Project Description
YOU, YOUR PACK AND 7 DAYS OF REMOTE ALPINE WILDERNESS
A TRUE ALPINE EXPERIENCE
Over seven days this 96km, grade 5, journey will allow you to independently experience a variety of natural landscapes including deep fern-lined gullies, steep and unrelenting spurs, rugged ridge lines, exhilarating mountain summits and spectacular cliff-top outlooks.
THIS IS A LONG AND CHALLENGING TREK, NOT TO BE TAKEN LIGHTLY
A TREK FOR EXPERIENCED HIKERS ONLY
The Buller Huts Trail is not an easy stroll through open woodland. It is a serious grade 5 undertaking for well–prepared, self-reliant adventurers, with a good level of fitness and who understand the risks of walking in a remote alpine area. Weather can change rapidly, even in summer, when people have been caught under-prepared in cold, wet and windy weather.
This is a trek not to be taken lightly.
TRAIL NOTES
The Buller Huts Trail is a circuit trek that commences on Mount Buller, high in the Victorian Alps, and can be undertaken in either direction. It is recommended though that you follow the suggested itinerary as this will allow you to tackle the most challenging ascents early in the hike when you have more energy to expend.
TREK GRADING
The Buller Huts Trail has been rated as a Grade 5 trek. There are sections of this trail which could be graded 4 or even 3 (according to the Australian Walking Track Grading System) but overall, as a circuit trek, the entire journey is for experienced hikers only. According to the grading system, Grade 5 is for very experienced walkers with specialised skills, including navigation and emergency first aid. Tracks are likely to be very rough, very steep and unmarked.
HISTORIC HUTS
The Buller Huts Trail conveniently links a series of historic high country huts. These include Bluff Hut, Lovicks Hut, Vallejo Ganther Hut, King Hut, Craigs Hut (a film set for The Man From Snowy River), Bluff Spur Hut, Geelong Grammar School Hut and Howqua Gap Hut. Not all campsites are located near huts and it is wise not to plan on sleeping in the huts. Typically huts are for emergency use only and may not be accessible. Ensure you are self-reliant and plan to pitch your tent in campsites nearby.
Hi, Is there a map file we can download and print off??
Hi Louis. There is a GPX file you can download via my Trail Hiking Australia site but no dedicated map. I contacted a cartographer to have a map developed but they wanted $10K. Who’d have thought? SV Mpas do have topo maps you can buy that cover the region though. You can find out how to access them here. The Buller-Howitt Alpine Area is the map you want.
GPX file: https://www.trailhiking.com.au/buller-huts-trail/