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Beebys Knob & Hut

Mt Richmond Forest Park

 

Grade: Medium

Event Status: Completed

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Sunday 19 May 2024

Cost: $

 

 Trip Leader:
Raymond Salisbury

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Note the new venue for club nights:

Tahunanui Community Hub at 55 Muritai St, Tahunanui. Join us for a cuppa from 7.15pm.

Beeby’s Knob (1442 m) is a peak in the southwestern corner of Mt Richmond Forest Park.

From the car park, the Beeby’s Walking Track climbs and sidles the hillside through beech forest, reaching a wide saddle where beautiful beech forest and mossy logs cover the forest floor. The track steepens as it climbs the side of broad spur, and once on the crest, the gradient lessens. As the track progresses up the spur the beech trees gradually become shorter and thinner.

The track connects with Beeby’s 4WD road at the top of range. Turn left here and follow the road as it soon reaches the turnoff to Maitland Ridge Track at the tree line. The road continues along the range through open tussock and alpine herbs. The summit is 1.8 km beyond the Maitland Ridge turnoff. It is not signposted, though you will see the trig and a group of transmitters on top a rounded knob, which is a short deviation off the road.

The 4WD road continues for quite a distance along the range. Beeby’s Hut is a further 1.8 km beyond the summit, located alongside the bush edge on the eastern side of the range.

Note: Beeby’s Knob is a highly-exposed alpine environment, so proper preparation and clothing is essential.
Distance: 7.8 km one way to Beeby’s Hut. Time: Allow 7-8 hours. Elevation gain: 800m. Cost: $15 each.

Agenda : Beebys Knob and Hut, Mt. Richmond FP, 19 May 2024

Registration

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Registrations are now closed
Number Registered: 8 , Trip Capacity: 10, Waiting List Space: 3