Mt Lyndon 

Saturday 16 August 2025

The day dawned clear and relatively warm for a winters day. Five of us had registered for the trip and we parked at Lake Lyndon to start the climb. Although sunny there was a brisk northerly wind to chill the air somewhat. We made our way up the ridge through tussock and alpine scrub from the north end of the lake. We reached the top at about 11:15 and did a bit of a survey of the route to Cloudy Hill. The route looked to involve dropping into the upper valley and then climbing a long steep scree slope. A decision was made that this was probably going to be a bit of a mission combined with the cold wind so we decided to traverse along the ridge line south and loop back along the lake. There was almost no snow on top although we encountered plenty of pockets of snow as we descended the south aspect of the hill. Fortunately once sheltered from the wind the sun made for a warm walk and soft snow. We made an mis turn coming off the summit and had to divert east to get onto the right route . Once on the right ridge again the route was well formed with even other foot prints in the snowy parts to guide us. Nearing the south end of the lake there was small bit of bush bashing through scrub before coming onto the track leading to the lodge. There was a lot of activity on the lake shore including several fishermen. We made our way along the beach on the  west side of the lake since it was quite low. We arrived back at the car about 2:15 and met up with Kerry who had stayed  behind at the north end of the lake to dispose of some pesky pines. 

Graeme (leader), Kerry, Wang, Joy and Murray.