Mt Climie
I used to take Sam and Dana up to in the Mountain Buggy I had when they were pre schoolers.
The photos in this gallery are in order, i.e. in the order you walk up it.
Taken from the Golf Driving Range in Silversteam July 2003.
Taken from the Golf Driving Range in Silversteam July 2003.
The BCL or Broadcast Communications Ltd (BCL) television transmission tower at the 'first' summit of Mt Climie. You climb up the very steep track for an hour surrounded by thick bush then suddenly you break out into the open (at the tower) only to find that the track goes on along the ridge for another 10 - 15 minutes.
26 August 2004
16 Aug 2004. 860m Summit of Mt Climie, and note I've even managed to get the sun in this picture!
And...no, I haven't made mistakes with these dates, they really are on different days during August. Mt Climie has snow on it one or two days a year, but this particular (cold) winter it lasted a week or more. I walked up to the top about 5 times to experience the snow. On one of the days I had to walk down again in the dark.... but I had planned for that and took my headlamp with me.
I camped at the top on the night of the 23rd May 2004, although I don't think you are really meant to. It wasn't the first time I had done that! I camped near the summit on Christmas Day one year too. That is Kapiti Island in the distance and Upper Hutt down in the valley below.
Mt Climie Nov 2003
Past the last of the communications towers, Mt Climie, just north of Upper Hutt.
its quite a hike up to here, up the steep Mt Climie 4WD track, then into this wilderness for a little bit.
Although I'm less than 90 minutes back to the Tunnel Gully Car Park, you do feel like you are in quite rugged wilderness.
