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Mount Bartle Frere
| Elevation (feet): | 5321 |
|---|---|
| Elevation (meters): | 1622 |
| Continent: | Australia/Oceania |
| Country: | Australia |
| Range/Region: | Great Dividing Range |
| SubRange: | Cape York Ranges |
| Latitude: | -17.3833 |
| Longitude: | 145.817 |
| Difficulty: | Scramble |
| Best months for climbing: | July, August, September, October |
| Convenient Center: | Babinda, Innisfail, Atherton |
| Nearest major airport: | Cairns |
Submitted by Reg King using Add-a-Peak.
Description
The highest mountain in Queensland, Australia. It's about 50km south of Cairns and climbing it is more of a challenging bush walk than a mountain climb. Listing the mountain here is more for completeness of information about Australia's highest peak than mountain climbing challenges. There appear to be 2 different appraoches to climbing Bartle Frere. One is a 15km, 1 to 2 day bush walk accessed from Butcher's Creek near Atherton, the other a 6km walk from Josephine Falls near Babinda.
Web searches using the phrase Bartle Frere and mount or mt will return lots of information about getting to the summit.
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