Wellllllll what they didn't tell us was....
Online this hike was described as:
1. "Slightly less than vertical"
2. "rough and uneven"
3. "steap and possible unstable in sections"
Sooo prior to the hike we believed we would be taking a causal walk up the mountain. How wrong was that?!? Sooo we started the hike which was just fine until we found the "slightly less than vertical" part... which was about 3/4 of the hike...WOW.
It was INSANE! We had to basically climb on all fours through rocks, trees and dirt. It was exhausting and made "rough and uneven" sound like an understatement. I definately felt the burn in calf muscles and thought I was going to break my ankle, but we survived.
About half way up the "steap and possible unstable sections" we found some volcanic caves that you could climb into. It was really cool to see the bubbles left behind after the lava had dried. Once we got to the top of the mountain (which practically killed half the students) you have a beautiful 360 degree view of the rest of the Glass House Mountains and the patchwork of cultivation fields, bushlands and pine forests.
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