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Mount Gimli goats

Mount Gimli goats


Postby Mrs Scoob » Sat Aug 10, 2019 4:19 pm

Date walked: 29/07/2019

Time taken: 5.7

Distance: 10.2 km

Ascent: 1029m

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On a day trip from Mum & Gary's place today, we borrowed his 4WD truck :thumbup: We'd seen others posting awesome photos surrounded by big mountain goats up here, so were keen to see them too :D So no summit today, just a walk up to the 'camp site' and around the base of Gimli. In the end, we only saw 1 goat, but it was another super day nonetheless 8) :D

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Kicking up a dust storm on the way in - slow and steady going, as there were over 70 water bars (wide, deep culverts) to get through
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Getting closer! Road in good condition in between those bars :D
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At the trailhead, signs for toilets pointed here (new one on us; saw a few of these on our different walks this holiday) :D
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A notice about the goats! Gave us confidence they were plentiful up there (and they probably are, but you're lucky to see them)
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Water crossing with a nice new bridge :)
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Getting near the top of the woods, we can start to see tops
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View down to our left; realising those goats have a huge space to move around in :D
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Nearing the campsite, we reckoned we could see a goat right on top of Gimli Peak, looking down on the climbers just beneath him (zoomed pics were just a blur though!)
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No goats around the campsite :( We'd not long passed a couple who said a group of 5 goats including a kid had just passed through here... but by the time we arrived they were nowhere to be seen!
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So we carried on, heading around the base of Gimli Peak
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Crossing boulders, noting they'd all fallen from the stripey rock face above us
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Fascinated by these 'zebra' rocks! :)
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View from the end of the track; we could hear climbers up there too, but this was as far as we were going today
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Peering over the edge, sharp drop to the glacier below
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Wider view across the basin
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Now to head back, over the zebra boulders to pick up the track again
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Back at the camp area we spotted a goat! (right of centre)
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Peek-a-boo :D
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Campsite facility :D
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View back to where we've been
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Heading down again - good track all the way
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Our stats; never sure why they end up so different! (Scoob had changed his batteries, but it didn't take 6 minutes!)
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Mrs Scoob
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Re: Mount Gimli goats

Postby ChrisW » Thu Aug 29, 2019 2:53 am

Not sure about that loo Fi :shock: As for the goats.....goddamn harbingers of doom those things :lol:
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Re: Mount Gimli goats

Postby Mrs Scoob » Mon Sep 16, 2019 8:00 pm

ChrisW wrote:Not sure about that loo Fi :shock: As for the goats.....goddamn harbingers of doom those things :lol:
:lol: I think the loo's to stop encouraging the goats :think: - ticked off on our bingo card now :wink: :lol:
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Wainwrights:7   Islands:22
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Location: Birnam/Dunkeld

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