2014 - Falls Creek to Eskdale Spur via Mt Bogong - Day 3 - Grey Hills to Bogong Creek Saddle

After what seemed like sleeping in a turbine room, from the wind that was blasting through the sky above us but only causing slight flapping of the tent during the night we woke to a cold morning, but not enough to freeze the snow. Our skis bit into the snow providing good traction so we decided to ski the Grey Hills pretty much all the way to Mt Arthur and then a lovely ski down through the trees. he Grey Hills looked really peculiar. On one side a line of dead tree just off the ridge line and snow on the other side. The fires would have killed off the trees but the bare side was a bot of a mystery. The day was gorgeous once again and t-shirt weather. Lovely lunch at the bottom of the Grey Hills before climbing upto Little Arthur and then Mt Arthur. JayBee and Chis tried a short cut to the ridge line that was to take us down to Bogong Creek Saddle, however ducked down a couple of ridges too early and had to climb back up to complete the ski across to the top of Mt Arthur before selecting the correct ridge down.

The walk down the ridge was fine, however the plastic boots punish the toes. We arrived at a our camp site - the helipad, and were privileged to a spectacular sunset.

The water was from the start of Big River, not very big at the start, but just refreshing and clear, the walk to the river was just a short stroll down the hill. The campsite an the map is shaded so probably OK in summer, but would have been cold and damp for our stay.