Nestled in the heart of the Snowy Mountains at the foot of the Main Range you'll find BASECAMP Cafe located at the Guthega Mountain Centre. With commanding alpine views over the Guthega Dam of the Main Range & the Snowy River this is the perfect spot to start your alpine walk. Boasting excellent access onto the Main Range & many nearby walks the BASECAMP Cafe places you ideally to a range of excellent walks in the alpine & the sub alpine. Come up stairs & fuel up with a variety of breaky menu choices & great coffee or finish your day with cool brews & alpine views. Or just come on up for a meal & take in the mountain ambience with an everpresent 360 degree alpine view.

 

Walks from Guthega

Guthega to Charlotte Pass: This walk is day 1 of the new

4 day / 56km Snowies Alpine Walk.

• Start & finish BASECAMP Cafe

• 9km / 3hrs one way

• 18km / 6hrs return

• Formed trail

  • Steel ramp, gravel & rock paved

  • Follow signage, map recommended

Hot Tip: This walk can be done in various versions

• Park at either end & car shuttle back to start point

• Split the group into two & start either end swapping

     the car keys as you pass each other by

• Do the entire walk there & back

 

Illawong Track: Follows the first part of the Guthega

to Charlotte Pass walk

• Start & finish BASECAMP Cafe

• 6km / 2hrs return

• Formed trail

  • Steel ramp, gravel & rock paved

  • Follow signage, map recommended

 

Guthega Trig Walk: For more advanced bushwalkers

• Start & finish BASECAMP Cafe

• 6km / 3hrs

• Foot pad

  • No signage

  • Map highly recommended

  • More arduous

   

Guthega Spillway: Stand on the spillway of the first & highest dam of the Snowy Hydro System & look up the Snowy River toward Mt Kosciuszko & down stream towards Jindabyne!

• Start & finish BASECAMP Cafe

• 1.5km / 30mins

• Gravel road

 

Walks from Guthega Power Station

Guthega Power Station is the highest Power Station in the Snowy Hydro System located at the confluence of the Snowy River & Munyang River. Easily located 500m off the Guthega Rd it's only 6km from BASECAMP Cafe. From here you can visit historical functioning huts in the subalpine area of the Whites River Corridor with parking at the Guthega Power Station Car Park. This area is behind locked gates & closed to vehicular access but open to walkers. There is a network of huts further on into the northern areas of the Kosciuszko National but consider how far you go regarding turn around times for a day walk! There are alternate routes to the huts along aquaduct tracks but refer to a map for these or else just stick to the main route. Know that the bridge at the bottom of the Disappointment aquaduct track is no longer there which makes for a difficult crossing/rock hop if the river is up!

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Horsecamp Hut:

• Start & finish at Guthega Power Station Car Park

• 8km return / 4hrs

  • steep uphill start for 1.5km

• 4WD track

  • Follow signage, map recommended

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Whites River Hut:

• Start & finish at Guthega Power Station Car Park

• 16km return / 8hrs

  • steep uphill start for 1.5km

• 4WD track

  • Follow signage, map recommended

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Hikers Lunches

Hikers lunches are available at BASECAMP Cafe daily: toasted panninis, bananna bread, muffins, chocolate bars & drinks.

 

What ever you choose Easter is the best time of the year to walk with azure blue skies, clear nights & early morning frosts. Regardless of the forecast you are in the mountains so please have the correct gear for any season; better to have it & not used it than not having it when you needed it! Looking forward to seeing you at BASECAMP Cafe.

 

Note:

• This information doesn't include time for breaks & is based on an average walking speed

• In this article a formed trail is one that has a specially prepared walking surface & a track is naturally occuring & hasn't had any formal works

• It is highly recommended that all walkers have a map & essential items at all times, particularly those off formed trails whether it is on a track, footpad or completely off-track ; maps are available at BASECAMP Cafe

• When walking off track the NPWS recommends dispersed walking!

• ​Always check the weather & have food, water & the correct equipment​