Jenolan Area (12/07) - Beeftseak, Waterfall and Mt Bindo if there is snow

[Steve F]

Going to run a trip this coming Sunday (12/07), since there is a reasonable chance of snow I'm keen. Not 100% decided exactly what tracks but thinking Beefsteak if it is open, Waterfall and if there is snow Mt Bindo.

Meet: Hartley Court House (This is on Old Bathurst Road just slightly off Great Western Highway. Due to current roadworks, left turn off the highway can creep up on you and it is a single lane, so please watch out for the turn off.)

Time: 9:00am with 9:15am departure (If running late or no show please ring me on 0411 688 057 (tel:0400%20421%20782))

Grade: C and Possible B with bypasses can potentially depend on weather, Beefsteak is closed if wet but there are plenty of tracks to checkout.

Requirements: recovery points Front/Rear, recovery gear, radio, food/drink, camera and sturdy shoes�. started to get cold up in the mountains.

Numbers: limited to 10

Fuel: Coming from Sydney, last servo is at Mt Victoria before Hartley. Be advised trek itself is ~60kms plus ~40kms on tarmac, Please fuel up before meeting the convoy.

Important Weather Update It's going to be cold :) and forecast snow at the moment

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc200/steveff/Jambo%202015/Screenshot_2015-07-08-18-19-29_zpsbftpcmba.png

1. Steve F
2. Dru
3. Tex088
4. RobS
5. Dennis
6. Stevet
7. Gregory M
8. Steve & Hayley
9. Dean
10. Tom
11. Dave

Cheers
Steve

[uncaged123]

Interested Steve, I'll let you know by end of week.

Cheers RobS

[Dru]

We are in! Fingers crossed for snow.

[tex088]

Keen to tag along for my first SJC trip.

Terry

[jk_menace]

X-mas in July yes pls Steve .
cheers Dennis

[stevet]

Put me on the list please.......... Bell's or Great Western... What's easier to get there?.............

[Steve F]

Put me on the list please.......... Bell's or Great Western... What's easier to get there?.............

I prefer Great Western first thing, not much traffic and road is pretty good, distance is about the same, Great Western is a bit quicker I think as meeting point is not far past Mt Victoria.

Cheers
Steve

[Steve F]

Added an important weather update :)

Cheers
Steve

[Gregory M]

Hi Steve,
First year with the club and need to get out more. Count me in. Looking forward to airing down again.

[Jeep11]

Please add Steve and Hayley for this one

[Steve F]

Looking at all the weather reports probably best to come along the Great Western, they close the Bells Line if it snows much.

Weatherzone says South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales, the ACT, Queensland and the Northern Territory will experience the coldest spell in at least two years, and more than five years in some places.

Snow is forecast to fall in areas of Australia’s south east down to 600 metres, including in some Melbourne suburbs and in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney.

Cheers
Steve

[tom2016]

Hi Steve,
I would love to join please! Have not seen snow in a while, either way will be a great trip!

Thank you
Thomas

[AV8]

http://www.snow-forecast.com/maps/dynamic/nsw

http://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/k610/joyschtik/8CBCB688-A652-4E98-85F9-7F24CA0D7B97.png

Have fun out there and please be careful of the possible damaging gale force winds and rain.

[Steve F]

^^^^ Yep, I'll be taking a saw and axe in case we need them, one of the trails we may do was covered in downed trees last time I tired to do it, the route is very flexible at the moment :)

Cheers
Steve

[Dru]

From the BOM:
Sunday 12 JulyCloudy. High (80%) chance of showers. Snow falling above 600 metres. Winds northwesterly 25 to 30 km/h tending westerly 35 to 55 km/h during the morning. Overnight temperatures falling to between minus 1 and 3 above zero with daytime temperatures reaching between 3 and 9.

[AV8]

Hunty's tubed heaters may be required! A bit like tubed music, ae?

[Steve F]

I think 9 is optimistic. When we were out there a couple of weeks ago it didn't top 7. I'm expecting it to be closer to 3 this time.

As an aside I'm taking all my camera mounts this time so hope to get some good video from the sony :)

Cheers
Steve

[AV8]

Don't forget the Jeep selfie stick!! :hypnotysed:

[uncaged123]

Brrrrrrrrrr, I worked on a building project in Lithgow many many years ago when the wind came off the snow near Oberon. It was frrrrign cold and my hands turned blue. Rug yourselves up.for this trip, and I'm a definite with my nephew. We're looking for some fun 4wd spots.

Cheers RobS

[AV8]

You guys should have a snowman, I mean a snow person and snow angel comp! Put them up on FB.

[DanD]

I'll give you a wave as I drive past on Sunday (assuming that I get out of Mudgee without being snowed in lol) wont be able to stop for err legal reasons...

[DLE068]

Can I come on this one Steve. There might be someone pull out. I haven't been out for a while n even the rubi getting withdrawals

[Steve F]

Sure, last one though ;)

Cheers
Steve

[Steve F]

Don't forget the Jeep selfie stick!! :hypnotysed:

Got it all :) Although this selfie stick has a standard tripod mount on the bottom for that extra high shot....

