Barigar to Gar
More spectacular views, waterfalls, montane wildflower gardens and tarns finishing with a gobsmacking campsite perched on a precipice
We respectfully acknowledge the Djab Wurrung and Jardwardjali people as the traditional custodians of the lands and waters of Gariwerd.
How to Make Today Easier
As always, starting early will give you plenty of time to enjoy the views and wildflowers.
You also need not carry water for the entire day and/or evening/following morning from the start because there is a serviced rainwater tank about 4km (2.5 miles) in, where you cross Roses Gap Road. If you have left a food drop there, you will have lightened yesterday’s load.
Especially leisurely hikers can also split this day in two: Troopers Creek Campground is just 750m past the serviced water tank where you can do a food drop, so carrying an extra night’s food for that evening is not much of an impost.
Walk with Us:
If you have arrived in camp early and still have fuel in the tank, you have the option of hiking the spur trail to Mt Gar now rather than tomorrow. You will repeat just 300m of trail; the spur is an additional 1km to the peak so a total of an additional 2.6km today with an extra 100 m elevation gain. Doing this will knock 2 km off tomorrow’s 14.1 km distance. Although we’ve described the spur in Day 3’s blog rather than today’s, we elected to do the spur today and are glad we did, not least because the sky was clear and we thought rising mist or low cloud might obscure views in the morning.