Rise above it!

The last couple of days we had some heavy rain and thunderstorms here in Thredbo, keeping me indoors reading my books. Last night the setting sun illuminated the last of the storm clouds with a red glow, giving me hope that today would be a clear day, you know "red at night, sailor's delight" and all that sort of stuff...

Last night's weather check from the balcony gave me hope

But when I got up this morning the day was damp and grey. I thought that it was raining, but it was only moisture from the trees dripping onto the tin roof of my living room. The balcony weather check revealed that there was no mountain and the village was shrouded in fog. 

The mountain is hidden in fog

I haven't had a decent walk in three days, so I decided to head up the mountain anyway, in the hope of it clearing up later. I stuck to the lower slopes and headed up the maintenance road to Merrits restaurant and from there up to the top of the Gunbarrel chairlift, where I took a break to cool down after the steep ascent. As I was standing there the fog started to clear and I caught a glimpse of Kareela Hut across the other side of the slopes. It was revealing itself from clouds like it was on an island. Within minutes the sky above me started to turn blue and I was bathed in sunshine. The village below still hid itself in the fog and I was glad that I made the effort to rise above it.

Kareela Hut making an appearance out of the cloud

Followed by the whole top of Crackenback

While the village remained hidden in the fog below