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West MacDonnell National Park - Ormiston Pound, Mt Giles, Chewings Range and Heavitree Range

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距离
78.09 公里
累积高度
2,660 米
技术难度
仅限专家
海拔下降
2,528 米
最高海拔
1,365 米
TrailRank 
97 5
最低海拔
664 米
路线类型
单程
坐标
7520
上传日期
2013年9月6日
记录日期
八月 2013

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邻近 Glen Helen, Northern Territory (Australia)

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行程描述

This is a fantastic area to walk but is only for experienced parties.

BE WARNED
- This walk is off track through rugged, remote and mountainous terrain. You must be confident at navigation, and route finding. The GPS track may be inaccurate in some of the gorges due to poor signal.
- While we found adequate water in the gorges of the Chewings Range to replenish supplies, depending on season water can be hard to find and of variable quality.
There is no water on the top of the Chewing or Heavitree ranges. Plan to carry an extra days water and have an exit strategy worked out if you can't locate further supplies.
- You need to be fit enough to carry everything you need for a week over and up/down rugged terrain.
- The area is very isolated we saw no other living souls for the entire trip after leaving Ormiston Gorge, there is some phone reception on top of the mountains but elsewhere a PLB is required in case of emergency.
- to complete this route we did a fair bit of advanced scrambling (AKA rock climbing with a pack). You must be happy with scrambling and exposure to negotiate the gorges.
- one of our party, a wild hairy beast called Garn still wanders the Chewings Ranges looking for lost Bush walkers to eat.

We started at Ormiston Gorge and finished at Serpentine Chalet Dam (arriving around midday). With an extra day it could converted to a circuit returning to Ormiston Gorge via the Larapinta Trail.

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的照片ORMISTON GORGE 的照片ORMISTON GORGE 的照片ORMISTON GORGE

ORMISTON GORGE

Ormiston Gorge was our starting point and is easily accessed by road.

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的照片BOWMANS GAP 的照片BOWMANS GAP

BOWMANS GAP

Bowmans Gap is only a few hours walk from Ormiston Gorge. It has a semi-permanent waterhole and comfortable camping in a sandy river bed.

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的照片MT GILES 的照片MT GILES 的照片MT GILES

MT GILES

Mt Giles is the NTs 3rd highest mountain at 1389 metres. It is cold, wind swept and rocky but has fantastic 360 degree views. There are a few 'shell scrapes' left by previous campers where you can roll out your sleep bag. Not much room for tent.

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的照片PILLARS OF HERCULES 的照片PILLARS OF HERCULES

PILLARS OF HERCULES

Impressive rock columns at the mouth of a gorge.

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GILES YARD SPRING

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的照片DIAGONAL GORGE 的照片DIAGONAL GORGE 的照片DIAGONAL GORGE

DIAGONAL GORGE

We ascended the Chewings Range via this gorge.

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的照片PORTAL GORGE 的照片PORTAL GORGE 的照片PORTAL GORGE

PORTAL GORGE

We descended via this gorge. At several points you need to climb out of the gorge to bypass steep drop offs. At the bottom it is a narrow 'slot'.

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的照片FALSE GORGE 的照片FALSE GORGE

FALSE GORGE

We had intended to ascend via Red Rock Gorge (which would have been much easier) but in our enthusiasm we went up the wrong gorge

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的照片RED ROCK GORGE 的照片RED ROCK GORGE

RED ROCK GORGE

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的照片FISH HOLE

FISH HOLE

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的照片SERPENTINE GORGE

SERPENTINE GORGE

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的照片COUNTS POINT

COUNTS POINT

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