A 3 day weekend was upon us, so Tom, Volker, Julia and myself decided to drive to Lake Tennyson and head to Paske Hut to climb Mt Paske. We left nice and early, but didn't actually start walking until 1:30pm due to coffee stops and rutted 4WD that Volker's car couldn't quite manage. After a quick lunch by Lake Tennyson we headed around the lake and into the valley towards Paske Saddle. It was a pretty descent climb up to the saddle, but rewarding all the same. The descent involved scree, some swampy grass and a bit of easy bush bashing, and we reached the hut at about 7pm just in time for dinner.
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| Paske Hut |
The next day we set off to climb the South East ridge of Mt Paske (grade 1+). There was more bush bashing to begin with, but this soon became easy walking up Rainbow River towards a saddle. Once at the saddle it was onto the crumbly rock for some scrambling along the ridge up to Mt Paske.
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| Tom heading up South East Ridge of Mt Paske |
There were great views from the top (2216m) towards Mt Travers, Nelson Lakes and Lewis Pass, so we had a leisurely lunch and admired the views before heading back down the 'weetbix' crumbly rock and onto the scree for our descent. We were back at Paske Hut for afternoon tea and biscuits, and a well deserved rest in the sun.
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| Mt Paske summit |
The following day we awoke to a frosty morning, and once the sun had shed light on the hut we set off back over Paske Saddle and back to the car at Lake Tennyson. Thanks guys for a great trip!
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| View from Paske Saddle |
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| Heading out from Paske Saddle to Lake Tennyson |
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| Tom with Lake Tennyson in the background |
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