AAWT Day 37: Ropers Hut – Cope Hut

Описание: 🥾 Day 37: Ropers Hut – Cope Hut
Alpine National Park, VICTORIA | Waywurru and Dhudhuroa Country

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🎯 What You’ll Discover:
Traverse the breezy, blue-skied Bogong High Plains in a rare easy-going day on the AAWT. Enjoy fast, relatively flat walking past historic huts and open vistas, navigating long stretches beside aqueducts and classic snow gum woodlands. Experience the biting wind and the relief of sunshine, inspect the famously rustic Wallaces Hut, top up on solar power, and reconnect with hikers at Cope Hut—one of the most comfortable and well-sited huts on the plateau.

⏰ TIMESTAMPS:
• 00:00 Post-rain, cold sunrise and solar charging at Ropers Hut
• 01:00 Leisurely trail start at 9:30am, winter layers on
• 02:45 Fast hiking on flat, clear AAWT and aqueduct tracks
• 05:00 Lunch amid the high plains wind, warm-up layers maintained
• 07:30 500m detour and tour of Wallaces Hut; historic hut inspection
• 09:30 Arrival at Cope Hut, food drop, greeting fellow hiker
• 10:00 Afternoon relaxation and hut routines

📍 TRAIL INFO:
• Route: Ropers Hut → AAWT → Big River Fire Trail → Warby Corner → Mount Nelse North (1885m) → Mount Nelse (1882m) → Heathy Spur → Watchbed Creek → Bogong High Plains Road → Langford Gap → Langford Aqueduct Road → Wallaces Hut → Bogong Rover Chalet → Cope Hut Track → Cope Hut
• Terrain: Subalpine plains, lightly undulating trails, snow gum woodland, aqueduct alignment, high exposure to wind
• Water: Carry for the first half; top-up from the aqueduct or creeks after lunch
• Navigation: Clear signage, straightforward track junctions; optional Wallaces Hut detour

🎒 GEAR FEATURED:
• Goretex shell or robust windproof jacket
• Multiple winter layers for high plains exposure
• Solar panel for power in blue sky weather
• Sturdy daypack for fast, light hiking
• Phone (Telstra/Optus reception available near Falls Creek)
• Water bottles for remote stretches; purification as needed

Summary
A much-needed “cruiser” day across the high country, mixing fast walking, easy navigation, persistent cold wind, and classic Victorian huts. Highlights include grand vistas, hands-on hut inspection, effortless phone coverage, and socializing at the well-maintained Cope Hut. Perfect mid-trek recharge before returning to more variable and demanding terrain.