Yul-yan-man Track

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217 Yul-yan-man Track (GPX)

Breathtaking views of the surrounding mountains, rock scrambling challenges and diverse plant communities await you are you skirt Mt Beerburrum and then transverse the Trachyte Ridge, before reaching a heath covered bluff and descending into the open eucalypt forest below.

Lookouts

Picnic Facilities

Toilets

Scrambling or Climbing

No Dogs Permitted

Eucalypt Forest

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Getting there:

Follow M1 'Bruce Highway' north from Brisbane for 55km. Leave the highway onto Steve Irwin Way, signposted Beerwah and Glass House Mountains Tourist Drive. After 4.5km turn left into Beerburrum Road (signposted Mt Beerburrum Lookout) and turn right after 900m into the trailhead for Beerburrum.

As part of the Glass House Mountains National Park upgrade, the access road and car park to Mount Beerburrum is now closed. Access to the Mount Beerburrum summit walk and Yul-yan-man track is now via the Beerburrum trailhead, located in the township, adjacent to Beerburrum State School.

Maps:

Glass House Mountains

Route/Trail notes:

From behind the information board in the car park, the signposted precarious track heads off right around Mt Beerburrum. This 'Hard' 800m section, is not the base of the mountain, but about half way up and requires you to scramble over boulders, across bare rock face and along narrow ledges.

There are triangular distance markers along the route to help keep you on track.

From here, a 'Medium' rubble strewn track leads along the Trachyte Ridge to the first lookout on your left. The track continues along the ridge until you reach the 'bluff' and the second lookout to your right. You then have a steep slippery descent down to the end of the track (1km), where it meets the Trachyte Circuit.

From here, you have the choice to return by the same route, or an easier, but longer 5.5km option is to turn right along the Trachyte Circuit and then right again along the Soldier Settler's Trail.

Permits/Costs:

None.

Other References/Comments:

It is interesting, that as you walk along, different mountains come in to view, then disappear and another looms up.

A few people have had difficulty with this walk, so I have changed it from 'Medium' to 'Hard'.

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217 Yul-yan-man Track (GPX)

Comments

Amazing walk - varied terrain and rock scrambling kept things interesting.
Whicheverway on Jun, 2019

What a wonderful track. With Mount Ngungun closed I started looking for new tracks and am now grateful as I may never have walked this track. I’ve now already done it three times. First time I underestimated how long it would take and ended up walking back along Settlers rd in the dark. Second time we took two cars and parked one at the Tibrogargan car park and walked one way. And the last time I walked from Beerburrum to the lookout and then back along the same track and then pushed my legs up Beerburrum for the sunset. It would have to be my new favourite in the area. :)
Zoem on 5 May, 2019

I did this walk about 8 weeks ago. and fell over the side (headfirst / backwards)and had just crawled back to the top when my phone rang - would you believe, RACQ Careflight looking for a donation. That's extortion. I told them to stuff the donation and just send a Medivac. To their credit they took me seriously and I had some difficulty reassuring them that I got myself into this mess, had a phone (obviously)and an EPIRB, and could probably get myself out. I did - several hours later as the sun was just setting and looking like I'd just done battle with a YOWI Monster. and not before a couple of more heavy falls along the way. I regretted that decision more than once. But great job these people do. I've since made a donation. I choose to do the trail backwards via Soldiers Settlers / Trachyite circuits thinking coming down the steep bit near the carpark would be easier than going up for a 68 yo man. ... wrong! My take on this walk is that it's very challenging but interesting and quite varied. It requires a good mix of technical skills, strength and stamina ( all of which I lacked after 8-9 months of continuous illness). Start early, take plenty of water as it's hot up there along the ridgeline and don't treat this trail as casually as I did. Will I do it again" absolutely, but the other way round next time - and when the cellulitis has gone and the MCL ligament I tore has healed and I get back to an appropriate level of fitness. I didn't see any myself, but I was told by another hiker he had seen five Eastern Browns when he did the trail a few days earlier - my swearing may have frightened them off. Thanks to the young man who gave me a lift from the trail carpark back to the School where my own car was parked. He only saved me a kilometer but it was going to be a hard one. For the record, there is supposed to be a tap somewhere at the Beerburrum Carpark but I couldn't find it. Perhaps someone can advise. I was pretty dehydrated by the time I got there even though I'd taken several litres of water with me.
JBD4511 on 23 Apr, 2019

Absolutely loved this trail! A good mixture of all terrain walking, some scrambling and minimal climbing. Approximately 2.5-3hrs from the Beerburrum lookout carpark.
Chris M on 15 Apr, 2019

Great walk but the mosquitoes we’re horrendous.
MattyM on 10 Mar, 2019

The rock scrambling portion makes it fun. Do wear appropriate footwear though ! Nice views along the way
J on 17 Feb, 2019

The word Yul-yan-man in the Kabi Kabi language means 'to walk slowly' and that is exactly what you have to do on this walk. The terrain is rough, the track narrow and the views you just have to stop and admire.
A new local walk for me, but its return distance and 31° January heat took its toll.
F.A.B. on 21 Jan, 2019