Girraween East Peaks
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 25.07 mi
- Elevation gain
- 5,364 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Difficult
- Elevation loss
- 5,364 ft
- Max elevation
- 4,198 ft
- TrailRank
- 63
- Min elevation
- 3,114 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- 2 days 18 hours 7 minutes
- Coordinates
- 3938
- Uploaded
- April 27, 2016
- Recorded
- April 2016
near Bald Mountain, Queensland (Australia)
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Itinerary description
A fantastic walk over 2.5 days with a mixture of off track and trail walking. There are some potentially difficult components of the trip involving difficult scrambling with exposure including ascent/descent of West Bald Rock, descent into and exploration of South Bald Rock Gorge and Cave, and Western ascent of Bald Rock.
Start - camp at Stone Cottage bush campsite.
Day 1 - off track cross country over several rocky hills and West Bald Rock, failed to find Roberts 1866 border Cairn (I believe the waypoint attached is now correct), explore South Bald Rock Gorge and Cave, camp at South Bald Rock.
Day 2 - part track part off track along the Qld/NSW border to Bald Rock, an ascent of Bald Rock from the West (great care is required here a poor route choice can leave you very exposed), descent via the tourist route, then further along the border track and cross country to a nice waterhole camp site.
Day 3 - cross country and up Billy Goat hill for great views of Mt Norman (except for the rain), back down into the valley to check out the stone round house. A nearby hill has great panoramic view over the valley. The plan was to return cross country along a ridge to our starting point but the vegetation became very thick and spiky so we dropped back down to Mt Norman road to get to the cars.
Full gallery of photos here:
https://flic.kr/s/aHskvx6pX8
Thanks to David, Andrew, Gabby, Terry, Greg and Karen.
Start - camp at Stone Cottage bush campsite.
Day 1 - off track cross country over several rocky hills and West Bald Rock, failed to find Roberts 1866 border Cairn (I believe the waypoint attached is now correct), explore South Bald Rock Gorge and Cave, camp at South Bald Rock.
Day 2 - part track part off track along the Qld/NSW border to Bald Rock, an ascent of Bald Rock from the West (great care is required here a poor route choice can leave you very exposed), descent via the tourist route, then further along the border track and cross country to a nice waterhole camp site.
Day 3 - cross country and up Billy Goat hill for great views of Mt Norman (except for the rain), back down into the valley to check out the stone round house. A nearby hill has great panoramic view over the valley. The plan was to return cross country along a ridge to our starting point but the vegetation became very thick and spiky so we dropped back down to Mt Norman road to get to the cars.
Full gallery of photos here:
https://flic.kr/s/aHskvx6pX8
Thanks to David, Andrew, Gabby, Terry, Greg and Karen.
Waypoints
Car park
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Bald Rock Car Park
Summit
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Billy Goat Hill
Cave
Lake
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Dam
Photo
Waypoint
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Gorge Approach Point
Waypoint
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Gorge Entrance
Picnic
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Mount Norman Picnic Area
Summit
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Mt Norman
Panorama
Ruins
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Roberts Cairn
Surveying Cairn from 1866
Campsite
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South Bald Camp
Summit
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Twin Peaks
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Hey Marklav, I’m thinking about doing this next week. Was there any water available along the way? Cheers
Normally there would be plenty of water along this route. I haven't been out to Girraween for a few months and although there has been some rain I suspect conditions are still pretty dry. Normally there is water; in the dam behind the Stone Cottage (best suited to filtration rather that treatment), in the creek next to South Bald Rock campsite (this dries up fairly readily), the day use / camping area at Bald Rock, a water hole in the most Northern Section of the route and in the area at the Southern base of Billy Goat Hill. Supply may be patchy currently. Let use know how you get on. I wouldn't mind getting back out that way over Spring!
Cheers for the intel Marklav. After finding out that there hasn’t been any rain for almost two months I’ve decided I’m going to do your Western Circuit instead and not have to carry a ridiculous amount of water. I’ll let you know how it goes!
Wow your pics are amazing!! Doing this next week 😀
Should be spectacular at the moment!