Bushwalk Australia

Hi

I am after some advice in planning a trip to Frenchmans Cap. We will take the track up to Frenchmans Cap but understand there is an alternative way out that ends up at Victoria Pass?

Does anyone have any knowledge of this way out? If so do you have any co-ordinates of the route?

It's described in Chapman's SW book but I think we are unable to speak openly on the forum due to the 'sensitive' nature of the area.
Some forum members that have been through this way may PM you with details.

Apparently can involve quite a lot of heavy scrub bashing, so you would want to be fairly experienced at off-track.

I haven't done the route but I was going to last summer (might do it this summer) and I have a route plan that I could PM you if you like?
(if i"m not allowed to do this due to forum rules, someone please let me know)
It does involve some serious off-track walking. And a bit of a swim... which in the South West isn't exactly all that enjoyable/straight-forward.

If you search for "irenabys " on this site you'll find quite a bit about the route.

JamesMc

You will need to be reasonably experienced with both poor visibility off-track navigation, and with substantial off-track scrub bashing for this route. If you get good weather its very rewarding. Full details of one route is in John Chapman's SW Tas book. However, I'd recommend avoiding Mary Creek Plains for a variety of reasons (more leeches, more mud, more scrub, more elevation descent/ascent, steeper), and follow the ridge line along the east side of the plains instead.

In some parts the track is well defined and easy to follow, in some parts its an obscure foot pad, in some parts there's no sign of any track at all, and in some parts there is nearly impenetrable bands of scrub. Most of the scrub bands are not more than a few hundred metres wide, but they take a very long time to get through (and you and easily get disoriented and head the wrong way while in there).