Starting at over 900m meant we didn't have to get out of bed early. A simple two hour walk saw us at the top of Foggy Peak, with reasonably solid snow for the last few hundred metres. It was cold and miserable on the way up with a mixture of rain / ice and wind blown snow but the sun appeared miracuously on the summit and we could see over to Castle Hill Peak. We'll come back later in the season and do the traverse I hope.
It was fun (trying to) ski down. I see that my skiing hasn't improved much. Finally went back to walking a couple of hundred metres above the road, as the snow became too soft and I kept cart wheeling.
This year we miss the Main Act for the NZ winter, but we'll be back for the encore. Hopefully it sticks around a bit.
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