Mount Mitchell and Mount Cordeaux Walks, Cunninghams Gap

Cunninghams Gap passes between Mount Mitchell and Mount Cordeaux and both offer awesome walks to scale them. The tracks leave from the carpark on the Cunningham Highway right at the top of the gap. Either mountain can be ascended by following a graded trail for an hour or three depending on your fitness. You won't be scrambling, let alone needing ropes, but you will be going uphill, there will be steps and you are in a wilderness area so don’t fall off a cliff! The view from both mountains is spectacular, both eastward where the highway winds down the range towards the coast, and west where the range extends into the farmlands of the interior. The trails have numerous vantage points and pass through forests varying from eucalypt and rainforest to semi alpine at the peaks. The Mount Cordeaux trail can be easily extended for an hour by walking out to Bare Rock for great views along the escarpment. Allow three-four hours to walk up and return to the carpark for either mountain.