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Challenger Track
Time
Distance
Climb
Style
1 Hrs 15 mins
3 km
65 m
Return
10.6 km NNE of Terrey Hills
Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park
Track: Moderate
The Challenger Track is a non-eventful track which heads through the heath and some forest to end at a good lookout. Starting at West Head Rd the track follows a ridge out to a rocky outcrop where views over the Hawkesbury River and Broken Bay reveal Patonga and Brooklyn.
Bushwalking can be fun and interesting when you are well prepared. Please ensure you and your group are well prepared and equipped for all possible dangers. The authors, staff and owners of wildwalks take care in preparing these notes but do not accept responsibility for any inconvenience, loss or injury sustained when using these notes. Please take care and feel free to provide feedback through our website. Please note that side trips and alternate routes mentioned in these notes are not included in the tracks overall rating, distance or time estimate. The notes also only describe the side trip and alternate routes in one direction.
Please note: This is a 'return' style walk and therefore these graphs only show the terrain for the first half of the walk (until the turn around point.)
Cross sectional view of the Challenger Track bushwalking track
Analysis and summary of the altitude variation on the Challenger Track bushwalking track
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Int. West Head Rd and Challenger Trk to Challenger Trk Caldasac Track: Moderate - Service Trail
Distance = 1.5 km
Time = 25 mins
Climb = 20 m
Descent = -31 m
From the intersection the track heads past a gate to lead in a westerly direction tending right. The track winds as it undulates for approximately 1km north west. The track then rises as it swings into a shady eucalypt forest and continues north for approximately 300m down the hill to the caldasac.
(1.49 km) Challenger Trk Caldasac to Challenger Trk Lookout Track: Moderate - Bush Track
Distance = 0 km
Time = 1 mins
Climb = 3 m
Descent = -11 m
From the caldasac the track heads north west through the bushes and onto a rock platform overlooking the Hawkesbury River.
A largely untouched wilderness on the northern boundary of Sydney, Ku-ring-gai Chase NP is one of Australia's oldest national parks. Here at the head of the Hawkesbury River, you'll find Aboriginal engravings and sites, as well as sandstone escarpments,
Hiking near Sydney 
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