{"id":26407,"date":"2021-07-11T21:59:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-11T09:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/?p=26407"},"modified":"2021-07-16T22:10:32","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T10:10:32","slug":"1718","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/2021\/07\/1718\/","title":{"rendered":"1718"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>With a slightly earlier start this post might have been named Elise Peak. Pat, Georgia, and I drove into the Rainbow to the locked gate and then cycled to the start of the Lees Valley Track. We went for a walk up the valley and then took a right, bush bashing up a ridge. We left the bush into sunshine and continued to the top of the peak 1718 m. It was then down another ridge and back out to our bikes. A good day out.<\/p><p><br><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/About-to-start-cycling-Climbing-1718-July-2021-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"244\" height=\"164\" title=\"About to start cycling (Climbing 1718 July 2021)\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" alt=\"About to start cycling (Climbing 1718 July 2021)\" src=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/About-to-start-cycling-Climbing-1718-July-2021_thumb-1.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Cycling-to-the-start-Climbing-1718-July-2021-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"244\" height=\"164\" title=\"Cycling to the start (Climbing 1718 July 2021)\" style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" alt=\"Cycling to the start (Climbing 1718 July 2021)\" src=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Cycling-to-the-start-Climbing-1718-July-2021_thumb-1.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Riding-Climbing-1718-July-2021-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"244\" height=\"158\" title=\"Riding (Climbing 1718 July 2021)\" style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" alt=\"Riding (Climbing 1718 July 2021)\" src=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Riding-Climbing-1718-July-2021_thumb-1.jpg\" border=\"0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Setting-off-on-foot-Climbing-1718-July-2021-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"244\" height=\"164\" title=\"Setting off on foot (Climbing 1718 July 2021)\" style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" alt=\"Setting off on foot (Climbing 1718 July 2021)\" src=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Setting-off-on-foot-Climbing-1718-July-2021_thumb-1.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/View-up-Lees-Creek-Climbing-1718-July-2021-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"244\" height=\"164\" title=\"View up Lees Creek (Climbing 1718 July 2021)\" style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" alt=\"View up Lees Creek (Climbing 1718 July 2021)\" src=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/View-up-Lees-Creek-Climbing-1718-July-2021_thumb-1.jpg\" border=\"0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Walking-up-the-valley-Climbing-1718-July-2021-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"244\" height=\"164\" title=\"Walking up the valley (Climbing 1718 July 2021)\" style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;\" alt=\"Walking up the valley (Climbing 1718 July 2021)\" src=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Walking-up-the-valley-Climbing-1718-July-2021_thumb-1.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Ice-on-branches-Lees-Valley-July-2021-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"644\" height=\"431\" title=\"Ice on branches (Lees Valley July 2021)\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" alt=\"Ice on branches (Lees Valley July 2021)\" src=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Ice-on-branches-Lees-Valley-July-2021_thumb-1.jpg\" border=\"0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Georgia-climbing-up-Climbing-1718-July-2021-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"644\" height=\"431\" title=\"Georgia climbing up (Climbing 1718 July 2021)\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" alt=\"Georgia climbing up (Climbing 1718 July 2021)\" src=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Georgia-climbing-up-Climbing-1718-July-2021_thumb-1.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/At-the-summit-of-1718-Climbing-1718-July-2021-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"244\" height=\"164\" title=\"At the summit of 1718 (Climbing 1718 July 2021)\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" alt=\"At the summit of 1718 (Climbing 1718 July 2021)\" src=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/At-the-summit-of-1718-Climbing-1718-July-2021_thumb-1.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With a slightly earlier start this post might have been named Elise Peak. Pat, Georgia, and I drove into the Rainbow to the locked gate and then cycled to the start of the Lees Valley Track. We went for a walk up the valley and then took a right, bush bashing up a ridge. 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