Connor B.
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Our route:
We did Wombat track through overland to Marion's lookout, up to kitchen hut, up summit, back down, across face track, heading down past wilks lake and back through dove circuit.
From the Dove Lake arrival point we briefly went clockwise on the Dove Lake Circuit (only a few hundred metres, stopping just before the boat shed), then headed onto the track toward Lake Lilla. From there we continued via the Wombat Pool Track, linking with the Overland Track up to Marion’s Lookout. We then continued past Kitchen Hut to the Cradle Mountain summit, descended via the Face Track, cut down past Lake Wilks, and returned anti-clockwise along the Dove Lake Circuit back to the start.
Marion’s Lookout route was nice, with good panoramic high-altitude views. The plateau overland walk was nice, a bit of snow and stable boardwalk the whole way to the hut.
Cradle summit was a bit tedious, mainly because of the high amount of foot traffic and slow, nervous climbers. The view at the top was good, but if you’re not confident I’d suggest stopping at the plateau as it’s not better than what you’ve already seen.
Face Track was beautiful and, while not as much of a panoramic view of the area, still an equally stunning view of a couple of the lakes, with some really lush forest sections as you come back down into the Dove Circuit return. Nowhere near as much foot traffic.
Total distance was around 12.5 km, with roughly 1,000 m elevation gain, taking us just under 6 hours.
