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MEDIUM/HARD WEDNESDAY WALK - 16 JULY 2025 (BBC)

Wed 16th Jul 2025

Members Only
Walk

No bookings required for joint club Wednesday Walks

This Medium to Hard graded walk will be led by Henry Gardner (0431016975, henry.gardner585@gmail.com) on behalf of the Brindabella Bushwalking Club.

This is a shorter, off-track walk that will hopefully find some patches of winter sun. We start by bashing our way up to the Tidbinbilla ridge from Woods Reserve to a north-facing hill immediately to the south of Stantons Gap. We then loop back northwards to reach Stantons Gap itself and then clamber our way directly up Pyramid Hill on a steep, boulder-strewn slope that will be in the shade and could be wet and icy. After views from the top of Pyramid Hill, we will journey down a small track to Devils Gap and then through relatively open scrubland, and a fire trail, towards Gibraltar Rocks to reach a large rock platform overlooking Tidbinbilla valley in the afternoon sun. Our return to Woods Reserve will traverse a disused firetrail down towards Corin Road.

Some of the off-track part of this walk will be slow going, and gloves and gaiters are recommended. The scrub will be thick and scratchy in some parts and walkers need a good sense of balance and stamina for steep ascents.

Length 9 km. Total climb 612m. BBC grading of 10. CBC grading of M/R.

WEATHER: According to BOM on Sunday, the temperature in Canberra on the day of this walk will range from -3 to 13 degrees, with frost and the chance of fog in the morning and a mostly sunny afternoon.

MAP: Tidbinbilla

MEETING TIME AND PLACE: Meet at Kambah shops to leave at 9:00.

DRIVING DISTANCE: 56 km (suggest $8 per passenger). People are welcome to meet at Woods Reserve at 9:30 but please email the leader first.

Those doing their first Wednesday Walk must contact the leader to discuss the level of difficulty of the walk.

There is a mailing list for Wednesday Walks. CBC Members wanting to go on this list can write to wednesday.walks'at'canberrabushwalkingclub.org (replacing 'at' by '@')

Additional Information

Length

Medium

Terrain

Rough

Distance (km or hrs)

9

Ascent

612

Descent

612

Map name

Tidbinbilla

Terrain information

Some of the off-track part of this walk will be slow going, and gloves and gaiters are recommended. The scrub will be thick and scratchy in some parts and walkers need a good sense of balance and stamina for steep ascents.

Transport information

DRIVING DISTANCE: 56 km (suggest $8 per passenger). People are welcome to meet at Woods Reserve at 9:30 but please email the leader first.


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Date and Time

Start Wed 16th Jul 2025 @ 09:00am Finish* Wed 16th Jul 2025 @ 05:00pm
*Always confirm finish time with the Activity Owner.

Activity Owner

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henryBilby

Activity Location

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