Post by AussieSurvival on May 5, 2009 20:03:42 GMT 9.5
Canoe Creek - Bushwalk - Wollemi NP
Time: 4 hrs.
Distance: 6km.
Fitness: Medium, Hard.
Skill: Hard.
Ascent: 400m.
Maps: LPI Colo Heights 9031-III-N 1:25000
* no maps aviable on here yet.
Access
Canoe Creek is accessed from the Grassy Hill Fire Trail. Drive north on the Putty Rd for 16km past the Ampol service station at Colo Heights. The fire trail is on your left, although it can be hard to spot, particularly at speed. It is usually signposted.
Turn on to the fire trail and follow it until you reach a gate after 8.5km. The fire trail is mostly good quality, but has a couple of rutted out sections. Low clearance 2WD vehicles may have considerable difficulty negotiating these sections.
While the gate at the end may be open, this is at the wilderness boundary, so you should park your car in the clearing just before it.
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Canoe Creek is a challenging day walk which reaches the Colo River. A steep walk, down and around cliffs and steep drops, but its a excellent experiance to do. Hard on the legs going down and going up, but at the bottom you can have a swim to cool off.
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Track Notes, Can Be Found Here Or ozultimate.com/bushwalking/walk.php?int_resource_id=212
The walk can be done as a day walk, or as an easy overnight walk. However, the 400m descent to the Colo puts a bit more strain on the knees with a full pack.
Note that the maps for this walk are generally wrong or unhelpful. The car park is in fact in the saddle at AGD752156 (Colo Heights map), whereas on a number of printed guides it is marked closer to the Putty Rd. On the old edition (1st edition) topographic map, the fire trail is marked wrongly. From the car park it first heads down, and then contours around under the cliffline. It does not rejoin what is marked on the map until after the Canoe Creek track turns off at AGD742144. On the new edition (2nd edition) topographic map the fire trail is not marked at all beyond the barrier, although the barrier is at least marked correctly. As a result, regardless of the map you are using, you should carry a copy of the sketch map on this site as well.
Looking down the Colo towards the Canoe Creek junction
From the car park, follow the fire trail down the hill, contouring around the gullies. After about 1km, the trail takes a right hand bend, heads up a longish hill and opens out into a clearing at a second right hand bend. Look for a small foot track off to the left.
The track is a little vague at the top of the ridge, but becomes clearer as it steepens. Unfortunately some vandal has recently painted white arrows on the rocks in this section, which makes the track easy to follow, but has badly defaced the rock in this wilderness area. The track winds downwards, getting progressively steeper until you reach Canoe Creek.
The track then continues along the right hand bank to a lookout over the Colo. There is a short scramble down one section just after you reach Canoe Creek. As you near the Colo, stay high to reach a good lookout with views across to the magnificent Savage Ridge, and upstream on the Colo River. About 5m back from the lookout, a steep track descends to the junction of Canoe Creek with the Colo.
To return you can simply retrace your route, although there are a number of other passes and routes out of Canoe Creek. Experienced walkers should consult Bob Buck's Colo River Sketch Map. Be aware that many of the routes are not straightforward and require some effort and possibly exposed rock scrambling to find.
Time: 4 hrs.
Distance: 6km.
Fitness: Medium, Hard.
Skill: Hard.
Ascent: 400m.
Maps: LPI Colo Heights 9031-III-N 1:25000
* no maps aviable on here yet.
Access
Canoe Creek is accessed from the Grassy Hill Fire Trail. Drive north on the Putty Rd for 16km past the Ampol service station at Colo Heights. The fire trail is on your left, although it can be hard to spot, particularly at speed. It is usually signposted.
Turn on to the fire trail and follow it until you reach a gate after 8.5km. The fire trail is mostly good quality, but has a couple of rutted out sections. Low clearance 2WD vehicles may have considerable difficulty negotiating these sections.
While the gate at the end may be open, this is at the wilderness boundary, so you should park your car in the clearing just before it.
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Canoe Creek is a challenging day walk which reaches the Colo River. A steep walk, down and around cliffs and steep drops, but its a excellent experiance to do. Hard on the legs going down and going up, but at the bottom you can have a swim to cool off.
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Track Notes, Can Be Found Here Or ozultimate.com/bushwalking/walk.php?int_resource_id=212
The walk can be done as a day walk, or as an easy overnight walk. However, the 400m descent to the Colo puts a bit more strain on the knees with a full pack.
Note that the maps for this walk are generally wrong or unhelpful. The car park is in fact in the saddle at AGD752156 (Colo Heights map), whereas on a number of printed guides it is marked closer to the Putty Rd. On the old edition (1st edition) topographic map, the fire trail is marked wrongly. From the car park it first heads down, and then contours around under the cliffline. It does not rejoin what is marked on the map until after the Canoe Creek track turns off at AGD742144. On the new edition (2nd edition) topographic map the fire trail is not marked at all beyond the barrier, although the barrier is at least marked correctly. As a result, regardless of the map you are using, you should carry a copy of the sketch map on this site as well.
Looking down the Colo towards the Canoe Creek junction
From the car park, follow the fire trail down the hill, contouring around the gullies. After about 1km, the trail takes a right hand bend, heads up a longish hill and opens out into a clearing at a second right hand bend. Look for a small foot track off to the left.
The track is a little vague at the top of the ridge, but becomes clearer as it steepens. Unfortunately some vandal has recently painted white arrows on the rocks in this section, which makes the track easy to follow, but has badly defaced the rock in this wilderness area. The track winds downwards, getting progressively steeper until you reach Canoe Creek.
The track then continues along the right hand bank to a lookout over the Colo. There is a short scramble down one section just after you reach Canoe Creek. As you near the Colo, stay high to reach a good lookout with views across to the magnificent Savage Ridge, and upstream on the Colo River. About 5m back from the lookout, a steep track descends to the junction of Canoe Creek with the Colo.
To return you can simply retrace your route, although there are a number of other passes and routes out of Canoe Creek. Experienced walkers should consult Bob Buck's Colo River Sketch Map. Be aware that many of the routes are not straightforward and require some effort and possibly exposed rock scrambling to find.
I'am Going Again, So I Will Get Some Pictures For The Site.