of the Mingha we climbed up along the Edwards Flood Track and dropped into the Edwards.

This section of the river heads east, shaded to the north by ‘The Spike’, so days/weeks of fine weather had taken their effect; hoar frost that was indeed a beauty to behold and the subject of many photos.