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Ethereal Canyon and Lions Head & Pass
Ethereal Canyon and Lions Head & Pass

Ethereal Canyon and Lions Head & Pass

Ethereal Canyon - more of a short bush-walk through the ferns - easy to get into, easy navigation

Ethereal Canyon - more of a short bush-walk through the ferns - easy to get into, easy navigation, a vaguely pleasant wander, easy 4WD track out - but not much else - worth doing once.

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The ferns are pleasant, pleasant enough creek, the 4m falls is where the canyon starts - we descended on the Eastern side & backtracked 50m to see the falls at 471 009 - only knee deep in a couple of places. Then an easy walk downstream through some pretty average canyon and around the corner to the 4WD track at 475 008. We followed it N to the Hole In Wall car park and back to the car on the edge of the down flattened pine forest.

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Some pleasant creeky sections, and a blockup with chockstone.

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Lions Head & Lions Pass was slightly more exhilarating.  After parking at the twin cairns we walked S for 70m before heading W up the short steep hill.

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And followed the obvious track W then S for 4km. After about 3km the Lions Head was obvious 

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In the 2nd or 3rd gully the large cairn marking the top of Lions Pass was clear on the Western side. 

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The log book showed parties most weekends.

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We continued on to Lions Head 

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It was mostly flattish, occasionally with good views to the West over Kedumba Valley towards Solitary and Narrowneck, but towards the Head there were steeper sections 

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A brief lunch at the Head with speccy views to the West - Solitary - Miner Pass and return is on the bucket list.

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  • 19/12/2016