Route: Australia's Highest Peaks

Australia's 16 Highest Peaks (submitted by Keith Jebb)

This 44km route includes Australia's sixteen highest peaks starting and finishing at Charlotte's Pass Parking Area. 

The sixteen highest peaks in summit order are: 

1. Mount Twynam, at 2,196 metres
2. Little Twynam, at 2,120 metres
3. Watsons Crags/Tennison Woods Knoll, at 2,136 metres
4. Carruthers Peak, at 2,145 metres
5. Mount Lee, at 2,100 metres (6,900 ft)
6. Mount Northcote, at 2,131 metres
7. Mount Clark, at 2,100 metres
8. Muellers Peak, at 2,120 metres
9. Alice Rawson Peak, at 2,160 metres
10. Mount Townsend, at 2,209 metres
11. Abbott Peak, at 2,145 metres
12. Byatts Camp/Mt DuFaur, at 2,159 metres
13. Mount Kosciuszko, at 2,228 metres
14. Unnamed peak on Etheridge Ridge at 2,180 metres
15. Rams Head North, at 2,177 metres
16. Rams Head, at 2,190 metres

The route can be run either clockwise or anticlockwise and features a variety of trail, off trail and possibly snow. There is nowhere to refuel, however there are numerous water sources en-route.

The difference between this Route and the Australia's 15 Highest Peaks Route is that this variation includes Mt Clarke (2100m) & Mt Lee(2100m), but excludes Rams Head South (2052m).  The list is taken from wiki.

Also the start/end point at the car park is more convenient for most - and it ensures the route is 100% trail.

Australia's 15 Highest Peaks

Inspired by Anthony Alston's 'Snowy Mtns 15 Peaks' this 55km route capture's Australia's fifteen highest peaks starting and finishing at Charlotte's Pass. 

The fifteen highest peaks in summit order are: 

1. Mt. Twynam 2195m
2. Little Twynam 2131m
3. Tenison Woods Knoll 2134m
4. Carruthers Peak 2145m
5. Mt. Northcote 2129m
6. Muellers Peak 2129m
7. Alice Rawson Peak 2170m
8. Mt. Townsend 2209m
9. Abbott Peak 2155m
10. Mt. Du Faur 2159M
11. Mt.Kosciuzzko 2228m
12. Etheridge Ridge 2188m
13. North Rams Head 2178m
14. Rams Head 2120m
15. South Rams Head 2191m 

The route can be run either clockwise or anticlockwise and features a combination of trail, off trail and (depending on the time of year) snow. Once having left Charlotte's Pass there is nowhere to refuel on route however there are an abundance of rivers and streams which serve as a water source.

Australia's Highest 3 Peaks (submitted by Daniel Campbell)

Distance: 32.6 km

Vertical Gain: 1460m

Start/Finish Location: Charlotte Pass Carpark, Main Range Loop Information Sign (1,832m)

This route follows the Main Range Loop with three key summit deviations to climb Australia’s three highest mainland peaks:

• Mount Kosciuszko (2,228m / 7,310ft) – Highest peak in mainland Australia
• Mount Townsend (2,209m / 7,247ft) – Second highest peak
• Mount Twynam (2,196m / 7,205ft) – Third highest peak

The route is a mix of well-maintained tracks, single-track, and off-trail sections, with some scrambling required for Mt Townsend. It is runnable in many sections and is a logical extension of the popular Main Range Loop.