The fourth day dawned with the most spectacular weather we'd seen yet. In two days we were going from frostbite to heat stroke. Maybe not heat stroke, as you can see we were still rugged up, but it was beautiful walking weather. Today was to be the longest day for the week at almost 20 kms from Windemere Hut to New Pelion Hut.
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| Looking back to Barn Bluff and Cradle Mountain |
Our first real break for the day came at the Forth River Gorge lookout. It was only a short side trip but the most spectacular views came from the stop on the track itself where we got our best view of Cradle Mountain and could see all the way to Mount Ossa.
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| Looking Forward to Mount Ossa and Pelion East |
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| My beautiful wife who gets credit for most of the photos |
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| Our best view of Cradle Mountain |
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| Snow dusted Mount Ossa from Pine Forest Moor |
The walk across Pine Forest was damp at times but quite straightforward with only the occasional creek to cross. The hard section came when we started the descent from Pine Forest Moor to Frog Flats. There's nothing really hard about this section. Lots of mud and tree roots to dodge which in and of itself is not hard. The difficulty lies in the tedium. You walk in a steady descent for many kilometres while knowing the whole time that you will just have to climb the other side of the valley before reaching Pelion Hut for the night.
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| Resting on the descent to Frog Flats |
The saving grace is sitting in front of your tent watching the sun set on Mount Oakleigh. Suddenly the feet don't feel quite so sore and the freeze dried meal tastes so much nicer...okay, I lied about the last bit.
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| Mount Oakleigh |
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