Karlostavitch wrote:<snip> The northern arm of the ridge back is too difficult for me to explain. The safest way is to diverge onto the western side and accept that you may have to have a backtrack of two. (On your return voyage you might try the eastern side as it is better but seems more precarious particularly if windy.)<snip>
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cams wrote:Thanks for all the great notes everyone. Sounds like an adventure tas-man. Would love to see those photo's. What is sago snow though?
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isoma wrote:Those photos turned out pretty good tasman - I especially like the first shot.
cams - those are 2 different "roads" that are being mentioned. The one from the west going to near the top is from the Laidley valley. You generally end up on it when heading to the summit of Castle after detouring off the ridge to bypass cliffs. I dont know if its possible to drive up there - I dont remember it being too bad (on foot) but I think the main obstacle is gaining access/permission from landowners further down the valley.
The other road originates at Goomburra and terminates on the Main Range escarpment where the Mistake Mountains merge. This one is driveable but i'm not sure if the gates are always locked/unlocked. There are a few walking tracks which branch off this road including one to Sylvesters. A (long) day trip I've been wanting to do for a while now is to ride up this road on mtb and then carry on along the Winder track , leaving the bike at the point where the route to Point Pure begins. Would be a very satisfying ride back to the car/camp.
As for the Boars Head route from the east - yes it is private property, but as far as I know there are no issues with access to the ridge on foot. Apparently you used to be able to drive in there somewhere (campsite no. 6), but this is no longer allowed. In any event, I've been in through there 4 or 5 times on both club and private walks and, to be honest, I'm not sure if anyone asked permission at any point. We did come across a landowner one time who just asked us to be sure to close the gates behind us.
tas-man wrote:Great pics cams - it wouldn't be a good campsite for a sleepwalker
cams wrote:You know it's narrow when you can straddle the entire width of the ridge with your legs and use the bum slide technique.
gbagua wrote:cams wrote:You know it's narrow when you can straddle the entire width of the ridge with your legs and use the bum slide technique.
That's called cheating in my book. Nah, the leap of faith technique and blindfolded to spice things up a bit, only legs allowed.
The direct route from the Laidley Creek Falls lookout? to HITW was the best part of the hike. Very nice. I didn't know there was an alternative route. Can anyone give me some details, Laidley Creek Falls detour, is that it?
I ended up doing the Sylvesters to Mt Castle route instead of the Cunninghams camp 6 one as I had no info about it, unfortunately.
Cheers.
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