Mount Anne is the highest dolerite mountain of the Southwest, and towers above the landscape like a juggernaut. A group of climbers found that the weather dropped in and them their plans for the summit were buried underneath the frost and blown away by the storm.

Luckily, they brought back a few photos...

Eliza Plateau Panorama A rare clear moment by Chris CoxsonEliza Plateau Panorama A rare clear moment by Chris CoxsonChristmas Bells Blandfordia punicea above Fake Pedder by Chris CoxsonChristmas Bells Blandfordia punicea above Fake Pedder by Chris CoxsonScrambling from cairn to cairn led us into this gully on Mt Anne by Chris CoxsonScrambling from cairn to cairn led us into this gully on Mt Anne by Chris CoxsonAt Lake Pedder by Chris CoxsonAt Lake Pedder by Chris CoxsonAt Mt Anne SW Tasmania by Chris CoxsonAt Mt Anne SW Tasmania by Chris CoxsonBoulder scrambling on the approach to Mt Anne by Chris CoxsonBoulder scrambling on the approach to Mt Anne by Chris CoxsonCrossing Mount Eliza Plateau with ice pellets flung at us all the while by 100 kph gusts by Chris CoxsonCrossing Mount Eliza Plateau with ice pellets flung at us all the while by 100 kph gusts by Chris CoxsonLooking down from the Mt Anne trail by Chris CoxsonLooking down from the Mt Anne trail by Chris CoxsonMt Anne from Shelf Camp by Chris CoxsonMt Anne from Shelf Camp by Chris CoxsonMt Eliza Plateau by Chris CoxsonMt Eliza Plateau by Chris CoxsonNear Mt Anne by Chris CoxsonNear Mt Anne by Chris CoxsonSouthwestern dolerite by Chris CoxsonSouthwestern dolerite by Chris CoxsonStorms moving toward us across Fake Pedder ten minutes until this one hits us by Chris CoxsonStorms moving toward us across Fake Pedder ten minutes until this one hits us by Chris CoxsonTurn around point The route continued to climbers left of Ben across the ice covered ledge by Chris CoxsonTurn around point The route continued to climbers left of Ben across the ice covered ledge by Chris CoxsonFrozen tarn on the Mt Anne plateau by Chris CoxsonFrozen tarn on the Mt Anne plateau by Chris Coxson