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Staircase 2 Mount Bogong Walks 1 @brightandsurrounds LEGEND The Big Walk 11.3km (one way) / 4 to 5 hours (one way) facebook.com/brightandsurrounds Information Centres Mount Buffalo National Park Bright & Surrounds Shared Trail 2 #brightandsurroundswalks Unsealed Track Mount Bogong Walks - Staircase 16km / 1 day #lovebright #myrtleford #harrietville Alpine National Park #mtbeauty #walkhighcountry PLEASE NOTE 3 The maps contained in this brochure Mount Bogong Walks - Eskdale Spur may not be suitable for navigational 8km (from Camp Creek Gap). 19km from Mountain Creek / 6 hours (from Camp Creek Gap) purposes for all walks. It is advised that the Alpine National Park appropriate Parks Victoria Park Notes and /or land Victoria topographical maps be 4 obtained prior to undertaking any of the listed walks. Washington Creek via Bon Accord Track 8km / 3 hours Harrietville 5 East Ovens River Track 3 13km / 3.5 - 4 hours 1 2 Harrietville GRADING INFORMATION Walks in this brochure have been graded 6 using the Australian Walking Track Grading Mount Feathertop Walks - The Razorback System. (Grade 1 – Grade 5) 22km / 8 hours plus Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Alpine National Park Grade 4 Grade 5 7 Grade 1 No bushwalking experience Mount Feathertop Walks - Bungalow Spur Track required. Flat even surface with no steps 22km / 8 hours plus or steep sections. Suitable for wheelchair Harrietville / Alpine National Park users who have someone to assist them. Grade 2 No bushwalking experience required. The track is a hardened or 8 compacted surface and may have a gentle Mount Feathertop Walks - Bon Accord Spur hill section or sections and occasional steps. 24km / 8 hours plus Grade 3 Suitable for most ages and fitness Alpine National Park levels. Some bushwalking experience recommended. Tracks may have short 9 steep hill sections a rough surface and many steps. Falls-Hotham Alpine Crossing 9 Grade 4 Bushwalking experience 37 km / 3 day, 2 nights recommended. Tracks may be long, rough Alpine National Park and very steep. Directional signage may be limited. Protect yourself & the environment. 6 Very experienced bushwalkers 4 Be fire and severe weather ready and stay Grade 5 10 with specialised skills, including navigation safe when visiting the park. For general Montane Walking Track and emergency first aid. Tracks are likely to park information and updates on park 5 7 be very rough, very steep and unmarked. 9km / 3 hours closures, call Parks Victoria on 13 1963 or Dinner Plain visit parks.vic.gov.au 8 Safety checklist MORE INFORMATION ON ALL WALKS Australian Alps 11 • Let someone know where you are going visitbrightandsurrounds.com.au Walking Track or to talk to a Visitor Tabletop Walk before you set off 1800 111 885 • CARRY AND KNOW HOW TO USE A Information Centre. 14km / 5 hours TOPOGRAPHIC MAP AND COMPASS Please refer to our website for Important Dinner Plain • Use a fuel stove - open wood fires are Information & Cautions before you go. not permitted on Mt Feathertop or Mt Respect the traditional owners and 12 Bogong or on any of their approaches their country as well as other visitors by Precipice Plain Walk • Take wind and waterproof jacket and aiming to leave the area as you found it. overpants, woollen (or polar fleece) 9km / 3 hours EMERGENCY/ CONTACT NUMBERS jumper, hat and gloves Dinner Plain Police, Ambulance, Fire • Wear a sun hat and sturdy shoes / boots 000 10 11 with good grip SES 132 500 13 • Carry sunscreen and insect repellent, a Vic Emergency Hotline 1800 226 226 Brabralung Trail first aid kit and plenty of high energy 12 Parks Victoria 13 26km / 8 hours food and water 131 963 Dinner Plain • Take a tent, sleeping bag and fuel stove for overnight camps winds, fog, freezing temperature, for most of its length. Near the 12 rain and snow are all common at 5 intersection with Razorback LONG this altitude. Navigation can be walking track, Federation Hut extremely difficult so turn back at East Ovens River Track Precipice Plain Walk provides emergency shelter, toilets the tree line if the conditions are 9km / 3 hours 13km / 3.5 - 4 hours and tent sites. poor or deteriorating. Tronoh Dredge, Dredge Hole Ln Dinner Plain Hut, Dinner Plain WALKS Harrietville / Alpine National Park Alpine National Park Starting at the Tronoh Dredge, the Walk or bike along the Dinner track runs east of the Bon Accord Plain 4WD track to a lovely natural lookout across the remote 3 Track along the Ovens River. Follow 8 AND the east branch until the end and Dargo Valley. Precipice Plain is a return the way you came. Please Mount Feathertop Walks unique geological feature which Mount Bogong Walks note there are river crossings along