Mt Stirling summit loop
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 9.55 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,929 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 1,929 ft
- Max elevation
- 5,750 ft
- TrailRank
- 30
- Min elevation
- 4,073 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Moving time
- 3 hours 57 minutes
- Time
- 5 hours 57 minutes
- Coordinates
- 2700
- Uploaded
- January 6, 2024
- Recorded
- January 2024
near Mount Buller, Victoria (Australia)
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Itinerary description
A fantastic hike.
The hike starts at Telephone Box Junction, goes via a perfect-gradient route up to the summit of Mt Stirling (you will feel like you are getting exercise, but also making steady progress and not struggling with steepness). It then heads across the bowl and open plain at the top of Mt Stirling (take time to check out the lone snow gum) and down through a more amble-y way back through the bush. There are ways to shorten or extend the hike on the way down - this is the version we did.
You will see the bush change as you move from lower to higher altitude and vice versa. The scenery on the return leg is particularly beautiful.
One the return leg there was quite a good stretch where a horse trail and mountain bike trail ran parallel to each other - we took the horse trail wherever possible, as we figured the horses would be slower and less likely to crash into us!
The trail is well signposted - just not for hikers - plenty of signs for trail runners, mountain bikers, skiers and horse riders - it all gets a bit confusing if you're just looking for a single signposted summit walking trail. For most of the time we were following the orange markers - but there are several of these too! Best to download this or a similar trail and follow on the phone/gps.
Definitely not too hard - just a really enjoyable walk and you will know you got some exercise.
Enjoy!
The hike starts at Telephone Box Junction, goes via a perfect-gradient route up to the summit of Mt Stirling (you will feel like you are getting exercise, but also making steady progress and not struggling with steepness). It then heads across the bowl and open plain at the top of Mt Stirling (take time to check out the lone snow gum) and down through a more amble-y way back through the bush. There are ways to shorten or extend the hike on the way down - this is the version we did.
You will see the bush change as you move from lower to higher altitude and vice versa. The scenery on the return leg is particularly beautiful.
One the return leg there was quite a good stretch where a horse trail and mountain bike trail ran parallel to each other - we took the horse trail wherever possible, as we figured the horses would be slower and less likely to crash into us!
The trail is well signposted - just not for hikers - plenty of signs for trail runners, mountain bikers, skiers and horse riders - it all gets a bit confusing if you're just looking for a single signposted summit walking trail. For most of the time we were following the orange markers - but there are several of these too! Best to download this or a similar trail and follow on the phone/gps.
Definitely not too hard - just a really enjoyable walk and you will know you got some exercise.
Enjoy!
Waypoints
Information point
4,114 ft
Intersection
Panorama
Flora
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