Great Walhalla Alpine Trail (41.4km)

Length: 41.4km
Duration: 2 days
Grade: 4
Style: One way
Start: Walhalla
End: Mt Baw Baw Alpine Resort
Closest Town: Walhalla
Location: Alpine National Park
Distance from state capital: 184km
State: VIC
Latitude: -37.942157
Longitude: 146.450732

Great Walhalla Alpine Trail is a 41.4km, grade 4 One way hike located in Alpine National Park Victoria. The hike should take approximately 2 days to complete.

Summary

The Great Walhalla Alpine Trail follows the first 40 kilometre section of the Australian Alps Walking Track, one of the world’s great Alpine walks stretching 680 kilometres from Walhalla to Canberra.

Offering an abridged taste of the epic Australian Alpine Walking Track, the 40km Great Walhalla Alpine Trail links the historic mining township of Walhalla to the pristine snowgum environment of the Baw Baw National Park plateau and its nearby resort village. Hikers can choose a downhill’ or uphill’ end-to-end itinerary, enjoying a two-day journey through alpine plains alive with native wildflowers, twisted snowgums, towering mountain ash, and pre-historic myrtle beech.

Hikers will pass through the wonderland of geological formations found at Mushroom Rocks, see the ruins of Talbot Peak hut, cross mountain streams and wild rivers, pass through fern groves and, of course, get to know the timber and gold heritage of Walhalla.

Getting there

Walhalla: From Melbourne, the drive is approximately 2.5 hours via the Monash Freeway, the Princes Highway and the Moe-Walhalla Rd.

Total distance: 41430 m
Max elevation: 1567 m
Min elevation: 250 m
Total climbing: 1735 m
Total descent: -2857 m

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