lies 4km south of Dinner Plain. - Eskdale Spur the track. - Bon Accord Spur The western edge of Precipice TRAILS Plain drops almost vertically to 8km (from Camp Creek Gap). Harrietville 45.7km / 2-3 days a narrow valley below, offering 19km from Mountain Creek / Bon Accord Track, Harrietville sweeping views of the Dargo 6 hours (from Camp Creek Gap) Starting on Bon Accord Track, catchment. A great place to GUIDE Camp Creek Gap, or Mountain follow the east branch of the Ovens enjoy sunset in the high country. Creek Picnic Area (add River for 5 km to the confluence Dinner Plain Over 3 hours approximately 5.5km walk to Camp 6 of Washington Creek where the (8kms plus), including overnight hikes Creek Gap) steep climb up the spur starts. The 10 Follow the track up Mountain Creek Mount Feathertop Walks Bon Accord Hut ruin is 9.5 km from For more walks see our short and medium walks guides past the bottom of the Staircase - The Razorback the start of the track. From here Montane Walking Track Spur for approximately 5.5 km to it is 2 km up to the Razorback. At 22km / 8 hours plus 9km / 3 hours Camp Creek Gap. It is also possible this point follow the Razorback Dinner Plain Hut, Dinner Plain 1 to access Camp Creek Gap in a Diamantina Hut, Great Alpine Road, out to a site called The Cross. 4WD vehicle along Eskdale Spur 2.5km on the Harrietville side of From here you can do the 1.5km Cross to the northern side of the The Big Walk Track from Trappers Gap. The track Hotham Village hike to the Summit, or short walk Great Alpine Road and head east climbs steeply up the Eskdale Spur The Razorback walking track down to Federation Hut camping along the Montane Walking Track 11.3km (one way) / past Michell Hut to the tree line begins at the Diamantina Hut, 2.5 area. Federation Hut provides for 3.3 km through State Forest 4 to 5 hours (one way) where the track intersects with the km on the Harrietville side of the emergency shelter, toilets and tent to Slippery Pinch. Cross back Eurobin Creek Picnic Area, at the Granite Flat Track. Once the shelter Hotham Village. The Razorback is sites. Return the way you came. to the southern side of the road entrance to Mount Buffalo National of the Snow Gums is left behind a high ridge linking Mount Hotham An alternative is Mount Feathertop through a small gate in the fence. Park the remainder of the walk is very (1861m) and Mount Feathertop Walks – Bungalow Spur Track. The track then meanders through Following one of the original routes similar to the exposed rocky ascent (1922m). The route is generally Ensure you are well prepared for snow gum woodlands along the onto the Mt Buffalo Plateau this of the Staircase onto the summit above the tree line so excellent this walk as the weather can be top side of some old cattle yards walk climbs 1000m in 9 km. The plateau. views are available for much of unpredictable. before dropping down to sub-alpine grasslands and the Victoria River. track begins at the Eurobin Creek Alpine National Park the walk, however, as the ridge Alpine National Park Picnic Area at the park entrance is very exposed it should be not Cross the grasslands and follow the and culminates at the Gorge Day be crossed in unsettled or bad edge of the Victoria River before crossing it at a timber bridge. Head Visitor Area. Walkers will pass weather. The Razorback intersects 9 through several vegetation zones with the Bon Accord Spur track back into the sub-alpine woodlands 4 through the picturesque river valley as the altitude increases while about 1 km from the start and then Falls-Hotham Alpine enjoying spectacular views of the intersects the Bungalow Spur Track then up to the drier side of the Australian Alps and the Gorge from Washington Creek 1.5 km from the summit of Mount Crossing mountain. A short side walk south to the numerous lookouts. Adequate via Bon Accord Track Feathertop at a site called The 37 km / 3 day, 2 nights Precipice Plain Lookout is well worth the trip before making the easy 2.6 preparation is advisable as water 10km / 3.5 hours Cross. The final climb to the top Heathy Spur carpark, Falls Creek, is limited along the track and the is steep but well worth the effort. or Loch carppark, Mount Hotham km walk back to the village along Bon Accord Track the Dinner Plain Track. weather can be unpredictable. Return by the same route or, if One of Victoria's iconic walks, Start the walk along Bon Accord you have made suitable transport offering a rewarding hiking Dinner Plain Mount Buffalo National Park Track. Follow the east branch of arrangements, walk down to challenge with spectacular views the Ovens River for 5 km to the Harrietville via the Bungalow Spur the whole way.
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