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| Name | Date | Difficulty | Distance/Duration | |
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Mt Barney - East Peak - Up South-East - Down South (Mt Barney National Park) |
21 Feb, 2023 |
Very Hard |
15km return 10 hrs |
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| An excellent morning out! Navigation is relatively straightforward with a bit of prep and trail awareness. It was better signed than I expected and although the path is sometimes faint, it is evident all the way. I left Yellow Pinch carpark at 7:00am and ascended via the SE ridge. I was on the East Summit two hours after leaving the carpark. I crossed the Rum Jungle and made it to the West Summit by 10:10am. Then descended by Peasants. I made the short detour to the Yellow Pinch Lookout which was worth it for a splendid panorama of Mt Barney and also an interesting information board about the geology. I returned to the carpark at 12:40pm. The entire hike from start to finish took me five hours and forty minutes. I did a bit of trail running on the approach and descent. I definitely recommend tagging the West Summit. I mean can you really say you climbed Barney if you didn't hit the high point? Also, it is a lot less visited so the trail is harder to find, making for a good bit of sport. | ||||