Skytrek and St Mary's Peak

Hi Huggy:

Gotta agree. When I visited the Flinders last year, I thought Skytrek was an absolute highlight. I did not do St Mary's Peak (age has its limitations), but I loved the whole area and its marvellous attractions. Gotta get back.

Cheers
jack

We were impressed on a trip last year.
Did the northern flinders coming in via the Strezlecki, and skytrek was a highlight.

Interested to hear if any other similar treks in the southern part.
Maybe next year for a return trip. And a few wineries?

Now we have come down the Strezlecki and Birdsville tracks a couple of times, how else can we access the flinders from Qld without too much bitumen?

Greetings all
Agree with all, the Flinders Ranges are great area to explore, currently planning a trip during the Sept school holidays two vehicles with camper trailers going via Broken Hill , Tibooburra , Cameron Corner then south to the Flinders Ranges, can't wait!!!!!

4.75 hours did you run?? I have done the hike twice once as a young, un (climbed over the rim but not to the peak) and again in 99 both times (top) i walked through the middle of the pound past the homestead and then up the rim of the pound to st marys peak I am unsure of the time but was around 6 -7 hours. It is marked as an 18k walk from memory and is absalutly fantastic

Hi Davoe,
There are two ways of hiking to St Marys Peak. The first way is to walk into the pound and then climb St Marys Peak....I think this was the way you tackled it. It is recommended that this trip takes approx 8-9 hours.
The second way is to take the outside trip. This way is 15.2 k return and it is suggested this should take 6-7 hours. This is the way I went. Even though it is shorter it was still one of the toughest hikes I have tackled. Perhaps age (49) and weight (107kg) forced me to take the "soft" option.
At the end of the day the views were as good as any you would see in this wonderful country of ours.
HUGGY

hi huggy, we stayed in the small valley with the long drop 13 mths ago , excellent camp site , the map pack for skytrek was accucurate and well done also a good keep sake, goats attacked our rubbish bag while we were on the track so we had a wide spread clean up after a tiring day. regards shep