Great Walhalla Alpine Trail (41.4km), Alpine National Park, Victoria

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

Length: 41.4km

Duration: 2 days

Grade: 4

Style: One way

Start: Walhalla

End: Mount Baw Baw Alpine Resort

Location: Alpine National Park

Closest town: Walhalla

Victoria

From state capital: 184km

Longitude: 146.450732

Latitude: -37.942157

Hike 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.

Managed by

Great Walhalla Alpine Trail is managed and maintained by Mount Baw Baw Resort Management, Parks Victoria and a number of dedicated volunteers.

Links

http://www.greatwalhallaalpinetrail.com/

http://www.greattrailsvictoria.com.au/trail-details/great-walhalla-alpine-trail

Route and GPX file

Total distance: 41561 m
Max elevation: 1572 m
Min elevation: 240 m
Total climbing: 2063 m
Total descent: -3197 m

Download file: Great Walhalla Alpine Trail.gpx

Trail Features

Rough Trail

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Getting there

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

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About the region

The Alpine National Park is a national park located in the Central Highlands and Alpine regions of Victoria, Australia. The 646,000-hectare national park is located northeast of Melbourne. It is the largest National Park in Victoria, and covers much of the higher areas of the Great Dividing Range in Victoria, including Victoria's highest point, Mount Bogong at 1,986 metres and the associated subalpine woodland and grassland of the Bogong High Plains. The park's north-eastern boundary is along the border with New South Wales, where it abuts the Kosciuszko National Park.

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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.

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John N Lyn Daly

Another incredible walk that we have written up in Take A Walk i Victoria’s National Parks available from http://www.takeawalk.com.au

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