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About Acropolis:

All the literature I’ve read about climbing big walls in Tasmania almost always required an approach of epic proportions. Days spent waking through mud, the only climbing involving climbing the walls of a smelly crammed hut as you wait for the weather to clear. Fortunately, there’s a middle ground. Welcome to the Acropolis. It’s been said that the number of climbers who have ever climbed in the Acropolis is outnumbered buy the number of climbers you can meet on any given weekend at the Arapalies. During a visit to the area in February 2004 I would say that’s most defiantly true. Resources for climbing in the Acropolis are limited mostly to vague route descriptions in out of print guide books. Here you’ll now find the most information you’ll hope to find anywhere on one of the areas best routs. (And from a Canadian no less) Hope you enjoy it.
Nearest town or city: Launceston
Directions: Once you’ve arrived in Tasmania steal the nearest car, bus, or bicycle and get your self Lake St Clair located at the south end of the Overland track. Once there you can hire a boat to drop you off at the north end of the lake, saving you self a 17 km of walking. Off the boat, you then walk north for about a 1 hour, until you reach the Pine Valley trail. From there it’s you walk another 2 hours west to reach the Pine Valley hut. . From the Pine Valley Hut, it is a 3-5 hour hike to the summit of the Acropolis 1471m. walk past the signs of the hut, follow the track north past Cephissus Falls. A scramble leads through the upper bluffs onto the flat summit For a fit climber you should be able to reach the base of the routes on the Acropolis in about 2 hours.
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Quantity of Climbs: Lifetime

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