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Rome Ridge

Time for the annual trip to Mt Rolleston - what started as a group of two ended up being four, with several other parties on the mountain as well keeping us company.  Recent rain and low freezing levels made for near perfect conditions and we made reasonable time up to the gap where we bumped into a large group from the local mountaineering club.  They were in the process of fixing the gap so we snuck ahead going solo and zoomed up to low peak.  Seeing as we had plenty of time we did the side trip to high peak where we finally pierced the clouds and got a great view of the west coast.

Conscious of the thawing snow in the sun just above middle peak col we didn't linger and high tailed it back to low peak where we met the CMC party who had just reached low peak.   Several skiers were also riving from the Otira Slide which was in perfect condition for skiing.

The descent down the slide was in the best bum sliding condition I have ever encountered, and we made the most of it on the bottom section managed a couple of several hundred meter slides.  Of course we finished the day with the customary feed at the Bealey Hotel on the way home.