Boronia Peak from Halls Gap
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 6.98 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,260 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 1,260 ft
- Max elevation
- 1,817 ft
- TrailRank
- 30
- Min elevation
- 746 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Moving time
- 3 hours 26 minutes
- Time
- 5 hours 23 minutes
- Coordinates
- 1966
- Uploaded
- September 18, 2025
- Recorded
- September 2025
near Halls Gap, Victoria (Australia)
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Itinerary description
This is a loop hike starting/ending at around Gariwerd Motel / Grampians YHA - but you can start and finish it anywhere in Halls Gap. It's a good option if you have just a morning or an afternoon and can't do a full day of hiking.
The ascent is not too bad. Be careful when you get to the saddle and the first views. I strayed off trail here as other walkers have created a path that looks a lot like the trail but isn't, in order to get a view down into Halls Gap. I then lost 15 mins or so bush bashing back down to the main trail. Poles were good for this, but otherwise more of a hindrance given the quality of the trail and type of rocks/soil.
Once you get near the top you need to go up the narrow shoot and then turn right and do a short bit of rock scrambling to reach the summit. There are four bolts in the rock more or less at the summit point - so there must have been a marker there once upon a time. There was wombat poo at the top, I have no idea how the wombat managed the rock scrambling...
As I started this hike mid afternoon, by late afternoon there was a lot more bird life out and about, which was lovely. The flowering bush all around was lovely, but I only saw one orchid - I think I was a week or two too early...
On the way back I tried the famous Spirit of Punjab restaurant for dinner - it's okay but not amazing.
Enjoy!
The ascent is not too bad. Be careful when you get to the saddle and the first views. I strayed off trail here as other walkers have created a path that looks a lot like the trail but isn't, in order to get a view down into Halls Gap. I then lost 15 mins or so bush bashing back down to the main trail. Poles were good for this, but otherwise more of a hindrance given the quality of the trail and type of rocks/soil.
Once you get near the top you need to go up the narrow shoot and then turn right and do a short bit of rock scrambling to reach the summit. There are four bolts in the rock more or less at the summit point - so there must have been a marker there once upon a time. There was wombat poo at the top, I have no idea how the wombat managed the rock scrambling...
As I started this hike mid afternoon, by late afternoon there was a lot more bird life out and about, which was lovely. The flowering bush all around was lovely, but I only saw one orchid - I think I was a week or two too early...
On the way back I tried the famous Spirit of Punjab restaurant for dinner - it's okay but not amazing.
Enjoy!
Waypoints
Information point
Panorama
1,217 ft
View towards lake Fyans (I went off course just after this ...)
Follow my return route recording for a bit to stay on the trail
Intersection
Provisioning
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