Cuvier Valley update
Posted: Sat 21 May, 2011 1:18 pm
I hiked through the valley at the start of March 2011 just after the dump of snow. The track over Byron Gap to the south end of Lake Petrarch is still in reasonable condition and only takes a little care to follow around the northeast side of the lake. However, the old track (now a poorly marked route) from Lake Petrarch to Cynthia Bay has become very overgrown in the last few years. Although an experienced hiker (and having been in here several times in the past), I still lost the old track several times. The long stretch of very hummocky buttongrass plain is also as tedious as ever and several of the marker poles have fallen over (the marking is also poor in the forest north of there as well). Although Lake Petrarch remains a superb spot to visit (I've not seen a soul there during my 3 visits) I'd recommend prospective visitors to go in and out via Byron Gap instead. Some photos of the last trip (along with many other hikes in Tasmania) can be found at http://picasaweb.google.com/farefam