Over the past two years I have tried on four occasions to reach the Mt Cargill Summit via Bethines Gully. For a variety of reasons I have had to turn back. It is an eight kilometre return walk climbing to around 630 metres. The various websites state the walk will take 3-4 hrs.
My friend Danny Knudson and I did the return trip in 2hrs 30 mins. It was a frosty day when we started from the Bethunes Gully carpark at 9.45am but the sun was out and conditions were perfect for walking.
We followed the Lindsay Creek and later crossed a bridge over it. We walked through a pine plantation and then a native bush area. We ascended to a gully with a small waterfall. We then came to a small loop track with a view of Mt Cargill. We continued to follow the uphill track to Mt Cargill. Our track meets another track that goes to the Organ Pipes. We met the AH Reed track to the summit. We paused to look at a plane table.
The views of Dunedin were striking.
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