General Information
Distance: 13.5 kilometers
Total climb: 671 meters
Time taken: 7 hours
Map: Tinderry 8726-1S, 1:25 000
Start point distance by road from Canberra GPO: 72 kilometers
Starting point map grid reference: 55H GA 06863 43178
Destination map grid reference: 55H GA 05525 47202
End point: same as start
Distance: 13.5 kilometers
Route
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Description
Having previously tried and failed to reach the summit of Tinderry Peak (see blog entry for 28 July 2016), I decided to try a different route this time. Although we were successful in reaching the summit, this is not a route that I would recommend.
We started at the small carpark off Tinderry Road where it meets the Round Flat Fire Trail,15 kilometers east of Michelago. We followed the Round Flat Fire Trail until the point where it turns sharply right. Here we headed through the bush on a northerly bearing headed across Roberts Creek and up a ridge to map reference 55H GA 07428 46813. From here we headed west towards map reference 55H GA 005639 46899. All of this was through dense scrub and the occasional outcrop of large boulders, making progress very difficult and time consuming. When we reached map reference 55H GA 005639 46899, however, it was a relatively easy scramble up the rocks to the summit of Tinderry Peak.
Making our way back down to map reference 55H GA 005639 46899 we decided to head back by following Roberts Creek. This was not a wise move. The Creek itself is choked with undergrowth and rocks so we had to proceed to the south of the Creek through some pretty thick undergrowth and steep slopes falling away to our left. This was treacherous and hard work. It took us three hours to climb up the Peak from the point where we left the track, but it took us two-and-a-half hours to get back to the track, despite it being shorter in distance by a bit under 2 kilometers. Eventually we made it back to the track and followed it to our parked car.
Having previously tried and failed to reach the summit of Tinderry Peak (see blog entry for 28 July 2016), I decided to try a different route this time. Although we were successful in reaching the summit, this is not a route that I would recommend.
We started at the small carpark off Tinderry Road where it meets the Round Flat Fire Trail,15 kilometers east of Michelago. We followed the Round Flat Fire Trail until the point where it turns sharply right. Here we headed through the bush on a northerly bearing headed across Roberts Creek and up a ridge to map reference 55H GA 07428 46813. From here we headed west towards map reference 55H GA 005639 46899. All of this was through dense scrub and the occasional outcrop of large boulders, making progress very difficult and time consuming. When we reached map reference 55H GA 005639 46899, however, it was a relatively easy scramble up the rocks to the summit of Tinderry Peak.
Making our way back down to map reference 55H GA 005639 46899 we decided to head back by following Roberts Creek. This was not a wise move. The Creek itself is choked with undergrowth and rocks so we had to proceed to the south of the Creek through some pretty thick undergrowth and steep slopes falling away to our left. This was treacherous and hard work. It took us three hours to climb up the Peak from the point where we left the track, but it took us two-and-a-half hours to get back to the track, despite it being shorter in distance by a bit under 2 kilometers. Eventually we made it back to the track and followed it to our parked car.
