Ascents of Skyline Traverse

Very nice sunset from the top

Bailed after Weindorfers due to time and exposure. Need to return to complete the rest. Unforgettable route, intimidating in places and very exposed to weather with zero room for error. Not to be underestimated. 1914 - respect

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!

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

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

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

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

Guide

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

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.

Great day out, fun scrambling the whole way.

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

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!!

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

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

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

Classic adventure day, prime connies with a great crew

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

soloed, one rapel

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

Nice little ramble

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

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!!!

Chossy

Mission for monday

What a great day out! Rock was slippery from last night rain. We did one abseil and if the Rock was dry you wouldn't even need a rope. 7.5 hrs.

classic, get amongst it. 8 hours car to car.

Absolutely amazing. Came down a gully before reaching the summit to make it back on time. Next time the whole thing!

5 hours car to car. Awesome day out! Took the fast and light option (no rope) and the descent off Little Horn is easily scrambled but it is very sketchy to downclimb off Weindorfers. Thank goodness it was a sunny day with dry rock...

6 hours car to car, we had a bit of snow and ice on the route and was quite wet which slowed us down abit. Didn't find the need to rope up, The first abseil is optional depending on your confidence and ability. My recommended rack is a set of nuts and larges slings and lot off if you feel to need to be roped up.

Did it car to car with zac We took a 50m rope and did two abseils one off little horn and the other off weindofers tower there was other raps but decided to downclimb A lot of frost on the rocks making it interesting Great day out of your in the area do it !

An awesome alpine adventure day out. Much more straightforward than expected and we completed it in about 9 hours at a very leisurely pace returning via Marion's Lookout. The only time we used the rope was to do a short (10m?) abseil off Weindorfer's Tower after scrambling down the initial portion of the drop. There was tat in place for this. As of 12/17 there is no tat in place on Little Horn (and no abseils are really needed here unless the rock was very wet), a piece of tat with a mallion on the pinnacle just before Weindorfers (another easy down climb in good conditions) and then the tat coming off Weindorfers. Probably the best day 'walk' that can be done in the area!!!

Didn’t finnish the route, got up weindorfs tower in the wet and decides it was too sketchy to keep on.

Such a great day out, very lucky that the weather held out for us!

Took us about 6.5 hours at a comfortable pace. Only did the single abseil of weindorfers (tat + malion in place). The description is very easy to follow, and i was suprirsed to find there was a very obvious path to follow for the majority of the route. Did not rope up for the exposed traverse, but can definitely see why people would choose to, particularly in poor conditions.