LARAPINTA WALK BACKWARDS

Compared to NT Parks & Wildlife Notes

Day stages Suggested camping in bold (water info in brackets)	Meals required Food dumps in bold	Map # total distance	km	hrs
Drive to far end of trail and do food dumps (arrange for someone to come with you to drive your car back) Woodland or Ridgetop camping area (or by the creek is closer to water tank)	LT		400 rtn	7.0 incl dumps
1 _ Redbank Gorge carpark to Saddle 1.0 hour _ Saddle to Mt Sonder 3.0 hours Woodland or Ridgetop camping area	BLT	12 16km	16	8.0
2 _ Rocky Bar Gap to Redbank carpark 5.0 hours Rocky Bar Gap (water tank)	BLT	11 29km	10	5.0
3 _ Hilltop Lookout to Rocky Bar Gap 3.0 hours _ Section 10 Junction to Hilltop Lookout 4.0 hours _ Glen Helen to Section 10 Junction 1.0 hour Glen Helen (or camp by Finke River and walk into Glen Helen for water – best to buy water as the borewater is salty)	BLT		18	8.0
4 _ Section 11 Junction to Glen Helen 1.0 hour _ Hilltop Lookout to Section 11 Junction 1.5 hours _ Ormiston Gorge to Hilltop Lookout 3.0 hours Ormiston Gorge (water tank)	BL Ormiston carpark T	10 13km	13	5.5
5 _ Base of Hill to Ormiston carpark 3.5 hours _ Lookout to Base of Hill 2.0 hours _ Waterfall Gorge to Lookout 1.0 hour Waterfall Gorge (pools after rain)	BLT	9 30km 8 20km	15	6.5
6 _ Inarlanga Pass to Waterfall Gorge 5.0 hours _ Serpentine Chalet Dam to Inarlanga Pass 1.0 hour _( Inarlanga Pass to Ochre Pits 1.0 hour _ Ochre Pits to Inarlanga Pass 1.0 hour) Serpentine Chalet Dam (water tank)	BLT		17	6.0
7 _ Counts Point turn-off to Serpentine Chalet Dam 3.0 hours _ Serpentine Gorge carpark to Counts Point turn-off 3.5 hours Serpentine Gorge carpark (pump water)	BLT		13	6.5
8 _ Creek to Serpentine Gorge carpark 2.0 hours _ Trig Point to the Creek 1.5 hours _ Stile to the Trig Point 2.0 hours _ Ellery Creek to the Stile 1.0 hour Ellery Creek (water in gorge, needs filtering)	BL Ellery Creek T	7 14km	14	6.5
9 _ Saddle to Ellery Creek 1.5 hours _ Rocky Gully to Saddle 3.0 hours camp near Rocky gully (water tank)	BLT	6 31km	15	4.5
10 _ Ghost Gum Flat to Rocky Gully 3.0 hours NO WATER! _ Hugh View to Ghost Gum Flat 1.0 hour _ Hugh Gorge to Hugh View 1.5 hours Hugh Gorge (water in gorge, needs filtering)	BLT		16	5.5

11 _ Pocket Valley to Hugh Gorge 1.5 hours _ Hugh Gorge Junction to Pocket Valley 1.0 hour _ Rocky Saddle to Hugh Gorge Junction 2.5 hour _ Creek to Rocky Saddle 1.0 hour Creek (pools after rain)	BLT	5 16km	6	6.0
12 _ Razorback Ridge to the creek 1.0 hour _ Windy Saddle to Razorback Ridge 0.5 hours _ Rocky Talus to Windy Saddle 1.0 hour _ Spencer Gorge to Rocky Talus 3.0 hours _ Birthday Waterhole to Spencer Gorge 2.5 hours Birthday Waterhole (water tank)	BL Birthday Waterhole REQUIRES 4WD & 2hrs T		10	8.0
13 _ Mintbush Spring to Birthday Waterhole 1.5 hours _ Rocky Cleft to Mintbush Spring 2.0 hours _ Brinkley Bluff to Rocky Cleft 2.0 hours Brinkley Bluff (NO WATER)	BLT	4 18km	9	5.5
14 _ Reveal Saddle to Brinkley Bluff 1.5 hours NO WATER! _ Bridle Path Lookout to Reveal Saddle 1.0 hour _ Standley Chasm to Bridle Path Lookout 3.0 hours Standley Chasm (tap water)	BLT		9	5.5
15 _ Angkale Junction to Standley Chasm 1.0 hour _ Millers Flat to Angkale Junction 1.5 hours _ Tangentyere Junction to Millers Flat 2.5 hours (alternative low route1.5 hours) _ Fish Hole to Tangentyere Junction 0.5 hour _ Jay Creek to Fish Hole 0.5 hour Jay Creek (water tank)	BLT	3 14km	14	7.5
16 _ Spring Gap to Jay Creek 2.5 hours _ Mulga Camp to Spring Gap 0.5 hours Mulga Camp (water tank)	BLT	2 25km	12	4.5
17 _ Bond Gap to Mulga Camp 2.0 hours _ Simpsons Gap to Bond Gap 2.5 hours Simpsons Gap (tap water)	BL Simpsons Gap T		12	4.5
18 _ Hat Hill Saddle to Simpson Gap 1.0 hour _ Scorpion Pool to Hat Hill Saddle 1.5 hours _Wallaby Gap to Scorpion Pool 1.5 hours Wallaby Gap (water tank)	BLT	1 24km	12	4.0
19 _ Euro Ridge to Wallaby Gap 1.0 hour _ Geoff Moss Bridge to Euro Ridge 2.5 hours _ Telegraph Station to Geoff Moss Bridge 1.5 hours	BLT		12	5.0

Photo of day 1