The track is marked but appears to end at CORANG 423 898.'
Has anyone walked this route? Does it allow access onto Mount Owen? I've never been to Mount Owen but I've seen the cliffs surrounding it and they look quite high...
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Grabeach wrote:'a' is about right for one track, but 'b' isn't for the other. Refer my post of 27/1/13 which gives gives the GRs for the river crossings of both trails as well as the end points according to 2nd Ed. Corang. I think they were pretty much correct on the ground, but it's now 31 years since I was there.
BTW, the hump in Kalianna Ridge could be accessed from 'a', which made it the perfect parking spot for a Castle - MV - Mt Owen loop walk, assuming you can still drive down the track from Long Gully Rd. And while I'm here, anyone know what facilities the Camping Gound marked at 'a' has?
OK thanks. I think this warrants a trip to suss this out. I headed down to the tip and followed the cliffline east but it was so misty at that point in the day that we couldn't see very far... Defs didn't see any cairns nor any track.Grabeach wrote:Unless there has been a recent landslide, there is definitely a way through the lower cliffline. Go down to the tip (MGA56 425.6, 903.6). There used to be a cairn at the point you drop down, but if it's gone it shouldn't be too hard to find as the cliff fairly quickly increases in height in both directions. I think the spot was fairly obvious. A bit harder to remember, but once through the first sub-section of cliff, head hard left till a way down is visible. Could even be a bit of a track. Once down, head right to get back to the top of the spur. From here the western of the two roads was easy to pick up. The tricky part pre-GPS was picking up the eastern road that started lower down.
ribuck wrote:
Try to arrange good weather for your next attempt. It makes such a difference!
Somewhere north of trawalla falls? Did you guys then follow the bottom of the lower cliffs back south or the ridge west of viney ck?ribuck wrote:Fantastic, Huntsman247, and thanks for the update. I look forward to seeing your pics.
This reminds me that there is also a pass to return to Long Gully from somewhere to the eastsoutheast of Bibbenluke. It's a long time since I did it, and someone else was navigating, and unfortunately I don't remember the precise route, but it was no more difficult than the route off Mt Owen.
We were returning from Sunset Cave (near Mt Donjon) in atrocious weather, and the leader chose it as the quickest way back to Long Gully. We were skeptical, but surprisingly it was fast! No need to go up and over Mts Cole and Owen, just follow the track past the camping caves on the side of Mt Cole, then across the saddle towards Bibbenluke and down a rocky pass somewhere.
Huntsman247 wrote:I'll post some pics once I get around to going through my photos.
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