Split Rock

[north-north-west]

The one near Rats Castle, that is.

Does anyone know if the track shown on ListMap from the Lakes Highway up to Split Rock still exists? Did it ever? Is there any track at all?

[ILUVSWTAS]

You wont need a track for a walker of your experience nnw! It's open country up there.... We found some tags, but as usual with tags they seemed to be going the wrong way or taking a drunken route, so we headed straight back to the highway. Quite a nice circuit. It's mostly over rock, so a track wouldnt have a chance of forming.

Something like this....

[north-north-west]

I've already done it twice, two different routes. I'm after information for someone else.

Interesting that you included Headlam Hill. I'm looking at that as a potential addition to a certain list. Was it worth the effort? It looks like an easy enough climb, more boulder hopping than anything else.

[Tortoise]

We did it fairly recently, but no GPS trace, sorry - I'm in technospasm.

We parked at the first little bridge over a creek once you're out of the trees, coming from the north. We headed west-ish through open stuff, and then to a survey post we spotted - only 100m or so from the road. Sure enough, there was an old but very useful 4wd track, which we followed SW ish . Then when it looked like we should, we left it and headed NW ish to the summit. Nothing too thick, but made use of boulders as much as possible anyway.

[north-north-west]

Yes, I'm aware of the survey cut, as well as the 4wd track further south. Neither has an obvious or marked route to the summit, although the southern option is where the ListMap track starts.
It would seem the track - if it ever really existed - has passed into the realms of those things gone and (possibly) unregretted.

Thanks.