The Barney Traverse (Logans' Ridge and Savages Ridge)
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 9.8 mi
- Elevation gain
- 5,453 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Very difficult
- Elevation loss
- 5,748 ft
- Max elevation
- 4,599 ft
- TrailRank
- 39
- Min elevation
- 791 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Time
- 10 hours 35 minutes
- Coordinates
- 2817
- Uploaded
- December 30, 2016
- Recorded
- August 2016
near Palen Creek, Queensland (Australia)
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Itinerary description
This route follows Logans Ridge up to East Peak and descends West Peak via Savages Ridge. Navigation wise this route is fairly easy till the summit of west peak is reached. From here the route goes off track. West peak is descended via an reasonably straight forward but heavily vegetated cliff break. The last cliff-line can be be down-climbed or alternatively it can be abseiled (though there are not many good anchor points). From here progress is hampered by thick heath till the ridge steepens and becomes tree covered. About halfway down we had to scramble down a slippery shelf below a cliff line which was particularly sketchy, however this could be avoided by contouring around to the right hand side of the ridge when you reach this point. Other than this there were no scrambling difficulties and if you maintain the ridge the whole way down it is actually much less steep than the main ridges up East Peak. Unfortunately this ridge is ruined by a very thick patch of Lantana covering its southern reaches making progress unbearbly slow and painfull (literally). Because of this we ended up exiting the ridge early and crossing over the gully to the left hand side to reach the South Ridge track and return to the vehicles.
Overall there were excellent views from both Logans and Savages Ridge, though I won't be Walking Savages Ridge again unless it gets burned at some point (my legs literally got savaged even with gators on!)
Overall there were excellent views from both Logans and Savages Ridge, though I won't be Walking Savages Ridge again unless it gets burned at some point (my legs literally got savaged even with gators on!)
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Mt Ernest and Mt Lindsay https://pt.wikiloc.com/trilhas-trekking/the-barney-traverse-logans-ridge-and-savages-ridge-15943576/photo-9970975
Looking across the chasm to Southeast Ridge (far left) https://pt.wikiloc.com/trilhas-trekking/the-barney-traverse-logans-ridge-and-savages-ridge-15943576/photo-9970977
Looking down Logan's Ridge https://pt.wikiloc.com/trilhas-trekking/the-barney-traverse-logans-ridge-and-savages-ridge-15943576/photo-9970979
A hiker with an injured leg getting choppered out from the Old Hut campsite https://pt.wikiloc.com/trilhas-trekking/the-barney-traverse-logans-ridge-and-savages-ridge-15943576/photo-9970980
Mt Ernest and Mt Lindsay from Savages Ridge https://pt.wikiloc.com/trilhas-trekking/the-barney-traverse-logans-ridge-and-savages-ridge-15943576/photo-9970985
A long way back up to West Peak and even further to East Peak...
(Taken from Savages Ridge) https://pt.wikiloc.com/trilhas-trekking/the-barney-traverse-logans-ridge-and-savages-ridge-15943576/photo-9970988