Skipper's Canyon

Being winter and with no fresh snow for 8 weeks, and having guests here (thanks for the excuse, Jen, Bex and Carmen), we decided to take a drive through Skipper's Canyon. Skipper's Road is an historic road from back in the gold mining days - it winds through Skipper's Canyon from the Coronet Peak access road. It is strictly 4WD only, not open to rental cars, with signs that say things like "Vehicle Damage Possible" and "No turn around for 6km". It's a little scary in summer, so it made perfect sense to go through in winter.

The road was mostly alright.



The water falls didn't really fall so much anymore. They were roaring in summer!


The same waterfall/icicles from another angle - the icicles were about 40 feet in height! And probably about 30 feet in width. Quite breathtaking!


The second part of the road involves driving along a very narrow ledge with a sheer cliff below. This is the view out across to the tablelands on a not-so-steep part.

The historic Skipper's bridge. An awesome feat of engineering! It sways as you drive across it. And today with the ice on it, it also made cracking noises when we drove across it. Not exactly reassuring....

And last but not least, the view back up the canyon from just across the bridge. Did we mention it hasn't actually snowed for 8 weeks? So that snow down there has sat there for all of winter so far. We're pleased we wrapped up warm.

PS: As we write this, it's trying really hard to snow outside. We're expecting a few cm to fall overnight... fingers crossed!