Lindis Peak

17 September 2017

Eight​ ​of​ ​us​ ​were​ ​interested​ ​in​ ​this​ ​tramp​ ​and six​ ​of​ ​us​ ​arrived​ ​at​ ​the​ ​car​ ​park​ ​at​ ​7.30am. The weather​ ​wasn’t​ ​great,​ ​fickle​ ​I​ ​would​ ​call​ ​it,​ ​but​ ​we​ ​all​ ​agreed​ ​that​ ​we​ ​just​ ​wanted​ ​to​ ​do​ ​it. .Omarama​ ​was​ ​our​ ​first​ ​stop​ ​the​ ​weather​ ​was​ ​cold​ ​windy​ ​wet​ ​and​ ​just​ ​YUK. A​ ​conversation​ ​took​ ​place​ ​and​ ​we​ ​decided​ ​to​ ​carry​ ​on​ ​and​ ​meet​ ​at​ ​the​ ​top​ ​of​ ​the​ ​Lindis​ ​Pass Saddle.​ ​Low​ ​cloud​ ​and​ ​fog​ ​still​ ​didn’t​ ​put​ ​us​ ​off​ ​and​ ​we​ ​continued​ ​until​ ​we​ ​turned​ ​into​ ​Old Faithful​ ​Road.

We​ ​started​ ​climbing​ ​up​ ​the​ ​4wd​ ​track​ ​at​ ​0950hrs​ ​with​ ​all​ ​our​ ​wet​ ​weather​ ​gear​ ​insitu. ​ ​We​ ​stopped​ ​about​ ​10​ ​minutes​ ​up​ ​the​ ​hill​ ​when​ ​the​ ​sun​ ​shone​ ​for​ ​us​ ​and​ ​a​ ​lovely​ ​rainbow appeared.​ ​As​ ​we​ ​climbed​ ​the​ ​hats​ ​came​ ​off​ ​first,​ ​then​ ​the​ ​gloves​ ​then​ ​the​ ​mid-layer. The​ ​low​ ​cloud​ ​persisted​ ​as​ ​we​ ​climbed​ ​and​ ​the​ ​fog​ ​floated​ ​around​ ​us,​ ​as​ ​well​ ​as​ ​down​ ​in​ ​the valley​ ​far​ ​below. We​ ​had​ ​a​ ​great​ ​walk​ ​up​ ​the​ ​zig​ ​zag,​ ​then​ ​nearer​ ​the​ ​top​ ​we​ ​came​ ​across​ ​the​ ​gorgeous​ ​rock formations​ ​and​ ​the​ ​golden​ ​brown​ ​spaniards​ ​that​ ​were​ ​​ ​dotted​ ​around.

We​ ​had​ ​lunch​ ​around​ ​the​ ​schist​ ​rock​ ​area​ ​about​ ​20​ ​minutes​ ​from​ ​the​ ​top.​ ​It​ ​was​ ​windy​ ​cold​ ​and the​ ​view​ ​wasn’t​ ​the​ ​best. ​ ​We​ ​walked​ ​across​ ​to​ ​the​ ​top​ ​to​ ​the​ ​Lindis​ ​peak​ ​took​ ​a​ ​few​ ​photos​ ​and​ ​decided​ ​we​ ​would​ ​come again​ ​in​ ​the​ ​summer. We​ ​were​ ​all​ ​back​ ​at​ ​the​ ​cars​ ​by​ ​1430hrs​ ​and​ ​decided​ ​to​ ​meet​ ​at​ ​the​ ​Wrinkley​ ​Ram​ ​in​ ​Omarama for​ ​coffee​ ​and​ ​cake. We​ ​all​ ​had​ ​a​ ​great​ ​day​ ​and​ ​felt​ ​fit​ ​and​ ​young.

Cheers. Roz,​ ​Neville,​ ​Vicky,​ ​Michael,​ ​Jo,​ ​Jac.

                              Lindis Peak – 1226 metres  – 17-9-2017

Six of us turned up for this day out. The weather was fine in Oamaru but there was meant to be a bit of light rain in the Lindis Pass area in the morning and clearing in the afternoon. We headed up to Omarama where the clouds were getting blacker and when we got into the Lindis Pass there was some heavy rain. We arrived at the start of the track by Old Faithful Road in light rain.

With the forecast of clearing weather we put on all our wet weather gear on and set off. After about 15 minutes the cloud cleared and the sun came out, so it was off with all the wet weather gear plus some more for the walk to the top. The track is a 4WD track that zig zags its way up a ridge to rocky out crop and then along the top to Lindis Peak. Half way up the cloud rolled back in and the wind pick up with no rain but we had to stop and put some gear back on. About 12.15pm we got to the rocky area and climbed in behind the rocks out of the wind for lunch.

After lunch it was a short walk to Lindis Peak with some great views (Not). We could see Lake Dunstan and Cromwell, but the cloud covered everything else. We didn’t stay long on top because of the cold wind but we took some photos and headed back down. On the way down the rain started again, so it was back on with the rain jackets and it stayed like this till we got back down to the car and the sun came out.

We then headed for Omarama for coffee before headed home.

Apart from the weather it was still a good day out and I thank Ros, Mike, Jo, Vicki for the company and Jac for organizing the day. Neville  

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