2016 December: Short walk
Snow Gums Boardwalk
Kosciuszko National Park, NSW, Australia
Prolog
AB, DN and I will spend the rest of the morning
climbing Mt Stilwell and Kangaroo Ridge.
As an appetizer, we check out
the Snow Gums Boardwalk first.
Snow Gums Boardwalk
It is an easy short walk
(about 180 meters oneway)
to Main Range Lookout,
offering a wonderful panorama
to Australia's highest peaks
in Kosciuszko National Park.
The starting point of the walk is at
the north side of Charlotte Pass
turning circle and carpark ...
Refer to the map below.
Maps
- 1:25,000 scaled 8525-2S Perisher Valley
- 1:50,000 scaled Kosciuszko Alpine Area map,
1st edition, by Spatial Vision Innovations Pty Ltd
- 1:100,000 scaled 8525 Kosciuszko
Below is the 1:25,000 scaled map
of the relevant part of the walk:
- Blue oval: Snow Gums Boardwalk
- Upper blue arrow on the left edge:
Club Lake Creek
- Lower blue arrow: Snowy River
Also, scroll forward to see the satellite image.
GPS tracklog file & Route
Our GPX tracklog file can be downloaded from:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B877-h5SCJaSZDFoaXdleF85Snc/view?usp=sharing
Satellite image:
The same tracklog, red colour,
on Snow Gums Boardwalk
In summary:
- Start at the north side of
Charlotte Pass turning circle and carpark
- To Charlotte Pass Lookout,
the 1st viewing platform
- To Main Range Lookout, the 2nd viewing platform
- Return to carpark
Timeline & Distance
07:55 0.00 km Start at Charlotte Pass
turning circle and carpark
07:56 0.02 km At Charlotte Pass Lookout,
the 1st viewing platform
07:59 0.04 km Resume walking
08:02 0.18 km At Main Range Lookout,
the 2nd viewing platform
08:04 0.19 km Start to return to carpark
08:09 0.37 km Back at Charlotte Pass carpark
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Total: 0 hr 14 mins
0.37 km Distance is from Google Earth
0.40 km Distance is from Garmin GPS
Pictures -
Charlotte Pass Lookout,
the 1st viewing platform
1) Charlotte Pass Lookout ...
1st viewing platform
of Kosciuszko Main Range.
- It is just a few steps into
the Snow Gums Boardwalk.
- 6 red arrows, left to right:
1 Mt Kosciuszko,
Australia's highest mountain ...
towards west-south-west
2 Mt Clarke ... west
3 Mt Northcote
4 Mt Townsend,
Australia's 2nd highest mountain
5 Mt Lee
6 Carruthers Peak
- AB is the guy in the pic.
- 2 shadows on the ground, left to right:
Me and DN
Boardwalk to Main Range Lookout,
the 2nd viewing platform
2) On a well constructed boardwalk
to Main Range Lookout,
the 2nd viewing platform.
- DN is leading.
- Tree in semi-circle: Snow Gum ... see photo #3.
Snow Gums
3) This is the gnarled Snow Gum
in the semi-circle of previous pic.
- Both pics below are of the same tree,
from different angles.
4) Another Snow Gum.
- Almost rainbow-coloured ... beautiful !
Main Range Lookout,
the 2nd (higher) viewing platform
5) Main Range Lookout is in front.
6) At Main Range Lookout.
- 3 guys, left to right:
DN, AB, lone hiker (we don't know him.)
- 4 red arrows, left to right:
1 Mt Kosciuszko,
Australia's highest mountain ...
west-south-west
2 Mt Clarke ... west
3 Mt Northcote
4 Carruthers Peak
Panorama from Main Range Lookout,
the 2nd viewing platform
7) The photograph below is a section
of the panorama at Main Range Lookout ...
from south to north-west.
- Left red oval: Snowy River
- Right red oval: Club Lake Creek
- Turquoise circle:
Toilet block at Charlotte Pass carpark
- Turquoise arrow:
Summit Walk track to
Rawson Pass & Mt Kosciuszko
- 10 red arrows, left to right:
1 Little Stilwell ... towards south ...
We'll climb it later this morning.
2 Mt Stilwell ...
We'll climb it later this morning.
3 Rams Head North ... south-west
4 Highest (unnamed) peak on
Etheridge Ridge
5 Mt Kosciuszko ... west-south-west
6 Mt Clarke ... west
7 Mt Northcote
8 Mt Townsend,
Australia's 2nd highest mountain
9 Mt Lee
10 Carruthers Peak ... north-west
8) Panorama ... north-west to east-north-east
(continuation to the right of previous pic).
- Turquoise oval: Blue Lake ... north-north-west
- 7 red arrows, left to right:
1 Mt Twynam,
Australia's 3rd highest mountain
2 Little Twynam
3 Mt Anton ... north
4 Mann Bluff
5 Mt Tate
6 Gills Knobs ... north-north-east
7 Mt Guthrie ... east-north-east
9) Zooming onto Mt Kosciuszko and its nearby peaks of photo #7.
- Turquoise arrow: Summit Walk track to Rawson Pass & Mt Kosciuszko
- 3 red arrows point to, from left to right:
1 Rams Head North; towards south-west
2 Highest (unnamed) peak on Etheridge Ridge
3 Mt Kosciuszko; west-south-west
10) Continuation to the right of previous pic, and zooming onto Snowy River and Club Lake Creek of photo #7 ~~~
- The river on left half of the pic: Snowy River
- The river at the centre of the pic: Club Lake Creek
- The track on the right half of the pic: It leads to Blue Lake.
- The 4 red arrows point to, from left to right:
1 Mt Clarke; towards west
2 Mt Northcote
3 Mt Townsend, Australia's 2nd highest mountain
4 Mt Lee
11) Zooming onto the peaks around Mt Twynam & Mt Tate of photo #8 ~~~
- Turquoise oval: Blue Lake; towards north-north-west
- 6 red arrows point to, from left to right:
1 Mt Twynam, Australia's 3rd highest mountain
2 Little Twynam
3 Mt Anton; towards north
4 Mann Bluff
5 Mt Tate
6 Gills Knobs; towards north-north-east
Return to Charlotte Pass carpark
12) Time to return to Charlotte Pass turning circle and carpark ~~~
I am still at the Main Range Lookout viewing platform, looking down at the boardwalk:
- 2 guys on the boardwalk, from left to right:
• The lone hiker (same as the right-most guy in photo #6)
• DN
- Turquoise circle: Toilet block at Charlotte Pass carpark
- Turquoise arrow: Summit Walk track to Rawson Pass & Mt Kosciuszko
- 3 red arrows point to, from left to right:
1 Little Stilwell; towards south ... we'll climb it later this morning
2 Mt Stilwell, we'll climb it later this morning
3 Rams Head North; south-west
Back at Charlotte Pass carpark
13) This black bird is called Little Raven (I think). There are plenty of them around the Kosciuszko Alpine area.
14) Does anyone know the name of this yellow flower? It looks like weed in my garden :-)
Post Script
Straight afterwards, we go to climb
- Mt Stilwell and
- Kangaroo Ridge.
Photographs and trip report are in this link:
http://mntviews.blogspot.com.au/2016/12/mt-stilwell-and-kangaroo-ridge.html
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