Piper Comanche plane wreck (2 March 1977)
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 4.97 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,125 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 1,086 ft
- Max elevation
- 2,442 ft
- TrailRank
-
30
4
- Min elevation
- 1,968 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- 4 hours 20 minutes
- Coordinates
- 1657
- Uploaded
- March 20, 2015
- Recorded
- March 2015
near Mount Glorious, Queensland (Australia)
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Itinerary description
Walk starts from Mount Glorious Road and Lepidozamia Road junction and good parking area. Walk along Lepidozamia Road for about 50m or so to the turn off along a generally well defined track, though overgrowth and tree falls in places make the track ill defined for short distances. You pass a large survey marked tree on the left of the track at about 400m from the turn off, the track turns right at the Big Log at 1.5km, then passes an old forestry winch on the right at about 1.8km. At about 2.4km you turn left and leave the top of the ridge. There is a small pile of rocks and pink ribbon tied to the trees to mark this point. The track then descends to the wreck and the track is marked by ribbon tied to trees along the way. It is quite steep, a bit slippery on the rocks in places and the way is uncertain at times so take care and use a gpx track. Wreck is to the left of track by about 10m or so at the bottom near a big fallen tree.
On the return the left branch of part of the track takes you to a quite overgrown area, so I backtracked to the right branch of the track. Both branches were marked by ribbon. A 4.5 hour return trip at mature gentlemans pace.
If you miss the turn off the ridge down to the wreck, you will come to a trig station and further on to Mt D'Aguilar peak about a km past the wreck turnoff.
On the return the left branch of part of the track takes you to a quite overgrown area, so I backtracked to the right branch of the track. Both branches were marked by ribbon. A 4.5 hour return trip at mature gentlemans pace.
If you miss the turn off the ridge down to the wreck, you will come to a trig station and further on to Mt D'Aguilar peak about a km past the wreck turnoff.
Waypoints
Waypoint
2,195 ft
survey marked tree
Waypoint
2,290 ft
The Big Log
Waypoint
2,245 ft
Old Forestry Winch
Waypoint
2,291 ft
005
Waypoint
2,010 ft
Piper Comanche Wreck
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