Larapinta Trail

Date: 2-18 June 2014

Participants: This trip is being led by Linda G. of the Canberra Bushwalking Club

Description: Leave Alice Springs on the afternoon of 2nd June, local 4WD transport to Hugh Gorge. From 2nd to 7th walk from Hugh Gorge via Birthday Waterhole, Standley Chasm and Simpsons Gap to NP Headquarters. All on track except for side trips. Back to Alice Springs by minibus. Two nights in Alice Springs to restock, then on 9 June, travel by minibus to Red Bank Gorge for the second stage of the walk. Walk Redbank to Serpentine Gorge from 9 to 16 June, climbing Mt Sonder, and collecting a food drop at Ormiston Gorge where we leave the Larapinta Trail to climb Mt Giles, then to Giles Spring, then rejoining the Larapinta and by minibus back to Alice on the afternoon of the 16th. Includes three days of off-track walking.

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Maps: Maps of the sections of the Larapinta Trail we will be doing are available at Maps Larapinta 2014