Ascents in Cradle Mountain

Fantastic adventure and perfect weather. One of those days in the mountains that you never want to end!

Beta if you want it: 9h C2C, up via Hansens and back via Marion’s/Dove Lake. It took us 2h 10min to the top of Little Horn, 4h 40min to top of Weindorfer’s, and then 6h 50min to the summit of Cradle. We carried a light rack in case we wanted to rope up, but didn’t use it (glad to have the option though). Abseiled the full ~23m from Weindorfer’s towers, you’d have to be pretty bold to solo down below the tat. Hardest scrambling was the down-climbing from Little Horn, and a few exposed sections up Weindorfer’s. Once you reach Smithie’s there are lots more options for which route you want to take through the talus; we went up most the straightforward pinnacles and bypassed a few steep ones. Definitely recommend!!!

Nice little ramble

Super fun day out! Started out in the clouds and it later cleared to reveal the incredible views.

Scenic bush walking. The alpine tag is a bit of a stretch

Easy scrambling, some committing moves. Was lucky to have dry rock. Would definitely be much harder in tricky conditions. Took us 7(ish) hours car to car

soloed, one rapel

absolutely incredible route!! super fun adventure, awesome way to cap off the year.

Classic adventure day, prime connies with a great crew

Stunning. Couldn't have finished the year in a better way. One of those experiences that will stick with you for life

Chossy

Epic. Tad chossy in places, but it felt like that was an inevitable part of the mountain experience.

No rope. If your comfortable soloing gr 10 probably ok not doing any raps

mega! such an epic day! lots of scrambling with incredible panoramic views and in an exposed position. got semi lost a couple times and ended up wading through alpine scrub, but route-finding was mostly straightforward. didn't feel the need to rope up for anything, even if the exposure was spicy, the movement was easy. rapped from Weindorfers, scrambled down the other abseil. glorious weather. so much fun!!

Mostly a scramble with a touch of ramble. Good day with good people.

Great day out, fun scrambling the whole way.

A long and lovely route. Best way to see every View of cradle. However longer and much more vegitated than expected

Guide

Did it backwards but bailed before little horn cause weather was a bit dodge. Insane exposure and views the whole way.

I really wanted to get out here before I headed east to explore the rest of Tassie, so when I checked 4 different weather sites and 3 of them showed very poor weather and 1 showed only slightly poor weather, I made the obvious choice and disregarded all the forecasts except the one I wanted to believe. Unsurprisingly, this led to me being served all of the finest Tasmanian weather: sun, cloud, fog, rain, hail, snow. I'd say it added some authenticity to the experience - some alpine weather for an alpine route.

Completely worth it in every way regardless though, and a beautiful way to experience the Tasmanian outback. A good proper adventure complete with a couple hours of hiking, lots of scrambling, some engaging exposed sections, an abseil, and stunning views of the peaks and lakes all over the area. Absolutely brilliant.

Wouldn’t bother with a rope next time. Was a bit more scrambling than climbing but a fun day out

Great. 23m abseil is the only required one, possible to take a smaller rope and tat and break it into several raps. Probably possible as 2x10m grade 16 downclimb/scrambles if you lose the rope altogether - not recommended as falls here would have moderate consequence.

pretty good day out, great views and great weather. starting early will get your car to Ronny creek for a shorter walk. or start later catch the shuttle bus in to dove lake and possibly miss the 6pm bus back as we did. actual climbing is pretty easy, no need for any gear really. the one longer abseil you can bring a rope for, but if you take your time it's a do-able 20m down climb if youre confident. (saves a lot of weight) once at the main tourist summit, take the poles back and down main track, don't try go down one of the scree slopes, they get MUCH WORSE further down the gully!!

That was such a fun day, I recommend approaching via the east side of the lake because it gives a better view of the approach to the first peak. We came from the west (very pretty) and got a bit lost trying to find the best route. So much fun

technical scramble, very good adventure

Wow! Quite the day out. 10hours Davey Ck C2C. One abseil 22m off W tower. Otherwise easy scrambling in big terrain.

So much fun !!

The weather was horrible bucketing down and roaring wind but I persevered. Visibility was very poor due to the fog.

Managed to climb all of the larger pillars and take the most direct up them. Missed the first abseil with a sketchy downclimb. Second one was quite clear and took a while to set up and retrieve the rope due to the wind. Missed the last rap with a relatively easy downclimb.

Some sections were substantially harder than the grade but that’s the beauty of the climb. You can make it as hard or easy as you want.

5.5 hours in total return to carpark.

Good day out, exposed at times 9 hrs car to car in good weather

Great day out!

4hr8min solo with one 10m rap off weindorfers - set the FKT for the full traverse which honours the geography of the full cradle massif - see traverse-tas-australia" target="_blank">https://fastestknowntime.com/route/cradle-skyline-traverse-tas-australia for more

Epic experience... We used rope for 2 abseils... In a group of four took us around 10 to 12 car to car following the top ridge line depending on how much time you spend on each of them and the summit.. Started from Dove Car Park through the left hand side and then at the end came back down through Lake Wilks track which is very nice. Get ready for a big day

Felt pretty lost a fair few times. Peter led the way and it was so good to have him there. We did two abseils after finding the slings and tatts. Some really exposed free solo sections. They were easy at these sections, but the mental game was tough. Really long day, but we finally made it to cradle mountain after so many doubts. It's unbelievable how we're able to make it up slopes that we had previously thought as insurmountable from afar!