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Proposed WEST MAC Plan C

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Distance
53.87 mi
Elevation gain
9,610 ft
Technical difficulty
Difficult
Elevation loss
8,445 ft
Max elevation
4,523 ft
TrailRank 
8
Min elevation
4,523 ft
Trail type
One Way
Coordinates
7636
Uploaded
July 9, 2022
Recorded
May 2022
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near Glen Helen, Northern Territory (Australia)

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Proposed WEST MAC Plan C

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Mt Giles

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Giles Yard Spring

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Camp WATER NEARBY

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Giles Spring 2

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Giles Spring 1

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Giles Spring N

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Fish Hole

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Diagonal Canyon

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Serpentine Gorge

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Serpentine Camp Site

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Chalet Campsite

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Bowmans Camp

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Portals Canyon

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Milton Park Gorge

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Ormiston Camp

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plenty of poor but usable water

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Camp at Bowmans Gap

Camp at Bowmans Gap

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Camp at Letterbox Gorge

Camp at Letterbox Gorge

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Canyon of Defiance CAMP

Camp 2 nights at Canyon of Defiance

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Camp at Upper Giles Springs

Camp at Upper Giles Springs

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Camp on Ormiston Creek

Camp on Ormiston Creek

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Probably a much better route

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Beautiful pools of good water, downstream from camp

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Sandy Camp - only a bathful of dubious water

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Good water, plenty

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Easy going along Letterbox Creek

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Easy going along 13 Pools Creek

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Great ridge down, direct and easy

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Waterfall with big pool

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10 pools total in Sep 2019, starting here

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Base of old (steeper) climbing route

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Chapman's 'Giles Spring 1', good water trickling 201908

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Chapman's 'Giles Spring 2', bone dry 201908

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Upper Oasis Spring, good water trickling 201908

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Giles Lookout campsite, c14

Giles Lookout campsite, c14

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Hermits Hideaway campsite, c20

Hermits Hideaway campsite, c20

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This gully to the Alice Plain looks like it might go

This gully to the Alice Plain looks like it might go

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Pools of poor water 201909

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Descend in the gully

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Giles Springs Yard

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Pools of good water

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Usable water at creek junction

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Upper Giles Spring - plenty of good water

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Northernmost of 2 creek junctions

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Easiest descent

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Water (spring)

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Usable water 201909

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Take the ramp on the east to bypass scunge in the creek bed

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Dry nulla holes 201908

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Good water 201908

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