Maggs Spur 17

[jules_p]

Hello, my friend and I are walking in to Pelion and another friend kindly told us that Maggs will get us to ART without an almost 150m needless output for only a km or so more. (sold!). Does anyone have a GPX file they can share for this? We are heading in Oct. Thank you!

[matagi]

Maggs Track crosses some very sensitive areas, so really should be avoided if possible.

Arm River Track is more hardened and in the last few years they have made the bottom of the track much easier to negotiate. It zig zags up the hill instead of going straight up like it used to, so it's not really that steep or difficult (and I speak as a moderately fit woman in her 60s).

[Tortoise]

The other thing is that last I heard, the Maggs Spur 17 track was becoming overgrown. Now that the steep bit of the ART has been zig-zagged, it's the easiest route in to Pelion. As matagi said, it's not a big deal anymore. Not even for this tortoise.

[north-north-west]

Maggs would be harder work now as hardly anyone ever uses it. Even I can get up past Lake Price in less than an hour with a full pack now the track has been flashed up.

[jules_p]

Well this is all very enlightening and helpful. I wasn't aware of the sensitivities of the area which is significant in not going this way. We are hiking WoJ in the previous days to this so the 'easier' route was appealing until greater understanding on Maggs. Thank you, All.