GR 376159 ('East Opoca ') - Scramble

Thursday August 14 Raff and I had hoped the weather would hold and we were keen to attempt Mt. Jerram. On the hike up Opal Creek, the clouds got thicker and thicker and lower and lower, so we turned our attention to the low summit of Opoca Peak (GR 368155). Opoca Peak, thusly named since it divides Opal and Elpoca Creeks, is a short, but tough technical climb with zero beta.

Mt. Jerram (l) and North and South Cat's Ears (r)

We were hoping to ascend quickly as we knew the rain would come soon. We slogged up to the col between Opoca Peak and East Opoca, hiked to intersection of this col and the north ridge of Opoca Peak. Searched a variety of locations along the steep face for the best line, geared up, rock shoes on, then the hard rain started. We removed our rock gear and decided to hike in the pouring rain to the low summit of East Opoca (GR 376159), about 1 kilometre to the east.

View to East Opoca

Fun and scenic hike considering the awful weather. The driving rain stopped as we reached this little summit (2450m).  We did the quick hike over to the slightly lower eastern highpoint as well. A fun hike with great views with lots of wet weather.