{"id":620,"date":"2023-05-26T18:00:23","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T07:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trailnavigator.com.au\/blog\/?p=620"},"modified":"2023-05-26T18:00:25","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T07:00:25","slug":"day-trip-to-mount-buffalo-national-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trailnavigator.com.au\/blog\/2023\/05\/day-trip-to-mount-buffalo-national-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Day Trip to Mount Buffalo National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We went to Bright with our friends to celebrate 3 birthdays. On Sunday, May 21 we visited Mt Buffalo National Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a cold and gloomy morning but by the time we arrived to Cresta Valley it started to clear up. The Horn was completely covered in fog \/ clouds so we decided to go to the Cathedral and Hump instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The trail started from a little car park on the Mt Buffalo Road. There were a toilet and a couple of picnic tables there. I was surprised to see some snow there:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Steps with some snow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The sign reads:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Hump -1 hour return<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This track provides access to the base Tof the Cathedral and a high lookout on the Hump. The action of ice and water over millions of years has broken away surrounding granite leaving the Cathedral as a massive solitary ‘tor’ and the Hump as an extensive boulder field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Climbers can often be seen clinging to the rock. The 1km track climbs up to a saddle below the Cathedral. Continue left a further 500m steeply through thick Alpine Wattle wildfire scarred Snow Gums to the Hump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A hut was constructed here in the early 1930’s to provide shelter for some of the first skiers on Mount Buffalo. Cresta Valley was later chosen as a better site with Australia’s first ski tow being installed there in 1936.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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The track was quite steep with lots of steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Soon we reached the Cathedral – an impressive rock tor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Cathedral<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Cathedral from south<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After about 400 meters we were on the Hump – 1695 meters above sea level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The views were breath-taking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The land below looked like another planet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Cathedral from the Hump<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It was definitely worth it to climb up here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our descent was much faster. It took us about 1 hour to complete the walk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After having a lunch we drove down to the Torpedo Rock:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Torpedo Rock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After that we drove to the Mount Buffalo Chalet to enjoy fabulous views from the Bents Lookout and the Echo Point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We finished our trip with a walk to the Underground River – 2.6 km return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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