Sunday 27 May 2012

Pig Hill - Brindabellas (ACT)

The weather has been getting kinda chilly in Canberra this week, coupled with plenty of rainfall, I figured the Brindabellas would have some snow on the peaks.

With that in mind and a rather sunny day on Sunday, I decided to go and explore some trails I haven't been on yet.

  1. Head out to Uriarra Crossing (35 14.640S 148 57.080E); follow the road around to the right and up the hill (Fairlight Road).
  2. Continue along Fairlight Road for 4.5Kms, until you come to the intersection. Turn right along Mountain Creek Road and continue for 2.0Kms. Brookvale homestead will be on your left, turn right here onto Doctors Flat Road.
  3. Along Doctors Flat Road, you will pass through a couple of gates:
    1. The initial one as you turn off Mountain Creek Road,
    2. 400M further on
    3. 1.3Kms further on
  4. From the 3rd gate, it is now 2Kms to the turn off for the Pig Hill Summit Trail (35 13.530S 148 53.145E) This turn will be on your right.
  5. The climb up to the summit is relatively easy going, if not a little rocky. There is a warning sign as you first turn onto the track about it being "steep and narrow", but take this with a grain of salt.
  6. Pig Hill summit is only about 1.5Kms from the turn off and the views are quite spectacular looking back over the Canberra region.
Pig Hill summit.
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2 comments:

  1. simon31 May 2012 at 10:40

    I know that range mate, did quite a bit of walking and mountain bike riding up there. nice blog post and nice to see the fj cruiser at work and play.

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  2. Unknown22 June 2013 at 18:14

    hey thanks for the idea! i am going to try this one tomorrow.. Perfect northside walk if you dont want to have to go all the way down to tharwa.

    For clarity it should be "Turn "LEFT!" along Mountain Creek Road and continue for 2.0Kms. Brookvale homestead will be on your left, turn right here onto Doctors Flat Road.

    Rather than turn Right.

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