Cradle Mountain 23/3/22 2

On our way around Dove Lake we came across the turn off to head up to Lake Wilks. With Kirk's encouragment we decided to head on up since neither one of us had done this track before. The track wasn't too bad but if it was any wetter it would be quite slippery. As we were climbing, we could catch glimpses of this exposed cliff with walking chains. On reaching lake Wilks there was a spectacular view over Dove Lake. From there we thought, why don't we go as high as we can to join up to the face track. I had my reservations to be honest but figured what did we have to lose? At any point we could still turn around and the weather while windy and cloudy it was only very light misty showers it wasn't enough for us to stop. So, we persisted, even stopping on the track and having our wraps and some hot tea for lunch. Before long we reached the face track and were able to walk along the mostly flat track while looking out the absolutely stunning views over Dove lake to our left with Cradle mountain to our right. It was breathtaking to be so close to what we had only seen from afar previously.Lue lisää