This is one of the early seasonal closures; May 1, so this is the main reason we ran this trip last weekend. The descent down to the river crossing is quite steep with a good view of what we are about to climb after crossing the river, (thanks for the pics Alex..
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As we descended down to the river, we noticed a vehicle coming down, so we waited at the crossing until he came through, as there is little opportunity to pass vehicles on the switchbacks.
The river crossing has a steep entry with a few rocks and having a 'spotter' is advantageous. There is also a big rock in the middle of the river, so best to go slow.
After crossing the river the climb began with the numerous switchbacks; 12 if I remember correctly. To be honest they are a 'pita' with all of them being about 100 metres apart. Common practice these days are to drive up one, then reverse up to the other and so on & so on. Gazza was the only one to do this; the rest of us put up with the 3 to 5 point turns. It is a nice climb though....
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We then made our way along North East Tk, (dont bother) and onto Dream Ck. The descent down to the river is steep and going in the other direction would be 'interesting', especially if really wet.
After completing Dream Ck, we discussed who wanted to continue or go back to camp. All were happy to continue as I wanted to go down Pheasant Tk as it was a track I had not driven for over 5 yrs. I remember it being heavily rutted, but not this time even though it was still steep. Our plan was to continue on to Flat's Tk but time was marching on and suggestion to turn around and head back to camp was agreed by all.
So we had one more track to complete before heading back at camp.
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