Cradle Summit Recommendations
Posted: Mon 12 Jan, 2009 7:05 pmHi all,
I have read elsewhere in the forum describing the Cradle Mountain summit walk as a very busy one.
Well it would seem that not all like the early morning starts, I arrived at the Ronny creek car park at approx 7:30am on a Sunday morning and I was only the second car there. I thought this looked promising. I set off on the walk alone and only seen a couple of walkers going as far as Marions Lookout, did not see anyone else until I reached the summit and there was only one already there, we had the summit to ourself for 1/2 hour and a crew of four arrived. After approx an hour set off for the return trip and I was amazed at the traffic on the way up the mountain, did not slow my trip back down much as most were more than happy to stop for a rest and let me past.
I also was amazed at the age of some of the children climbing the mountain, I wondered if this had something to do with the amazingly clear and sunny day we had or if it is a normal thing for children I picked as young as 10 to be climbing this kind of walk, I imagine most would have needed assistance to boulder scrambble some of the larger rocks.
Moral of the story if you would like a peaceful walk and view, head off nice and early. For me this started about 5 am as I had to leave from Redpa.
I have read elsewhere in the forum describing the Cradle Mountain summit walk as a very busy one.
Well it would seem that not all like the early morning starts, I arrived at the Ronny creek car park at approx 7:30am on a Sunday morning and I was only the second car there. I thought this looked promising. I set off on the walk alone and only seen a couple of walkers going as far as Marions Lookout, did not see anyone else until I reached the summit and there was only one already there, we had the summit to ourself for 1/2 hour and a crew of four arrived. After approx an hour set off for the return trip and I was amazed at the traffic on the way up the mountain, did not slow my trip back down much as most were more than happy to stop for a rest and let me past.
I also was amazed at the age of some of the children climbing the mountain, I wondered if this had something to do with the amazingly clear and sunny day we had or if it is a normal thing for children I picked as young as 10 to be climbing this kind of walk, I imagine most would have needed assistance to boulder scrambble some of the larger rocks.
Moral of the story if you would like a peaceful walk and view, head off nice and early. For me this started about 5 am as I had to leave from Redpa.
And I thought most people walked slower backwards!