Girraween South
Trail photos
Author
Trail stats
- Distance
- 13.44 mi
- Elevation gain
- 2,835 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Experts only
- Elevation loss
- 2,835 ft
- Max elevation
- 4,174 ft
- TrailRank
-
56
5
- Min elevation
- 2,850 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- one day 2 hours 54 minutes
- Coordinates
- 2178
- Uploaded
- March 29, 2020
- Recorded
- March 2020
near Glenroy, Queensland (Australia)
Viewed 1625 times, downloaded 55 times
Trail photos
Itinerary description
The Park is recovering from recent drought and fires. It is still dry with lots of dead fall.
The off track sections require confident navigation skills and hard walking.
The camp at Beehive wasn't planned but was required because of limited alternative water sources. If there had been more recent rain then it would be possible to camp on the ridges.
Waypoints
Waypoint
3,980 ft
MALLEE CAMP
A boulder cave, nearby slab with rock pools that should contains water after rain.
Waypoint
3,650 ft
GIANT SPLIT ROCK
Waypoint
3,728 ft
ARROW MARKER
I found this 13m long arrow marker on satellite images. It is surrounded by graffiti of various ages including some from units from the military depot at Wallangara. I presume it is a walk from Beehive dam although there is no track that we could find.
Waypoint
3,938 ft
VALLEY OF THE WINDS
Valley of the Winds is an impressive narrow rock gorge situated on Mallee Ridge. It can be traversed with a few technical problems to solve including a need to head underground at one point.
Waypoint
4,173 ft
MT NORMAN SUMMIT
The scramble to the summit of Mt Norman is exposed and a rope belay is recommended. Only for experienced scramblers or climbers
Waypoint
4,020 ft
EYE OF THE NEEDLE
Waypoint
3,641 ft
THE SPHINX
Waypoint
2,896 ft
CARPARK
Comments (6)
You can add a comment or review this trail
Looks good. I was looking at Valley of the Winds, can you please advise whether it's better to do this west-east or east-west? We would be coming across from Turtle Rock.
Hi Michael,
It is easiest to access the Gorge from the East via Mt Norman and Mallee Ridge. It could be traversed from either direction, the Western end is heavy choked with vegetation, and to the East of that there is scramble under and over rocks to get to a higher level. There scramble is not particularly difficult but if you have less confident party members a belay rope may be handy. Those Southern ridges are fairly rugged country and careful navigation and route choice are required. I’ll be interested to hear how you go! MarkL
Hi Mark
Is it possible to do this hike in one day? I noticed that you camped then continued the hike. Cheers
Hi Lina, it would be tough to do in a day, a lot of it is off track and pretty rugged. We did in the drought which is why we headed down to the dam for overnight water. My original plan was to traverse between the Southern Ridges.
Thanks for the advice, Mark, Much appreciated 🙂
I'm looking for the 1880 cairn from your coordinates, not having much luck, any ideas?
Also, what does the 1880 signify?