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There will be some relatively hard walks in next 2 months such as
July 7-8 2012 Kosciuszko snow mountain(s) 37 KM in snow (full)
July 14 2012
Blue Mountains NP
Carlon’s Farm & Creek - Breakfast Creek - Blackhorse Ridge & Gap - Mt. Merrimerrigal - Splendour Rock - Mobbs Soak - Kennel Flat - Medlow Gap - Carlon’s Farm. Magnificent Wild Dog Mountains scenery. Lunch at Splendour Rock. Steep 400m ascent up Blackhorse Ridge; 160m up to Wombat Parade. All on tracks plus undulating fire trail. Grade: L231 22km
July 21 2012
Blue Mountains NP
Govetts Leap - Pulpit Rock - Perrys Lookdown - Blue Gum Forest - Lockleys Pylon – Blue Gum Forest –Junction Rock - Govetts Leap Spectacular views of the Govetts Gorge and Grose, as well as a quick trip thru the Blue Gum Forest.
This will be a reasonably fast paced walk so please make sure that your fitness is up to it. Ascents and descents of approx. 1,200ms. Grade: L332 22km
July 28 2012
Smugglers Ridge, Marramarra NP
Marramarra Ridge fire trail, Kulpas track, off track along Marramarra ridge, then down cross country to Marramarra creek, Orange Grove, around to Smugglers Ridge track and back up to starting point. 200 metre ascent/descent. 18 kms. Grade: M222
Aug 11 2012
Blue Mountains NP ( Narrow Neck)
Golden Stairs – Narrow Neck Fire Trail - Duncan’s Pass (or climbing down spikes on Tarro’s Pass for the adventurous)- Little Cedar Gap- Off track under the power lines to Glen Raphael camp site -Dunphys Pass - return to Golden Stairs along Narrow Neck fire trail. A trek with a variety of walking terrain to challenge you. Mostly on track with wonderful views near the end of Narrow Neck and the ledge of Dunphys Pass. Two short off track sections one down hill and one uphill to experience navigating through scrub. The ascent is quite steep near the top with some minor scrambling to reach Dunphys Pass. Grade: M223
Aug 18 2012
Blue Mountains NP
Victoria Falls - Victoria Creek - Grose River - Blue Gum Forest - Junction Rock - Govetts Creek and up to Govetts Leap. Total distance 18 km and total climb 700m. Let me introduce you to the Blue Gum Forest. This will be a long hard days walking. Grade: M231
Please let me know if some of you are keen to join. |
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