Healy Pass - North Horseshoe Off-Trail hike on 16-Oct-2025
Everything pointed to today being the perfect opportunity to do this beautiful ridge walk: the forecast was for sunshine and a not-too-cold temperature, the snow level was still manageable, and it was the first day after the seasonal closure had been lifted. And indeed it was a perfect day! Even the long walk up (and down) the Healy Pass trail was made beautiful by the fresh snow on the trees. We all immensely enjoyed what might have been the last long ridge walk of the season. 21 km/960m in 7 hours. Sorry that all of the photos look more or less the same, but that just proves how staggeringly beautiful the entire landscape was.
Participants: Jane, Ingrid (coordinator), Deborah
First high point above the pass
No complaints about this day!
Climbing to the second (I think) top
Fortunately someone had gone ahead of us in the morning, so following their tracks made the snow travel easier
Starting to descend to the lowest ridge top
Happy and warmly-dressed Ramblers
Last break, just below the ridge (to try to escape the wind)
Almost back at the main trail, with the larches still displaying deep burnt gold