Waterfall Gully Trail Run

Waterfall Gully Trail Runs
20th November 2011

SARRC annual Xmas celebration picnic in the park. Meet at 7.15am for a 7.30am start at the Burnside Swimming Pool carpark in Hazelwood Park  Howard Terrace

No Entry Fee but bring your own chairs, food, drinks etc for a picnic in the park after the run. 

There are three routes to choose from to get you to Mt Lofty.

 All the runs start at Hazelwood Park and follow Waterfall Gully Road to Chambers Gully (2.43km). Turn left and follow the track for 1.10km to a gate. This is where the courses separate.

The Long Ridge course follows the track up the hill just before the gate. This joins the Long Ridge Track at the top climb.  A short detour to the left gives you views Adelaide from Sugar Loaf Hill.

Continue up Long Ridge past the start of the Winter Track on the right.  (Those wanting a short run can follow this track down to Waterfall Gully Road and back to the Park). Continue on past the junction with the Bartril Spur Road, through a gate and then through another gate and onto the Cleland Wild Life Park access road. Follow the road up to Yeatman Lodge, turn right then left up the Gurra Track, then right Nangare Track to the Waterfall Gully Trail, then left, crossing the Mt Lofty Summit Road and up to the Summit. Total Distance to summit 8.72km.

The Bartril Spur and Wine Shanty Tracks follow the track through the gate for 0.72km to a path intersection.

The Bartril Spur Track continues straight and meets the Long Ridge Track after a further 3.47km. Follow the Long Ridge Course up to the summit. Total distance to summit 9.86km

The Wine Shanty Track course turns left at the intersection and follows the Chambers Gully Track up to Greenhill Road at Yarrabee and then along the Wine Shanty Track for several kilometres following the Yurrebilla Trail markers after the junction with the Pillbox Track. The course turns left up Lodge Track to Yeatman Lodge continues to the summit along the Long Ridge course. Total distance to summit 11.73km.

For the return trip follow the Waterfall Gully Track (also known as the Mt Lofty Track) down to the Waterfall Gully Kiosk and then along Waterfall Gully Road to Hazelwood Park. Return distance 8.66km

Take your own water for the run.  There will be water available at Mt Lofty for your return trip.  There will a form for recording your times taken to get to the top.

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Doug Smart's race report