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Walked from the Springs to the summit via Ice House track and returned by bus.
We have walked a lot around Lamington and Sunshine Coast hinterland. We’re a little out of practice and this took us by surprise. I’m now 60 and my wife 56. Both fit and active.

In summary a fantastic hike. Strava reckoned it was 6.3km from the springs to the summit. 2h 9m moving, add a few rest stops.

Weather was perfect. No rain for a few days, sunshine 21C.

The tracks are not always easy to find. There’s an open section at around 2 to 3km where you keep going in the same direction through a boulder field aiming for the saddle in the hill and the path reforms.

You head right after a long climb and it’s then not so steep.
Highly recommend good boots with grippy soles and ankle support, the whole walk is stepping from rock to rock.

In summary, be fit, be prepared, lots of info on the mountain on what to take with you, all good advice.

The bottom line is this is the most challenging and enjoyable walk we’ve done in years

David on 29 Jan, 2024

Walked from the Springs to the summit via Ice House track and returned by bus.
We have walked a lot around Lamington and Sunshine Coast hinterland. We’re a little out of practice and this took us by surprise. I’m now 60 and my wife 56. Both fit and active.

In summary a fantastic hike. Strava reckoned it was 6.3km from the springs to the summit. 2h 9m moving, add a few rest stops.

Weather was perfect. No rain for a few days, sunshine 21C.

The tracks are not always easy to find. There’s an open section at around 2 to 3km where you keep going in the same direction through a boulder field aiming for the saddle in the hill and the path reforms.

You head right after a long climb and it’s then not so steep.
Highly recommend good boots with grippy soles and ankle support, the whole walk is stepping from rock to rock.

In summary, be fit, be prepared, lots of info on the mountain on what to take with you, all good advice.

The bottom line is this is the most challenging and enjoyable walk we’ve done in years

David on 29 Jan, 2024

Great walk. Experienced all 3 seasons so recommend being prepared and taking some extra layers of clothing.
No drinking water stations so make sure you have enough. Plenty of spots to sit and enjoy the view

BrettG on 18 Aug, 2023

Quite easily transited until the last 150 meters (actual height but takes 500 meters to walk), then the mountain breaks loose and any misconceptions I had rapidly disappeared as we came into snow, slippery conditions and 95kph winds, perfect for blasting your face off. It was a great walk… loved it!

Kelvin on 7 Sep, 2021

Made it to the Mt Wellington summit - started at Fern Tree and walked along the Fern Glade Track, Radford’s Track, Pinnacle Track then Zig-Zag Track to the summit and return. A total of 12.5km. There are so many walking Track options in Wellington Park. This return trip we did was challenging and our GPS devices tell us we climbed 188 flights of stairs. Amazing views from the top but the flora and fauna on the way up was even better! The fern trees at the start were incredible!

S K on 16 Dec, 2019

Made it to the Mt Wellington summit - started at Fern Tree and walked along the Fern Glade Track, Radford’s Track, Pinnacle Track then Zig-Zag Track to the summit and return. A total of 12.5km. There are so many walking Track options in Wellington Park. We climbed 188 flights of stairs. Amazing views from the top but the flora and fauna on the way up was even better! The fern trees at the start were incredible!

Anoogle on 16 Dec, 2019

This was an interesting walk and a little challenging in places due to steps and more steps to climb up. We went up the Ice House track and then returned via the Zigzag track.

Brian on 28 Jul, 2019

Brilliant walk if weather is perfect. Watch out for changing weather and pack warmly for unexpected changes in temperature.

Glang on 5 Jul, 2019

I've done this walk multiple times and I agree with other comments - it's better done up the reverse direction i.e. UP the Ice house track, and DOWN the zig zag track. This is partially due to the slightly easier gradient on the Ice house Track, but also due to navigational concerns when on top - going down the ice house track there's the potential challenges particularly locating the turn-off if you miss it. But going UP via the ice house track, the communications tower is a handy navigational aid in snow/poor weather and if you lost the track but simply followed a rough compass bearing, you would eventually hit the road.

In my opinion it's THE walk to do on Mt. Wellington, followed by Collins Cap and Cathederal Rock

My time for the circuit is typically around the 3 hour mark. If you're on public transport, you can walk from the bus stop at the Fern Tree Tavern which adds an hour to the return journey. There are a number of tracks to choose from though last time I went (April 2019) middle track was closed for maintenance

Michael on 9 May, 2019

I did the walk in reverse and went up the Icehouse trail. found the walk very easy and enjoyed the view from the top as I had the whole Mountain to myself. Didn't see another climber till half way down. Again well worth the cliomb

StuB on 12 Apr, 2019

This is a tough walk staring with a 650 metre climb up the face of Wellington then across the boulder field at the top and down the icehouse trail. Anyone who says its easy probably hasn't come back down the icehouse trail, its a continuous trail of head sized boulders and is very tricky to negotiate. If its icy at the top, and it was when we did it, it is rather treacherous as well so make sure you have poles or are used to traversing iced patches or ground. On the zig zag its scary to say the least. Temperature was down around 1°C at the top and we needed our gloves. The whole walk took us just over 4 hours with a few stops for pics and nibbles. We were real chuffed to finish that walk but our legs sure knew it.

Rod Randall on 1 Aug, 2017

Did it as a part of my run from Hobart center. the part from The Springs and back took me 2.5h with some hanging out at the top for pictures and snacks. Relatively easy and relaxing trails with awesome views .

Marcin Piotrowski on 3 Apr, 2017

Can't get much more scenic than this. A relaxing hike with plenty of chances for memorable photos. Freezing at the top on a clear day.

Anonymous on 4 Apr, 2016