(Re-uploaded again) This was a version of a 2021 video with low views for uninterrupted research, but now there is an updated version so It's fairly obsolete. I'm still not sure what to do about it, but thought to at least post this message... : )
Mt Barney Archives - Winter 2021: A one way trip up Logans ridge, observing the route and its features.
Walking conditions : Tracks, footpads, scrambling and short climbs. Much exposure.
Walk length : About 7 km one way. 1000 metre height gain.
Notes : Logans ridge is a very direct route to East peak. Half the route is scrambling, and many steep, exposed sections are passed (and crossed) along the way.
New title info...
Due to changing conditions every year on the mountain, this video is now a little out of date. Of course, we will find all the rocks in the same places, but the scrub is another matter. In recent visits (Autumn 23), I have noted the following differences :
There is a new gate at Yellowpinch to enter the paddock land. Thanks to all involved!
On the forest walk beyond the track head sign, the highest section (just before the first rocks), is very overgrown. (650m)
Also at the first rocks, a tree has fallen into the left hand approach, and we have all been using the right hand side. Now the fallen tree approach has had a lot of use and can be scrambled through. The overgrown footpad tends to lead towards this left approach now.
Above here, but below the slab top lookout, a tree has fallen into the top of the steep gully that contains the footpad, and is very awkward to get through. (720m)
At the slab top lookout, the large tree that provided welcome shade has fallen across the slab tops and must be clambered over. A sad loss. (760m)
Higher up, in the awkward gully, there was a pile of deadfall in the gully head, just before the cairn, and it has been removed. Thanks to whoever did that. (790m)
From the knoll top, in the section that leads to the climb to the Notch, the scrub has become very overgrown, obscuring the footpad. A new footpad has been forced to the left of the old one. (860m)
The ridge is fairly unchanged beyond there, all the way to the short wall above the chimney climb. From the short wall, the scrub is very thick all the way to the highest knoll, and the footpad is practically indiscernible. The line of the footpad is still in existence, but is now a scrub push in places. (1170m)
Finally, this video makes Logans ridge seem easy, but that is certainly not true - the ridge is hard yakka, and a full body workout. Good luck up there!
(Many of the titles I use may just be a reference name for features. All the different mountain people have a slightly different approach to naming. No two maps are ever the same either.
From the Charles Batesman biography of Patrick Logan, Mt Barney started out as Mt Lindesay, and Logan went up thinking it might be Mt Warning.
0:00 Beginning
0:30 Track head to the North ridge cairn
1:09 Cairn to the first rocks
2:00 First rocks to the first slabs
2:46 Slabs to a lookout
3:55 Lookout to a gully
4:35 Gully to a left turn
5:08 Climb to an obstacle
5:48 Letterbox obstacle to a knoll top
7:15 Knoll top to a ledge
8:35 Ledge to the Notch
13:30 Notch to the ridge crest
15:59 Ridge crest to a chimney
17:37 Chimney to a short wall
19:09 Short wall to the highest knoll
20:10 Highest knoll obstacles to an angled sloping rock
23:55 Angled sloping rock to the summit
24:58 East peak summit
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