Last Updated: 22nd Oct 2025
Fortress Creek Falls
Last Updated: 22nd Oct 2025
Open
Grunt Factor: 16 ?
Gnarl Factor: 27 ?
9.3km
555m
540m
Last Updated: 22nd Oct 2025
Last Updated: 22nd Oct 2025
Open
Grunt Factor: 16 ?
Gnarl Factor: 27 ?
9.3km
555m
540m
Front country - easily accessible
Out and Back
Undulating, small hills only
Native bush
Riverside
Open ridges/tops
Desert
Easy Single Track
Technical Single Track
Average Uphill Gradient: +12.00%
Average Downhill Gradient: -11.70%
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1:30
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1:00
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Perfect for the summer so you can have a swim at the halfway point!
From Mount Hay Road Carpark, start on Fortress Ridge Track. Take a right at the first fork, and continue down until the the next fork. The next fork, where you take a right, will take you steeply downhill to the river. The second fork can be a little bit hard to find as it is not well marked. If you miss it, the trail you are on comes to a natural end with a large rock cliff and if you make it to this cliff-ending, you are only 50-100m away from the fork you missed.
Nil
9 km
17 minutes
Unknown
No
Easy.
Patchy.
Whistle, First aid kit, Extra food for emergencies, Cellphone, Map, Snake bandage
Fresh water river at halfway, but a popular swimming spot so wouldn't count on it for drinking.
Snakes, spiders, lizards, and lots of flies in the summer!
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