2014 - Falls Creek to Eskdale Spur via Mt Bogong - Day 2 - Edmondson's Hut to Grey Hills

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We woke up early to what was a bright and sunny day in stark contrast to the day before. A good breakfast, obligatory coffee and a quick tidy up in the hut and we were off. The snow was somewhat icy and traction hard to get, so we decided to walk up to the Mt Nelse Track. Greg having purchased some half skins was keen to try them out so he skied up as the rest of us walked. Once on the track we all donned our skis and took off. During the morning we saw a couple of foxes looking for something to eat in the distance. These creatures are a real scourge and by the looks of the fox scats that we later found looked to be well feed - our poor native wildlife.

We made our way up to the turn off to Spion Kopje and turned off to the left. We were treated to some great skiing on slightly softened snow. Finding a convenient rock we settled down to have morning tea.

We made our way to the turn off to the Grey Hills track. We dumped our packs and pulled out what we needed for lunch. Packing these supplies into a small day pack we took off to Spion Kopje knob at the very end of the plateau. We found a sheltered place out of the wind behind some rocks offering great views down to Fall Creek village, rocky valley dam and immediately in-front of us, Mt Fainter. We had a great lunch, but the weather seemed to have an ominous feel to it as clouds began to build. We had a fast ski back to our packs. We got our wind proof jackets out and headed down the Grey Hills track. Our proposed campsite was a place called Crows Nest, a tiny flat spot and highly exposed. Given he wind that blew in later that evening it was a good thing to push on further into the Grey Hills. In the second saddle we found a site that looked like a great camp site. We set up camp and enjoyed a lovely sunset. Before evening set in we received a nasty dumping of sago that sent us scurrying for cover in our tents. With the cloud burst past we got out of our tents and prepared for dinner. Cam dug in the camp kitchen - soon we were having a hot cup-a-soup. Dinner was not overly complicated and soon over. Dessert, a hot chocolate then off to bed - at about 7.30pm. Such ragers.