Tracks
Old Ghost Road
Lyell Walkway
Track
• Easy. Loop track.
This loop track under pretty beech forest explores the history of the gold mining town of Lyell, including cemetery, stamper battery, diversion tunnel, and dray road. Part of the loop is closed aft...
Pioneer Cemetery Walk
Track
• Easy. Return via same track.
A brief, easy walk to Lyell Cemetery, hidden under beech forest above the creek.
Track grades
- Easy
- Unusually smooth, well-marked track, easy gradients. Up to about 4 hours per day.
- Easy-medium
- Typical lowland track. Generally easy walking and well marked. Ascents of up to 1000m. Some easy river crossings, unmarked travel along rivers.
- Medium
- Typical tops track. Experienced trampers only. Rough, muddy and poorly marked or unmarked. Ascents of up to 2000m. River crossings, open tops, passes. Up to about 8 hours per day.
- Medium-hard
- Navigation and snow skills (use of ice axe and crampons) required. Glaciers, exposure to falls.
- Hard
- Rough or non-existent tracks. Following ridges, bush spurs, and rivers. Steep ascents, arduous travel, hazardous conditions, snow and navigation skills essential.