"Got tight last night on absinthe and did knife tricks. Great success shooting the knife into the piano. The woodworms are so bad and eat hell out of all furniture that you can always claim the woodworms did it."
--Ernest Hemingway
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Ted Bauer - Feb 22, 2019 12:58 am Date Climbed: Feb 22, 2019
Nice afternoon out in QueenslandI had some extra time in Queensland and decided to do the hike in the afternoon. I started on the Tika Trail which was quite steep and a bit rugged. Once you gain the gondala area and are on the actual Ben Lomond Trail I found it quite straight forward. The only difficult part was just after the saddle until the half way point. After that smooth sailing to the summit. I pushed as I was looking at this as a workout so the whole trip took about 4 hours and 15 minutes from the bottom of the Tika trail and return.
gimpilator - Mar 24, 2016 9:36 pm Date Climbed: Feb 19, 2016
25 Peaks in 3 weeksfull trip report
Baarb - Mar 21, 2016 9:49 pm Date Climbed: Jan 28, 2016
Good valueTook the gondola as I've had enough of hiking in forests. 2 hours from there to the summit, excellent views for the most part. Back down the same way though rumours of a loop via the south ridge would have been worth pursuing from the look of it.
Nigel Lewis - Oct 17, 2011 2:22 pm
Shorts and snowA nice day out that started in shorts and ended with a snow ball fight!
orienteraren - May 6, 2011 4:40 pm Date Climbed: Feb 10, 2008
Great viewsGreat views all the way. Had a little rain halfway up but then just nice weather. I was extremely lucky to be on the summit when a lower rain cloud passed by below me and I could se a rainbow from above. A true magnificent moment!
Nanuls - Mar 9, 2010 5:36 pm
Aborted attempt!Summit atttempt aborted because my flip-flops were chaffing. Went to get an ice cream instead.
Tuomo - Nov 24, 2009 2:29 am Date Climbed: Nov 9, 2009
Nice viewsBeutiful sunny day and nice 6 hour return from Queenstown. Loved it!
Dropmo40 - Nov 16, 2009 5:23 pm Date Climbed: Nov 10, 2009
summitstarted in town summited and loved the bulgarian girls accent
davebobk47 - Nov 15, 2009 8:36 pm Date Climbed: Nov 1, 2009
Great viewsClimbed from the top of the Gondola. A bit of spring snow near the top but great weather and better views.