The route
Overland Track
77.6 km and 1,932 m of climbing in Tasmania, from Ronny Creek, below Cradle Mountain, to Cynthia Bay, at the end of Lake St Clair.
Drawn with a pen, line by line
- Distance
- 77.6 km
- Elevation gain
- 1,932 m
- Highest point
- 1,270 m
- Summits, passes and villages
- 32
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The route in numbers
Indicative figures computed by Plotrek on its illustrative route, with altitudes from a terrain model. They may differ from the organiser's.
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Reading the route
The Overland Track starts at Ronny Creek, at 925 m, below Cradle Mountain in Tasmania. It is a hut-to-hut crossing through moorland, forest and gaps, adding up to 77.6 km and 1,932 m of climbing before it ends on the shore of Lake St Clair, at Cynthia Bay.
The trail passes Marions Lookout at km 3.2, then Waterfall Valley Hut at km 10.7 and Windermere Hut at km 18.1. It reaches New Pelion Hut at km 33.1, Pelion Gap at km 37.5 and Kia Ora Hut at km 41.5, before Du Cane Gap at km 49.1, Narcissus Hut at km 61.1 and Echo Point Hut at km 67.4.
The high point of the route, at 1,270 m of altitude, comes at km 4.6, in the opening climb. The longest climb gains 386 m between km 29.1 and km 37.5, up to Pelion Gap at 1,126 m. The crossing ends at Cynthia Bay, at 760 m, at the end of Lake St Clair, after the final descent.
Paths and places: © OpenStreetMap contributors. Altitudes measured on the route.
03 · Your poster
The route, drawn with a pen
The relief of the crossing, from Ronny Creek to Cynthia Bay, takes shape in contour lines: our pen plotter draws it with a pen, line by line. Your name and your dates sit in the cartouche, in A4, A3 or A2.
Shipped from our workshop in Le Bouscat
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Official information
- Illustrative route redrawn by Plotrek from public data: the course announced by the organiser and OpenStreetMap paths. It is not the official course of the event.
- Altitudes: terrain model AWS Terrain Tiles
- Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Figures and text: Plotrek