Hike at a glance
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Duration
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Route details
Max elevation: 990m
Min elevation: 238m
Total Ascent: 1575m
Check current conditions
Track conditions, access and closures can change quickly due to weather, fire, maintenance or safety concerns. Always check the relevant land manager’s website before you visit. Trail Hiking Australia does not provide real-time track and closure monitoring, and land managers remain the authoritative source for current alerts, closures and access restrictions.
About this trail
Trail difficulty
Steep, rough, and demanding
These are challenging walks suited to experienced hikers. Expect sustained climbs, rough and uneven terrain, and longer distances.
Tracks may be less defined, and signage can be limited, so navigation awareness is important. These walks require good fitness, confidence on difficult terrain, and the ability to manage fatigue over time.
Safety note: Fatigue, poor navigation, or a sudden weather change can turn a hard walk into a serious situation.
Planning information
Preparation matters: Plan your multi-day hike well and bring the right gear, weather-appropriate layers, food and plenty of water. Before you head out, read up on bushwalking safety and use this multi-day hike planning guide to make sure you're ready. Need help getting started? Check out the full hike preparation guide.
Map and GPX file
Safety and preparation
Think safety first
Australian conditions can turn a small oversight into a serious situation faster than most walkers expect. The Hiking Safety Systems and planning calculators are designed to help you identify and close those gaps before you leave home. Work through the Interactive Safety Scenarios to see how incidents unfold, then use the tools to build your plan and make sure a trusted contact has your trip details before you head out.
Let someone know
Before you go, complete a trip intentions form and share it with a trusted contact. Agree on a Late-Back Time and ask them to call 000 (Police) if you have not checked in. A clear trip plan is one of the simplest and most effective safety steps you can take, and it only takes two minutes.
Heading somewhere remote, off-track or overnight? Use the comprehensive trip intentions form instead — your emergency contact will need more detail. Register your trip plan here →
Free checklists
Download the hiking preparation and safety checklists before leaving home to help you think through your plans. They help ensure important considerations are not overlooked and support safer decision-making on the trail.
Getting there and where to stay
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Accommodation nearby
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Or search accommodation in nearby towns: Ararat, Cavendish, Dadswells Bridge, Dunkeld, Halls Gap, Horsham, Landsborough, Pomonal, Stawell, Warracknabeal
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Weather on the trail
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Acknowledgement of Country
Trail Hiking Australia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the lands on which we hike and pay respects to their Elders, past and present, and we acknowledge the First Nations people of other communities who may be here today.
4 Reviews on “Grampians Central Range Walk (36km)”
Great little hike. The views from the Pinnacle were incredible. Mt Rosea would have been too, if the visibility wasn’t reduced to a few hundred metres. Bugiga is quite flash. I had the place to myself, so I slept under the large communal shelter rather than setting up the tent. The last day would have been pretty boring if not for all the wildlife you see along the fire trail. Would recommend chucking a sickie and doing this over a long weekend
Sean Roche
Shannon Lingard life goals!!
Sheree McKenzie
Should do that for New Years
Still real hiking for me
Super keen
then time to finish I reckon…..
Therese Dalmau I think we should aim for this one in September/October. Good warm up.
This could be a fun 2-day, easy pace. Prefer 1 day though
This would be good
Thomas Woods what he said. I believe in you!
Tim Alexander remember that dude???? I reckon he’s still sitting at the bottom of those stairs ?
Tim Gu there’s toilets on track
Tim Hartwig next challenge???
Tim Joyce it’s calling us
Trevor Gale…..36kms, THREE DAYS!!
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Wade Mcdonald – next adventure?
We can do it in a day
Why are you showing me this…
Yep, I’d be in that. What about you Allison Parkinson
Mark Chaney
Marky Marc 🙂
Martin Au Thomas Woods Aaron Cardy fancy a multiday anyone? ?
Maryanne Kepui
Matthew Rigby
May Ling Yong
Maybe ask google…
Maybe when its warmer and ive had a chance to get kitted out…
Michael Read Frank Albrecht
Mmmmmmm
Must be leisurely pace ?
My wife and I just completed this hike with our 11 month old. The first two days are quite spectacular and I would agree that the Borough Huts camp ground is a little underwehelming. I suggest doing the last leg back to town. It is quick, easy and gives you many views of the other side of the valley you don’t get a chance to see any other way. This was the first time we had walked Mt Rosea and that is by far my favourite to date!
Nelson Petrovski Kevin Tran only 3 days
Never been there. Any huts? ?
Omw
one for the road Sophie Jarman!
Ooh Fantastic
Rebecca Fogarty
Rebecca Oower
Road trip!
#teamovernighter