anyone been up mount greenland lately

[89surf]

as title says havent been up since they started mining up there looking at going down for a look

[Smurf]

Not been down for age. We have talked of heading in for a trip too.
If you come up with a plan, Myself and a couple of others could be keen to tag along

[Crawlerer79]

Have no idea sorry, but I'm certainly keen to give it a go sometime

Just needa finish the truck...

[L-andy]

Went up 3 weeks ago. It's in the best condition I've seen it for years right now. The miners have graded the track to just past the grey bog which is probably halfway up. All the difficult stuff at the start is gone and barely reconisable now. However it's still a good drive and worth a visit. The boulder garden near the top is the only real challenge now.

Andy

[89surf]

k cheers going to head up sat leaving greymouth around 7 30 got about 8 trucks coming if anyone wants to tag along

[NJV6]

Went up 3 weeks ago. It's in the best condition I've seen it for years right now. The miners have graded the track to just past the grey bog which is probably halfway up. All the difficult stuff at the start is gone and barely reconisable now. However it's still a good drive and worth a visit. The boulder garden near the top is the only real challenge now.

Andy

Oh wow, what are the minors doing? How far, what’s going on etc. to many questions. What about the gorse? Is the slick huge clay ruts all gone???

[Smurf]

k cheers going to head up sat leaving greymouth around 7 30 got about 8 trucks coming if anyone wants to tag along

Too soon for me to commit sorry. We have other plans for the next few weeks. Keen to hear how you get on down there though.

[L-andy]

The miners only had an exploration permit and when we went up last year they had a couple of big excavators and a skid mounted screen up there just before grey bog. They apparently left a few weeks before our most recent visit ( mentioned above). Not sure if they will apply for or if they have been granted a actual mining permit yet.

They leveled the whole grey bog area and it is good at moment but time will tell where the water pools long term.

We got rid of most of the gorse about 2 years or so ago and the miners did the rest. There is not much hanging over the track now. We also put in a culvert lined with conveyor belt 2 years ago just above the badly washed out section 3/4 of the way up and it seems to be working well with no further deterioration there.

All the awesome rutted clay sections at the start are gone includind the awkward washed out culvert near the start but again, time will tell how long it lasts.

Andy

[89surf]

Went all the way to the hut yesterday tracks in good nick grey bogs all filled in and graded up to there but shouldnt take long to be back took 2 hrs from ross to hut with a few stops just about a 2 lane gravel road up to bogs