New Year trek in the Jagungal Wilderness: Historic Huts, Mount Gungartan & the Kerries (XL/R/W/X)
Sat 11th Jan 2025
Walk, Back-pack
Bookings available to active members only.
A four* night, mostly off-track, circuit of the Jagungal Wilderness area in Kosciusko National Park.
The initial part of the trip will pass a number of 19th Century gold mining sites along Diggers Creek on the Snowy Plains, and each evening will be spent at a different historic hut spread among this wonderful and under-visited area of the Great Divide. As part of the walk we'll traverse the scenic Kerries Range, and momentarily duck out of the Wilderness area to climb Mount Gungartan, which at 2068m is Australia's 13th highest mountain, and also its highest mountain outside of the main range of Kosciusko NP.
*The intention is to complete this hike on 15th January. I have allowed an extra day in case the going is slower than anticipated
This trip is for fit and experienced members with the gear to safely and comfortably tackle a multi-day pack hike in very remote country. The group is small as camp site space is limited. We will pull some long, occasionally very scrubby, days.
Additional Information
Booking deadline
Wed 01st Jan 2025 11:59pm
Length
Extra Long
Terrain
Rough
Conditions
Partly Exploratory Partly Wet
Distance (km or hrs)
50km
Ascent
1553
Descent
1523
Map name
Nimmo Plain 8625-4S, Jagungal 8525-1S, Geehi Dam 8525-2N, Kalkite Mountain 8625-3N
Terrain information
Tussocky grassland, sub-alpine meadows, mild to heavy tea tree scrub, some boulder scrambling, patches of boggy heath, very steep scrubby climbs, and pleasant fire trail for the final 10km. This walk has it all.
Transport information
Car pool from Canberra @ $177 per car
Travelling date
Sat 11th Jan 2025 07:00am
Accommodation information
BYO 3+ season hiking tent. Huts are for emergency shelter, cooking etc. Night 1: Reids Hut site (ruin) Night 2: Tin Hut Night 3: Mawson Hut Night 4: Kidmans Hut -there are a number of wild camping options along the route, should we need to do so.
A multi day backpacking or base-camping activity.
Date and Time
Start: | Sat 11th Jan 2025 @ 10:00am |
Approx Return: | Thu 16th Jan 2025 @ 05:00pm |
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