Snow Watch 2013

Stijn wrote: Ghaz and co, fancy meeting me at the top? If all goes well, possibly 11:30-12:00. Unfortunately I won't be able to hang around and chat though.

Are you having a go at the speed record?

Would be cool to meet up with you on the summit. Can't tell you a time though, but 11:30-12 seems plausible

ccjoubert wrote: Ghaz, we have done corner in knee to waist deep snow, it was some of the most fun I have ever had in the berg. A hiking stick or 2 really helps especially where the snow hides the gaps between the rocks. We also hoisted our backpacks with a rope past the first scramble since it felt a bit to slippery to attempt it with packs.
Enjoy!

Thanks! I realise its possible, but I don't like narrow steep gullies in thick snow. The backup plan is Judge Pass (which I want to do again some time anyway).

Yes, a Mafadi record attempt is on the cards, if conditions allow. So if you guys are up there around that time, hang around for a while (and get the beers ready), but not too long as I could easily have turned around earlier if there's heavy snow on Leslie's for example.

Hoping to leave from Injisuthi by 06:30 and George's current record split to the top is 5h21m.

Good luck

We'll probably leave Centenary Hut at about 6:30, be at Corner Pass by 7, hopefully hit the escarpment at 11. Will be a push to hit Mafadi by 11:30

Just had a peek at the Afriski webcam. Snowing like crazy it looks.... Gonna be an epic weekend!
And a cold one at that!!!

Cathedral Peak is still sunny, but the clouds have just hit the escarpment edge. This is going to be an interesting weekend!

Sigh, got this one horribly wrong! Why am I paddling this weekend... and on the tugela...

And I'm stuck in Jozi the whole weekend :/