Macdonald circuit
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 15.92 mi
- Elevation gain
- 4,163 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Very difficult
- Elevation loss
- 4,163 ft
- Max elevation
- 5,339 ft
- TrailRank
- 19
- Min elevation
- 2,608 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Moving time
- 6 hours 25 minutes
- Time
- 9 hours 25 minutes
- Coordinates
- 4488
- Uploaded
- December 15, 2020
- Recorded
- December 2020
near Mount Buller, Victoria (Australia)
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Itinerary description
Macdonald circuit
We went up the north face in hot weather. The track is overgrown in many places leaving us bush bashing.
Spectacular views over the valleys as we neared the top, but it was slow going and very steep with a Little Rock climbing in parts.
Couldn’t find any water flowing in the creeks at the top (mid summer) so we ended up coming back down earlier than planned and not staying overnight up top.
Either carry lots of water to sustain 2 days of hiking or attempt the hike in cooler autumn/spring or winter seasons when there’s a better chance of the high altitude creeks reliably running.
We went up the north face in hot weather. The track is overgrown in many places leaving us bush bashing.
Spectacular views over the valleys as we neared the top, but it was slow going and very steep with a Little Rock climbing in parts.
Couldn’t find any water flowing in the creeks at the top (mid summer) so we ended up coming back down earlier than planned and not staying overnight up top.
Either carry lots of water to sustain 2 days of hiking or attempt the hike in cooler autumn/spring or winter seasons when there’s a better chance of the high altitude creeks reliably running.
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