by paidal_chalne_vala » Wed 16 Jan, 2019 7:39 pm
There are so many routes up Mt. FT and Mt. Bogong. I have walked them all .For Mt. Bogong I like the Quartz Ridge up Mt. Bogong the best, although Mulhauser spur combined with Long spur is a good one too and sees less foot traffic than the usual routes that come in from the Tawonga side of the hill.
The way I did it last summer was to leave the car at the bend in the road along the Hollow way( an unsealed road.). Walk up the 4 x 4 track to the Granite flat spur trail head. Head up and up , follow the Eskdale spur pole line and go over the summit and down the Quartz Ridge. When you reach the bottom of the track there is water in a stream and a good campsite at the old helipad at Bogong Creek Saddle.
The return route involves retracing your steps . It means you will be going up and down Mt. Bogong twice in one weekend. If you are not fit then you soon will be!. You will need good weather to do this because you will be walking above the tree line for about 3 hours from the top of the Eskdale spur until you reach the tree line on the scenic Quartz Ridge and the same again on the way back.
As for Mt. FT, you can walk up the NW spur , and camp at MUMC hut. There is water there. The next day walk up to the top along the track and then return via the Bungalow spur. There is water at Fed. hut and in a spring near the Old Bungalow spur hut ruins. The distance along the Great Alpine road in Harrietville between the Bungalow spur and the NW spur trail heads is approximately 5 kms.
Camping the night before for Mt. Bogong usually means putting a tent up at Mtn. Creek campsite near Tawonga. Camping the night before a Mt. FT trip along the Ovens river is easy esp. near the Old Harrietville rd. bridge in the Freeburgh area.