XC Ski to Kirsty Burn Hut & Mt Pisa

The Upper Clutha Tramping Club XC skiing team (Brian and Maureen Cleugh, Dawn and Greg Martin, and trip leader Mike Turner) skied into Bob Lee hut on Saturday 5 August. On Sunday 6 August the team skied from Bob Lee to Kirsty Burn hut and Mt Pisa before returning to the Snow Farm lodge. Details in the trip report.

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Dawn at Kirsty Burn Junction enroute to Bob Lee Hut. Note the 'diamonds' in the hoar frost.










Bob Lee hut - our Saturday night camp - wood fire, gas cooking, great views.











Brian and Maureen sprinting up to Bob Lee






































Looking towards the cliffs on the upper reaches of Prince Burn.












A Mt Aspiring sunset from Bob Lee.













A Mt Cook sunset from Bob Lee.











Dawn, Mike, Maureen and Brian on Kirsty Burn enroute to Mt Pisa, with Mt Cardrona on horizon.











Dawn, Maureen and Brian carefully side stepping an icy patch.












A slip meant a five metre slide into the Kirsty Burn. There were no slips.











The burn was getting a wee narrow and icy. Time to back track and ...













...cut a traverse up to the trail.













Brian a few minutes from Kirsty Burn Hut with Mt Cardrona on horizon.












The team at Kirsty Burn Hut. Mt Pisa is further three kilometres up and around to the left.













Enroute to Mt Pisa with Kirsty Burn hut a spec in the far distance. (Photo: Mike Turner Collection)












Homeward bound via the River Run trail with Rapa Nui tor and Poodle tor on the horizon.











Sunset across Earnslaw and other peaks from the Snow Farm Lodge.