GPT E2E Training Walk #3, Pinnacle-Bellfield Loop

Hi members and guests of the Grampians Bushwalking Club,The next club bushwalk is the Grampians Peaks Trail (GPT) End to End (E2E) Training Walk #3, Pinnacle-Bellfield Loop on Sunday, August 30th.

If you would like to join us, please notify the walk leader Julie on 0407 561 135 by 8pm on Thursday, August 27th to register your interest and to receive departure times and locations or further information.

LIMITED NUMBERS!
Max # walkers is 15. Those registered for E2E have priority, but others can fill remaining spaces. So if you are really keen about this walk, then contact Julie immediately. An email will be sent out if the walk is full.

Walk Details

As part of preparation to walk the GPT E2E, this is the third of three training walks. These will give participants a foretaste of the level of fitness and walk pace required to walk the entire GPT as day walks.

This is a circuit walk starting in Halls Gap. We climb steeply up the front track under Cherub (Mackeys) Peak to the Pinnacle.  There are a lot of steps. From this often crowded lookout, we cross via the GPT to Sundial car park then to the less crowded Sundial. Then a steep descent down to Lake Bellfield. Finally, we follow the bike/walk track back to Halls Gap along the valley floor.

This is the last qualifying walk before we start the E2E hike of the GPT on Sunday the 13th of September. If you have not done a training walk or other club walk before this (which is a prerequisite), then please contact Julie ASAP if you wish to participate in the GPT E2E walks program.

Please see the attached recent photo of the walk.

Grade:  AWTGS Grade 4 – Difficult
Grade Description: Long, steep, and rough tracks. Bushwalking experience required.
Distance: 15 km
Elevation Gain: 550 m
Duration: 6.5 hr walking time

Requirements: