Black Gully - Blue Mountains

From the DOC sign in the reserve take the trail to the right into the bush and over the small bridge.

At the first sign take the straight ahead option for Black Gully Trail Loop. From there it is steady climbing, a few flat bits. You will descend to a stream crossing, look to the left and you will see the orange triangles about 30 - 40 metres downstream. Either cross there or pick your way along the bank or head down the stream... up to you.

After that it is just climb and climb, following the ubiquitous orange triangles ever upward. Eventually you will get up above the treeline at about the 4km mark and a short climb on a poled route to the trail intersection and DOC sign. This sign says 1km to Black Gully Track and points right... going right is correct, but it will be 1.5 to 2km until you come to the next DOC sign.

This stretch is swampy in places and you will probably get wet feet. When you reach the next sign at first you will see it says nothing about Black Gully Track... until you check the back. There it says head right and 2km ....once more they fib, it's about 3km to the carpark.

Be careful navigating the tussock above the treeline as some of the poles have fallen over, but the trail is pretty easy to follow. Once back in the trees the downhillers amongst you will thrive, about 80% of the downhill is open and runnable... enjoy!