The Flinders_The Victorian Peak Bagging List_JvG_v2.pdf- (85.47 KiB) Downloaded 560 times
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Bushwalkers, why don't we have a peak bagging list for Victoria.
So I have cobbled this one together in a spreadsheet using Wiki and other bush/ski forums posts plus a quick check of named high points on the map.
After a couple of glasses of red I awarded points.
I sat back and after sending to a couple of mates revised it quite a bit. The PDF version is here on this page. The excel spreadsheet you can alter by area, by height, by name etc. I made a separate list for the Grampians with a cut off of 500m. Why? Because they are the most wonderful set of craggy peaks in Victoria and I visited all of them and they are in the spirit of the Ables and the Munros (if perhaps a little shorter).
This will undoubtedly fire up campfire discussions which is fine and everyone will have a take on it. The main thing is we have a starting point.
The must have rules are:
1. A view e.g. cannot be a treed hill a' la' Mt Cowley in the Otways or be so compromised by road and transmission towers a' la' Mt William in the Grampians.
2. 150m vertical separation from surroundings as a min.
3. A min height. I made it around 1000m for Victoria. I have made a separate list for the Grampians with a cut off at 500m.
4. Points are awarded for the prominence, the effort to get there and the notoriety. This is based on the Ables for which only one peak gets a perfect 10. Federation probably because the climb can kill you. 6 is the highest I've awarded and our mountains are nowhere near as hard to get and climb as those in Tassie.
