Steamers Superbus loop
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 14.83 mi
- Elevation gain
- 4,724 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Very difficult
- Elevation loss
- 4,724 ft
- Max elevation
- 4,351 ft
- TrailRank
-
50
3.2
- Min elevation
- 4,351 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- one day 9 hours 39 minutes
- Coordinates
- 2995
- Uploaded
- April 11, 2019
- Recorded
- September 2017
near Mount Colliery, Queensland (Australia)
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Itinerary description
did this is 2017 - an excellent round trip over a weekend. Requires a 4WD to access the start at the end of Emu Creek road. I recommend to drive up on Friday afternoon and camp the night for an early start the next morning. Te view from the top of the Steamers is the highlight.
Waypoints
Campsite
4,330 ft
Campsite
Picnic
4,318 ft
Clearing - Lunch Spot
Panorama
3,215 ft
End of Stern Lookout
Campsite
3,609 ft
Lizard South remote area bush camp
Camping area features: Rainforest site south of Lizard Point. Maximum of 8 people. Water is usually available under good conditions west of the camp site.
Waypoint
3,840 ft
Middle Ridge Track
Waypoint
3,951 ft
Possible camp no vada
Waypoint
4,242 ft
Site of plane crash
Campsite
2,341 ft
Superbus Campsite - Emu Creek Road
Fountain
3,534 ft
Water
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Hi mate in your opinion which is the easiest route, clockwise or CCW?
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We did this track in the clockwise direction and did go to the stern mid June 2020, the track has had very little traffic in the last 10 weeks of covid19 . The loop itself is challenging with some track is non existent, it throws some vertical rock scrambling at you. Comparing to other hiking here and oversea I found the scenery limited to the pictures that everyone posts and between these is a lot of bush navigational challenge.
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We did this trail a couple of years ago. We traveled in an anti clockwise direction which we thought was the best way to go but probably doesn’t matter. We visited the Lincoln bomber on the first day with a campsite nearby. There is no water on the mountain so take plenty of water for the whole Trip. Amazing view at Lizards and and an iconic view of the steamers on the third. We in countered a vertical abseil point coming off the Funnel which delayed us as we hesitated. Great circuit thoroughly enjoyed it.
I followed this trail yesterday as a day hike anticlockwise. The first 20km was fantastic and we found water from the exact marked location. the trail is very well marked and it took little to no navigation. However do not attempt the steamers descent towards emu creek road!!! The bush is completely overgrown with gympie gympie and nettle.