Hingrock wrote:Hi
Does anyone have any info on the best access into Mt Tor?
Hingrock
Son of a Beach wrote:Looking at the maps, it appears there are two ways in to Mt Tor, are you guys (and/or the Abels book) talking about the Ring Road (access from the West of Mt Tor) or the Alps Road (access from the North East, and East of Mt Tor)?
Son of a Beach wrote:The Alps Road is the one that starts off in the private property I used to camp on. I think I might see if I can get down there on Saturday to have a look. Seems like the main road there is no longer a dead end too. That will be interesting. I wonder if all the alternative lifestyle people still live in that area after all the forestry activity, and the road now going right through.
Speculator wrote:Sounds like there was a decent potential to get properly lost
I aimed slightly to the south to avoid the cliffs.
Did you blokes make it up and home in a day?
MJD wrote:Three nice days but two cold nights. It was -5C on Monday morning, and we were only at 600m.
Son of a Beach wrote:Nice pics tastrekker. The second two sure do look familiar.
I was thinking of going in this Saturday, but the weather doesn't look too good. I might try again in another two weeks after that, weather and wife permitting. I've bought the map in any case. There's another road that branches off the alps road immediately south of the bridge and scoots all the way west and south to join the ring road. It in turn has another branch which actually gets part way up the northern slopes of Mt Tor, which may be worth a shot. However, the alps road route (in my mind) looks good as it goes right past a small waterfall and a couple of pools, according to the map.
However, as you say, these roads are all long disused, and overgrown, and may not be reliable routes to follow, even on foot, anymore.
Even if I do get as far along the old roads as I wish to, I may find it very difficult to get much further. The map shows everything around Mt Tor as either "low dense vegetation", "scrub" or "medium forest with low dense vegetation".
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