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc200/steveff/Mobile%20Uploads/20150711_155816_zpsjr6d77ed.jpg

and the SLR always comes along

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc200/steveff/Mobile%20Uploads/20150711_160018_zpsfbz3v1ui.jpg

Cheers
Steve

[DanD]

Had a pretty decent downpour today up that way - not as bad as out at Mudgee though lol

Should be nice and slippery for you all

[belinda.collings]

I've gotta get on here more often. I keep missing good trips. [emoji20]
Oh well, we will be heading up there anyway, so the kids can build a snow man but it may even snow as far down as Lawson where we live and that will be the first time since 1957. [emoji106]🏼


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[AV8]

Got it all :) Although this selfie stick has a standard tripod mount on the bottom for that extra high shot....

and the SLR always comes along

Cheers
Steve

Need one of these ;D

http://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/k610/joyschtik/41F28DC7-D444-42E3-B100-69792C90FD31.jpg

[Steve F]

Did anyone doubt there'd be snow ;)

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc200/steveff/Jenolan%20Snow/20150712_100244_zpssuw2qipc.jpg

(http://s218.photobucket.com/user/steveff/media/Jenolan%20Snow/20150712_100244_zpssuw2qipc.jpg.html)http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc200/steveff/Jenolan%20Snow/20150712_100209_zpsybzjnxvq.jpg (http://s218.photobucket.com/user/steveff/media/Jenolan%20Snow/20150712_100209_zpsybzjnxvq.jpg.html)



http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc200/steveff/Jenolan%20Snow/20150712_095917_zpskreeoymw.jpg (http://s218.photobucket.com/user/steveff/media/Jenolan%20Snow/20150712_095917_zpskreeoymw.jpg.html)

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc200/steveff/Jenolan%20Snow/20150712_100915_zpsar0o0m8r.jpg (http://s218.photobucket.com/user/steveff/media/Jenolan%20Snow/20150712_100915_zpsar0o0m8r.jpg.html)

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc200/steveff/Jenolan%20Snow/20150712_100912_zpsv5ojhlzn.jpg (http://s218.photobucket.com/user/steveff/media/Jenolan%20Snow/20150712_100912_zpsv5ojhlzn.jpg.html)

Cheers
Steve

[Dru]

Awesome day playing in the snow Steve!

Kerry dropped some pics on FB. I'll need a little time to do the same here. :smile-new:

[SteveC]

Nice. Where'd you end up going?


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[Dean!]

Hey Guys, thanks for an awesome day out, beautiful day and a great bunch of people to be with !!!
Thanks
Blue Tj

[Hills4x4]

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Loved all the jeep waves shame I couldn't get out any earlier to join you all !!


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[Steve F]

Did Mount Bindo first so we could play in the snow, then out to Gibraltar Rock for lunch and then down to Waterfall Creek firetrail. Beefsteak would have been locked up due to the wet and Waterfall was too tough for all the vehicles so we'll do it again in a few weeks but as a 'B' grade trip only. The clay around Bindo was pretty slippery with a bit of snow as were the tracks in Jenolan. Then most of us decided to head back as the traffic was supposed to be real bad, heard it was a standstill from Lithgow to Katoomba. I went up Mount Victoria, traffic was stopped at the top, so cut across to Bell and did the Bells line.

While we aired up the wind was howling, along with the snow coming in sideways like a small blizzard, it was sooooo cold. The puddles were still frozen at 2:00pm and the temp didn't get above 0 for most of the day. Was great fun regardless though.

Cheers
Steve

[jk_menace]

Thanks Steve for an awesome day. Mother Nature definitely put on a great show for us. Great to see everyone again. The traffic was very slow on the Great Western heading back. Good idea leaving when we did.
cheers
Dennis and Eleni

[Teshie]

I was touring the area over the weekend with a mate on his trail bike and his dad in his trusty old truck, Our plan was to camp, glad we didn't ! We decided to stay at the Rydal pub, great hospitality by Phil and generous meals.
And yep... it snowed in Rydal :)
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll25/ritesh_inoz/20150712_082450_zpsnav0owat.jpg (http://s284.photobucket.com/user/ritesh_inoz/media/20150712_082450_zpsnav0owat.jpg.html)

It was snowing sideways on our way from Rydal to Hampton and looked like The Alpine Way.
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll25/ritesh_inoz/Rydal2Hamptom_zpst9moebne.jpg (http://s284.photobucket.com/user/ritesh_inoz/media/Rydal2Hamptom_zpst9moebne.jpg.html)

Around Mt Bindo..
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll25/ritesh_inoz/20150712_115227_zpsscalsa4e.jpg (http://s284.photobucket.com/user/ritesh_inoz/media/20150712_115227_zpsscalsa4e.jpg.html)

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll25/ritesh_inoz/20150712_113704_zpsoauc6drv.jpg (http://s284.photobucket.com/user/ritesh_inoz/media/20150712_113704_zpsoauc6drv.jpg.html)

Got denser !!
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll25/ritesh_inoz/20150712_115922_zpsx0qecsb0.jpg (http://s284.photobucket.com/user/ritesh_inoz/media/20150712_115922_zpsx0qecsb0.jpg.html)

Made it up :) and back.
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll25/ritesh_inoz/20150712_112729_zpswwiu4irf.jpg (http://s284.photobucket.com/user/ritesh_inoz/media/20150712_112729_zpswwiu4irf.jpg.html)

Mt Bindo was fun in snow and I noticed it got much busier after 1pm there.. Think plenty of snow chasers had made it up there. A memorable day indeed. Cheers !

[Steve F]

We were up there before 10:00am and the harder track down the other side was untouched :) I think the only ones up there before us were the 2 4wds that were already there, one guy setting up to camp for the night and family making a snow man :)

Cheers
Steve

[Dru]

Hoping this link and/or embed works:

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll24/DruPics/th_IMG_0035_zpsgw3kgyfa.mp4 (http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll24/DruPics/IMG_0035_zpsgw3kgyfa.mp4)

[Teshie]

The link works. Lucky spotting that 'thing', could have caused some damage ! Nice video.

Looks like you all got first use of the tracks with fresh snow, must have been a thrill going down that harder bit... Nice work getting up there early :)