Red Hill Circuit

Sunday 28 August 2022

After a short deliberation at Church Corner with our leader Merv, the destination was changed for several reasons from the scheduled Mt Oakden to a Red Hill - Mt Lyndon circuit instead. It was amazing to see how very high Lake Lyndon was, as we navigated the vehicles along the water-logged track to the Lyndon Lodge.

Although not a blue-sky day, there was little wind, and not much snow. Crampons were not needed, although Ruth tried her new micro-spikes up a snow gully. There wasn’t really a view when we got to the top of Red Hill, but it cleared a bit as we continued along the ridge towards Mt Lyndon. After the second bump on the ridge, a unanimous decision was made to call it a day and head down a steep spur, back to the valley. Disappointingly the coffee shop was closed when we hit Springfield just before 4.30pm.

We were: Merv Meredith, Penny Coffey, Shi Ping Wang, Kerry Moore, Peter Umbers and Ruth Barratt. (RB)