Helicopter Hill (again)
Shanti reports…
We’ve been going walking in the mountains nearly every week, plus more long walks around home. Mum’s been carrying a heavy pack too. Says she’s training for the Old Ghost Road walk, but there’s something about her tone that tells me I’m not invited. But today I clearly am.
We’re off in the car to Craigieburn for another revisit of Helicopter Hill. This is my third summit of Heli Hill. The route today is fairly simple - up the Mistletoe track and down the Luge track. This will be my first time exploring the Luge track. Oh boy - more smells!
The Mistletoe track winds up through a pretty forest to Lyndon Saddle, then you take a right turn and head up the ridge, through a little stand of trees and out into tussockland on the summit. It’s not very high and not very hard, but still has great views.
Mum has bought me a pack from Further Faster but I haven’t given it a test run yet. It sounds like hard work so I might try to keep it that way.