Much more so than Coronet Peak and Cardrona.
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ChrisC
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Cardrona is becoming a fairly large resort by Australian/New Zealand standards - or even Southern Hemisphere standards.
New Map/New Lift/New Terrain
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New Map/New Lift/New Terrain
New Zealand's Largest Ski Resort Reveals New Trail Map
Cardrona revealed their newest trail map, which was designed by Rad Smith.
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Cardrona ski terrain has at least doubled with the two new terrain pods on the left side of that map. Before this it was the smallest of the 4 Southern Lakes areas. My day there in late July 1997 was under fairly low tide conditions. I was not motivated to revisit in 2006. I think my heliski day was the day our NASJA group went there.
Not skiing but anyway.
I’m trying to help Kylie be fit enough to climb Mount Barney as a day hike sometime soon. It’s quite a challenge with an elevation gain of 1234 metres over sometimes very difficult terrain. Yesterday we climbed Mount Greville that has a gain of about half that. The climb is through a gorge. The scenery on the way up and at the top is quite nice.
^^^ That is Mount Greville.
And sunset over Lake Moogerah.
I’m trying to help Kylie be fit enough to climb Mount Barney as a day hike sometime soon. It’s quite a challenge with an elevation gain of 1234 metres over sometimes very difficult terrain. Yesterday we climbed Mount Greville that has a gain of about half that. The climb is through a gorge. The scenery on the way up and at the top is quite nice.
^^^ That is Mount Greville.
And sunset over Lake Moogerah.
That's nothing to sniff at!
jasoncapecod
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I say this with peace and love, but I think it's more like a 1800 ft elevation change....
3700 ft vert change is a real beast.
Which is why I’m helping her train for Mount Barney. She’ll have 4000 ft (1234 metres) vertical rise to tackle when we do that in a few weeks. And back down the same day…..
jasoncapecod
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My longest single day hike
Was paradise base camp to camp Muir
Round trip 9 miles almost 5k vert up 5k down
Mt Rainer
Very impressive given the peak elevation is 10000 feet. At a top elevation of 1300 metres Mount Barney doesn’t rob you of oxygen like Mt Rainier would.
My most challenging hikes:
June 2011 Mt. Shasta 9,200 - 13,200, to 11,000 with skins and ski crampons, after that skis on my back with boot crampons and an ice axe.
Sept. 1981 Half Dome 4,000 - 8,800 The down was worse than the up because I inflamed knee bursitis, very painful.
4x, May 1980-1983 Poopout Hill to San Gorgonio 7,700 - 11,200 mostly in snow with skis on my back.
Apr. 1990 Tuckerman Ravine, probably only day I've climbed more than 5K as I took 3 runs. Having half the downhill be on skis helped a lot.
Sept. 1999 Whitney Portal to Trail Camp 8,400 - 12,000 with full camping pack.
Nov. 2011 French Valley in Torres del Paine, Chile 230 - 3,600 but 15 miles total uneven rough trail with lots of up and down.
Nov. 2011 Laguna Los Tres at base of Fitzroy, Argentina 700 - 3,900 with steep loose rock switchbacks on the top section, 13 miles RT.
Dec. 2017 Lago Obsession, Chile was my steepest hike, 850 - 4,000 in 3.5 miles, resulting in some blisters for both Liz and me.
May 1970 South Kaibab Trail in the Grand Canyon 2,420 - 7,200. As a newbie hiker I was running around all day not conserving energy and really hit the wall with exhaustion on the way back up.
Sept. 2007 second day of the Inca Trail, Peru 9,800 - 13,800, then down to camp at 12,000. Easier than all of the above because:
1) 3 days acclimatizing in Cusco at 11,000
2) Smooth path from Inca engineering and modern maintenance.
3) Very light day packs because you have a staff of porters carrying and setting up everything needed for camping.
Those days are over. Yesterday Liz and I hiked San Jacinto from the Palm Springs tram, 8,400 - 10,834. The only hike I've been even close to that much out of breath was the summit day on Mt. Whitney 14,495.
June 2011 Mt. Shasta 9,200 - 13,200, to 11,000 with skins and ski crampons, after that skis on my back with boot crampons and an ice axe.
Sept. 1981 Half Dome 4,000 - 8,800 The down was worse than the up because I inflamed knee bursitis, very painful.
4x, May 1980-1983 Poopout Hill to San Gorgonio 7,700 - 11,200 mostly in snow with skis on my back.
Apr. 1990 Tuckerman Ravine, probably only day I've climbed more than 5K as I took 3 runs. Having half the downhill be on skis helped a lot.
Sept. 1999 Whitney Portal to Trail Camp 8,400 - 12,000 with full camping pack.
Nov. 2011 French Valley in Torres del Paine, Chile 230 - 3,600 but 15 miles total uneven rough trail with lots of up and down.
Nov. 2011 Laguna Los Tres at base of Fitzroy, Argentina 700 - 3,900 with steep loose rock switchbacks on the top section, 13 miles RT.
Dec. 2017 Lago Obsession, Chile was my steepest hike, 850 - 4,000 in 3.5 miles, resulting in some blisters for both Liz and me.
May 1970 South Kaibab Trail in the Grand Canyon 2,420 - 7,200. As a newbie hiker I was running around all day not conserving energy and really hit the wall with exhaustion on the way back up.
Sept. 2007 second day of the Inca Trail, Peru 9,800 - 13,800, then down to camp at 12,000. Easier than all of the above because:
1) 3 days acclimatizing in Cusco at 11,000
2) Smooth path from Inca engineering and modern maintenance.
3) Very light day packs because you have a staff of porters carrying and setting up everything needed for camping.
Those days are over. Yesterday Liz and I hiked San Jacinto from the Palm Springs tram, 8,400 - 10,834. The only hike I've been even close to that much out of breath was the summit day on Mt. Whitney 14,495.
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Nice work Tony. Some bucket list locations in there. Some of those offered the huge reward of skiing virgin snow on the way down though. That makes the climb so much easier.