Shadow Lake Circuit is a 13.2km, grade 3 hike located in the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, Tasmania. The hike should take around 5 hrs to complete.

Length: 13.2km

Duration: 5 hrs

Grade: 3

Style: Circuit

Start: Lake St Clair Visitors Centre

End: Lake St Clair Visitors Centre

Location: Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park

Closest town: Derwent Bridge

Tasmania

From state capital: 180km

Longitude: 146.172951

Latitude: -42.116756

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Hike overview

From Lake St Clair, this walk will take you through rainforest, sub-alpine moorland and highland eucalypt forest on this circuit walk via Shadow Lake. Clear weather allows splendid views of Mount Hugel.

Highlights

Near Shadow Lake the vegetation changes to sub-alpine forest. Here snow gums, buttongrass and sedges flourish. Pencil pines fringe the lake edge. The lake contains the introduced brown and rainbow trout. These can be fished if you have a licence. Picnic spots can be found around the lake edge but please remember that campfires are not permitted.

Route and GPX file

Total distance: 13168 m
Max elevation: 1070 m
Min elevation: 755 m
Total climbing: 420 m
Total descent: -420 m

Download file: Shadow%20Lake%20Circuit.gpx

For more information about this hiking trail please visit Parks and Wildlife Service Tasmania

Tips

Park entry fees apply. (Self registration park entrance.)

The track climbs approximately 270m over a distance of 6.6km.

Visitor centre, restaurant and accommodation.

Supervise children , tracks subject to severe weather conditions all year round, weather may change quickly, tracks are difficult to navigate when covered in snow and may be impassable.

No pets, firearms or bicycles.

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Getting there

Road C193 to Lake St Clair from the Lyell Highway (A10)

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About the region

Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park is located in the Central Highlands area of Tasmania (Australia), 165 kilometres northwest of Hobart. The park contains many walking trails, and is where hikes along the well-known Overland Track usually begin. Major features are Cradle Mountain and Barn Bluff in the northern end, Mount Pelion East, Mount Pelion West, Mount Oakleigh and Mount Ossa in the middle and Lake St Clair in the southern end of the park. The park is part of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area.

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