South Wellington Circuit

Thursday 21 July 2016

South Wellington Circuit

Thursday 21st July 2016

South Wellington

The route for today's walk was to start at The Springs, walk up the Ice House track to South Wellington, continue on along an unnamed track to the Milles track at the Potato Fields and then back to The Springs, thus completing a circuit.
I set off early from The Springs and up the Ice House track. As I neared the top the track became increasingly frosty and very slippery. As the track crested I branched off and headed over to South Wellington summit. There were a few patches of remnant snow. The day was absolutely perfect for walking with a cool temperature and very little wind.

South Wellington

Track heading towards South Wellington

South Wellington

Cathedral Rock and Montagu Thumbs

South Wellington

Remnant snow

From South Wellington I walked along an unnamed track down to the Milles track at the Potato Fields. The track was generally fairly easy to follow but was quite slippery in places due to the frosty rocks. Crossing the short expanse of scree was particularly slippery.

Along unnamed track

Icy puddle

Cathedral Rock, Montagu Thumbs, Mount Montagu

Once I reached the Milles track it was a simple walk back to The Springs. I did encounter three people doing track maintenance in the Potato Fields area and I did make a detour to check out Disappearing Tarn again. It had almost disappeared this time but there was a small amount of water there.