Top Three Day Peaks

[pazzar]

take a bike - that will be the quickest way. Alternatively, go as an overnighter and camp in the saddle between the thumbs and clear hill.

[stepbystep]

A fit person with the correct beta and experience could do a return trip in a 2wd within 10hrs, go the wrong way and you are in strife

[mjdalessa]

sbs, with the advice of taking the western side of the ridge how long would the return trip be from the point you leave the adamsfield track? I am fit and fast on tracks but on an off track walk my pace is probably on the upper end of moderate.

[stepbystep]

sbs, with the advice of taking the western side of the ridge how long would the return trip be from the point you leave the adamsfield track? I am fit and fast on tracks but on an off track walk my pace is probably on the upper end of moderate.

A friend did it in 9.5hrs a few weeks ago from the gate just off Clear Hill Rd, take another 30 mins off if you get the key into the huts.

[mjdalessa]

Was that with a bike? How long did you and ILUV take to do the trip to the trip from the point you leave the tracks?

[stepbystep]

Was that with a bike? How long did you and ILUV take to do the trip to the trip from the point you leave the tracks?

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[eucalypt]

Mt Murchison is a great walk bot for the views and challenge.

On a side note, for those who have done Mt Murchison and Mt Anne, how would you say it compared in terms of scrambling and the negotiation of ridges, heights that sort of thing?

[stepbystep]

Mt Murchison is a great walk bot for the views and challenge.

On a side note, for those who have done Mt Murchison and Mt Anne, how would you say it compared in terms of scrambling and the negotiation of ridges, heights that sort of thing?

Anne is considerably longer/harder. I think 10 hours is a fair estimation of time, there are boulder fields to negotiate on the way up to Eliza and across to the Anne summit block, these are technically pretty easy. The final climb to Anne involves scaling a couple of 3-5metre cliffs where the consequence of slippage would be painful/disastarous, Murchison has nothing that compares with this. A lot of people turn back at this point.

This pic is taken from below that cliff...and it's probably a bit harder than this pic would indicate.

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[Azza]

On a side note, for those who have done Mt Murchison and Mt Anne, how would you say it compared in terms of scrambling and the negotiation of ridges, heights that sort of thing?

Not even in the same league. You can doddle up Murcho in a couple of hours.
I don't even think it in terms of Murcho having any scrambling or difficult terrain.
That bit near the top is nothing compared to the summit block on Anne.

Doing Mt Anne in a day is a mission. When we say ~ 10 hours, its a pretty sustained 10 hours.
It gets pretty disappointing if you reach the summit block and can't manage the last bit.
I have a mate who I took up there couldn't manage the last bit, poor guy was destroyed to get that far and then have to turn back 5 minutes from the top.
I took him back a couple of years later and he was determined that nothing was going to stop him.
He made it... but couldn't walk for a week afterwards.

One of the best day walks in Tassie, don't under estimate the challenge.

[stu]

I have done (or attempted) Mt Anne twice as a day walk.
The first time the start of the difficult section was covered in snow & ice & we didn't even consider attempting it...far too dangerous without climbing gear.
The second time the top was covered in cloud but we were successful in just over 8 hours return; but yes, this was fairly 'sustained' pace.
Yes, has to be one of the best 'on track' day walk challenges in the state...for the time...
The Anne circuit is also a great day walk challenge, I think this took us about 9 hours at pace straight through.

[Lefti]

If you do Mt Anne in a day in summer don't make the mistake I made. Take plenty of water. I ended up dehydrated and consequently my body took fluid from where it could. One of those places was synovial fluid from the tendons in my knees. The worst case of tendonitis ever imaginable. When it started I was doing ten minutes walking and then resting. By the time I got to the bottom all I could manage was ten STEPS! Standing still - no pain, walking - absolute agony.
This was the first time I had been up and it was well worth it, not a cloud in the sky all day. I know people who have been up five times and not seen the view yet.

[pazzar]

I realised I hadn't contributed to this thread yet.

My top 3:

1. The Thumbs/Clear Hill - pretty challenging as a day walk, but so rewarding. It's a 10+ hour day.
2. Barn Bluff - great peak, easy walking. I did it from Scott Kilvert Hut, but easily done in a day from Dove Lake.
3. Mt Weld - again a huge day. Took us 12 hours at casual pace. Great views if you are so lucky!

There are so many other good ones out there though - Anne, Sentinels, Picton, KW1 just to name a few!

Hopefully I will be adding Mt Shaula to my list of day walk accomplishments, a 20 hour walk!

[mjdalessa]

How did The Thumbs from Clear hill compare to thursday's walk?

[weetbix456]

ravishing

[pazzar]

Thumbs was much harder and longer. I reckon Mesa rates only 4/10 in comparing difficulty. It didn't help that we did the Thumbs in blistering heat. Fairly open walking, but lots of climbing uphill is a killer, but once you find the best route it is quite straightforward. Not one to be going and doing solo. Probably best enjoyed as an overnight trip like SBS, Doogs and Azza did.

[stepbystep]

If I were to do The Thumbs as a daywalk it would definitely be from Adamsfield, far easier than climbing Clear Hill twice...
We went in a more circuitous route over 1.5 days to take in the gorge as well as Clear Hill. I think I would have really struggled doing a daywalk like mr bix and pazzar. There is some route finding required and in foul conditions I would think unachievable(well pointless anyhow).