Andrea (our Ranger in Charge) and I planned a trip to Davis Point Hut on the west coast, to collect marine debris and celebrate Andrea's birthday. Faced with an island blanketed in heavy snow from yesterdays blizzard we set out. We punched up the Doctors Track in hip and sometimes waist deep heavy snow. We took turns breaking track swapping every few minutes. The snow was densely packed and heavy like half set cement. When we made it to the top the drifts over the track were so deep we realised that without snowshoes we just were not going to get through... we enjoyed the view, and the much faster trip down, and headed back to VJM, a little defeated, but still pretty chuffed that we even made it to the top of Doctors.
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View of station and north head. Photo: Jacque Comery
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Snow drifts over the track. Photo: Jacque Comery
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View to northwest, the plateau looks like a big melting ice cream. Photo: Jacque Comery
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The view past the Razorback towards the Isthmus. Photo: Jacque Comery
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The circular track in the foreground is the IPS installation which is no longer there. We lost the mast in the 85 knot wind storm last week.
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Andrea pushing up through thigh deep snow. Photo: Jacque Comery
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Me blending in with the track markers. Photo: Andrea Turbett
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Jacque and Andrea. We made it to the top at least! Photo: Andrea Turbett.
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