http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags.html The first real snow of the season fell 6 days before these photos were taken. So on May 26 2007 Henk van Beijeren & I headed up towards the Crags. As we got higher there was quite a lot of hard ice to negotiate. Touring crampons were very useful on the steeper slopes. It was a perfect day with no wind and no clouds. Enjoy! http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags.html#0 c93c8570-29b2-4dc4-a24a-8ffc2cc40cdb http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags_files/Media/_DSC9936.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags_files/Media/_DSC9936.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_32"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">As we climb higher,<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">more snow and ice</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags.html#1 70eace73-ba5c-46dd-9b65-3c699ce102e0 http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags_files/Media/_DSC9939.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags_files/Media/_DSC9939.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_32"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">the cornice is spectacular</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags.html#2 a18a36f5-bbc6-42b4-ad17-81364c2bb8c3 http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags_files/Media/_DSC9944.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags_files/Media/_DSC9944.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_32"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">I can&#x2019;t believe our Luck</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags.html#3 50d8e04d-3e19-4c4c-be2e-ae2d84d126f8 http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags_files/Media/_DSC9946.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags_files/Media/_DSC9946.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_32"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Mt Twynam 2196m is right</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags.html#4 15426c19-55bf-4013-9af1-34851eb035de http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags_files/Media/_DSC9947.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags_files/Media/_DSC9947.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_32"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Blue Lake will freeze over later in the season.</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags.html#5 b0c19eb8-7325-4d38-9365-e4741a854245 http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags_files/Media/_DSC9948.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags_files/Media/_DSC9948.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_32"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">to be out here on such a fantastic day!</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags.html#6 241aaeb9-1877-4e8b-a958-554d8bd18357 http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags_files/Media/_DSC9950.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags_files/Media/_DSC9950.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_32"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Watsons Crag Dome 2136m.</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags.html#7 9e887e5f-185f-4673-8d67-68b02cdee014 http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags_files/Media/_DSC9953.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags_files/Media/_DSC9953.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_32"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">the different views are subtle</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags.html#8 8c825f15-158a-497c-9653-9c2499ac6be6 http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags_files/Media/_DSC9954.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags_files/Media/_DSC9954.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_32"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">we are above 2000m</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags.html#9 d55bd22f-b9d3-4cd4-9e8a-efeba53f9033 http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags_files/Media/_DSC9955.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags_files/Media/_DSC9955.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_32"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">It is so still.</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags.html#10 f671d7f0-1948-4bd6-b3d5-4fd535216a9d http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags_files/Media/_DSC9956.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags_files/Media/_DSC9956.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_32"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The fog never lifted in those Victorian valleys</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags.html#11 5266cf9e-c6e0-4d2f-b7e5-733478ef81d7 http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags_files/Media/_DSC9957.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags_files/Media/_DSC9957.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_32"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Life is SOO good!</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags.html#12 3cc0d0a5-108f-4229-a14a-cc24515fc4bc http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags_files/Media/_DSC9958.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags_files/Media/_DSC9958.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_32"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Siren Song Creek drains this couloir</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags.html#13 225bc621-ec73-42ed-aa29-fd4eb938ef6d http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags_files/Media/_DSC9961.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags_files/Media/_DSC9961.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_32"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Why are all these people here?</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags.html#14 e19fc76a-cbbf-4a16-80d4-d006d1ffc2c6 http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags_files/Media/_DSC9962.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags_files/Media/_DSC9962.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_32"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Because they are all watching football on TV.</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags.html#15 1c0c7d21-95b7-4006-a8c0-1708a2268163 http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags_files/Media/_DSC9963.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags_files/Media/_DSC9963.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_32"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Watsons Creek &amp; Siren Song creek flow below</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags.html#16 979a6090-95a9-4a37-b420-354e1ea0fa4c http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags_files/Media/_DSC9964.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags_files/Media/_DSC9964.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_32"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Well it is good that we are alone.</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags.html#17 b03de8fb-d224-49bd-951f-7e309832f919 http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags_files/Media/_DSC9966.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags_files/Media/_DSC9966.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_32"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Henk looks down 600m into Watsons gorge</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags.html#18 81357c24-61b5-415f-8e90-e77cf7a44d1d http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags_files/Media/_DSC9969.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags_files/Media/_DSC9969.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_32"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Why would we want crowds up here?</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags.html#19 14dbc72b-994f-4a2b-ab74-ab29b75a38fa http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags_files/Media/_DSC9972.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags_files/Media/_DSC9972.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_32"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The answer is no.</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags.html#20 3329625b-6c35-4986-a7c0-c68b30334c15 http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags_files/Media/_DSC9973.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags_files/Media/_DSC9973.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_32"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Mt Tate(R) &amp; Jagungal(C) in the distance</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags.html#21 fa217caa-afd0-4e1b-a01a-315a606c20ff http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags_files/Media/_DSC9974.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags_files/Media/_DSC9974.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_32"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The best place for lunch!</p></div></div> http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags.html#22 6848cc06-340a-4827-aa9e-8c8dfdd1c504 http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags_files/Media/_DSC9975.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/denevans/Denis_Evans_.Mac_Hiking_Pages/Watsons_Crags_files/Media/_DSC9975.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_172_32"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Returning from well above Blue Lake lookout.</p></div></div>