Mountain House shelter, 8th December 2024.
I was joined on this trip by some familiar faces, both David and Josh have been on several trips with me on the past and some new ones as well as Jo and her partner (who volunteered to handle photographs for the trip) were coming along after coming to our last club meeting of the year.
We left the Holdsworth carpark just after 9:30am planning to head for Mountain House Shelter by following the Gentle Annie track past Rocky Lookout. We stopped there briefly to admire the views out across the valley then started moving further along the trail, stopping briefly to show where Murray's Track crosses the main trail (and being very thankful the rain was holding off this time around...).
Even as we travelled further in we continued to see plenty of people making the most of a good weekend to be out and about, at the Totara Flats junction we bumped into several groups stopping to rest and joined them for a brief chat before heading on our way.
Moving on along the boardwalks in Pig Flat we travelled down and I see why Mountain House Shelter lives up to its name as it is nestled in an area of silver beech. Stopping there for lunch we heard the first sounds of rain and I hoped that the Met Service and I didn't have differing opinions on what "late afternoon" might mean...
These worries proved unfounded however and despite a few bursts of wind and some light drizzle we were able to make it back down without any serious issues and were safely on our way before the weather took a turn.
Trip Leader : Nathan.
