2021-07 NT hr08 Dogleg Knoll - Rigby Scoop Holes - Giles SW Spring (Chewings Range)
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 8.95 mi
- Elevation gain
- 814 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Difficult
- Elevation loss
- 2,451 ft
- Max elevation
- 4,421 ft
- TrailRank
- 27
- Min elevation
- 2,653 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Time
- 7 hours 49 minutes
- Coordinates
- 1211
- Uploaded
- September 13, 2021
- Recorded
- July 2021
near Littles Yard, Northern Territory (Australia)
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Itinerary description
It was extremely windy when we woke. The wind had blown a layer of red dust everywhere inside my tent, and it would be dangerous to continue along the skyline ridge to Mt Giles as we had planned.
We headed eastwards and made our way past Upper Giles Spring to Giles Yard Spring, then on to the Rigby Scoop Holes which have attractive vertical striations. We then made our way below the foothils to the "Giles Express Route" which avoids the constant up-down of the higher route and is at least half an hour faster.
Returning to the base of the range, I checked out the water situation in a number of the creeks. We camped downstream from Giles South West Spring, where the pool at the base of the trickling waterfall had good water, and the pool at the top of the waterfall had excellent water.
We headed eastwards and made our way past Upper Giles Spring to Giles Yard Spring, then on to the Rigby Scoop Holes which have attractive vertical striations. We then made our way below the foothils to the "Giles Express Route" which avoids the constant up-down of the higher route and is at least half an hour faster.
Returning to the base of the range, I checked out the water situation in a number of the creeks. We camped downstream from Giles South West Spring, where the pool at the base of the trickling waterfall had good water, and the pool at the top of the waterfall had excellent water.
Waypoints
Waypoint
2,838 ft
Rigby Scoop Holes, usable water
Waypoint
2,891 ft
usable basinful of water, attractive scramble
Waypoint
2,936 ft
dry
Waypoint
2,881 ft
usable water
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0 ft
dry
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0 ft
Good water below waterfall, excellent water above
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