"We left car at 10.30 pm. Got to the summit at 5 am in the morning had a few minutes sleep woke up to a bloody good sunrise did a ice bucket challenge started at the descent back down got back to car at 3 pm. Total time hiking was about 13 to 14 hours. " — Angus Christie • May 2, 2025

"Started this hike at 10pm and summited the peak at 5:15am the next morning for a surreal sunrise and view. Descended the peak at 8:30am and arrived back at the car by 3pm. Over 40 kilometres hiked in 13 hours at a total of 17 hours all up. Absolute killer of a hike, to do it in one sitting was exhausting and painful but the outcome was so worth the trouble, and the lost toenail. I would definitely recommend camping 😅" — Mat Brock • May 2, 2025

"15km return hike, took all of 11 hours with lunch and a brief stop at the summit. Climb was pretty intense at some points and summit was, as usual, covered in clouds with only occasional visibility breaks. Best view was from the helipad 500 from the summit. Creek with seemingly drinkable water reaches up to 3.5km from the parking lot, only drank 3L comfortably the whole day. Epic summit scramble, awesome experience, would be stunning on a clear day. " — MacRogers2087 • Sep 25, 2021

"It was a Cold Gorgeous Trek taking 6.5 hour's, probably could've done it a little quicker but was enjoying the scenery and taking picture's.. Amazing walk that everyone should try atleast once.. I will definitely be going back to do it again in the Summer to see the Bloom's and even Winter to see the Snow.." — Geemurdoch • May 9, 2021

"First chance to get back to this beautiful area in the Cradle Mountain National park. Rain ☔️ Rain ☔️ Leeches - more rain - great climb for Aus 🇦🇺 day weekend. Second go after an ambitious attempt in 2 days in Sept 2018 Heavy snow back then meant only one of us summited. This time we were better organised and planned for summer. 4 of us set out on the Saturday after lunch in pouring rain, reaching the new Pelion Hut late evening after multiple stops to get rid of leeches. (Tip: Hand sanitizer works a treat over a cigarette lighter!) Set up tents out on the landing area for campers. Had dinner and slept. Up early on Aus day, left tents and took day packs to summit. Up and back, the small summit marker took a while to find but as soon as we took our pics we were off back to the tent. Dinner in the hut again, sleep. A warmer day for the return back to our cars." — Chefinthecity • Jan 26, 2020