Mount Oxford

On Christmas Eve, I climbed Mount Oxford. I ascended via the Coopers creek track and then descended down towards View Hill, then returned to Coopers Creek via Ryde Falls. Six hours plus walking certainly kept me honest. There was a smidgen of snow left on the top (1365 metres above sea level). All in all a good days walk. The view from the top is looking towards Black Hill.

Mount Thomas

A straight forward climb up Mount Thomas via the Wooded Gully Track, and then a descent via the Summit track. Constant drizzle made the walk through the beech forest somewhat fun in an eerily spooky way, although the views were curtailed by the low cloud. Two hours to the top and one hour for the descent makes it a good half day walk!

Looking towards Big Mount Peel

Kind of a great view, so I thought that I would include this picture as well!

Little Mount Peel

It was a perfect day last Sunday to climb to the top of Little Mount Peel and have lunch in the hut perched on top of the peak. Six of us made the ardous trek in warm dry conditions.

We ascended via the deer spur track and descended via the steeper and potentially treacherous South Face track.

The views across the Canterbury Plains were fantastic. The Climb through the bush and on to the tussock covered tops was exhilirating.


There was the remains of some snow from a week earlier. Just enough to check out my snowball throwing technique.

We lost the track on the descent from the South Face route into the bush. This meant an hour bashing through the bush down to the stream below where we rejoined the track for the last half hour back to the cars.

Little Mount Peel is a decent 1300 metres high, but in comparison Big Mount Peel is over 1800 metre high!