Mount Trickett

Mount Trickett
Mount Trickett under snow, 14 June 2007
Elevation	1,362 m (4,469 ft) AHD
Location
Location	New South Wales, Australia
Range	Great Dividing Range, NSW
Coordinates	33°50′36.19″S 149°58′15.98″E
Climbing
Easiest route	drive

Mount Trickett is a mountain located on the Great Dividing Range six kilometres west of Jenolan Caves and can be seen from the nearby Jenolan-Oberon Road. The 'summit' or the area generally known as Mount Trickett is topped by a high tower, and stands over 500 metres above Jenolan Caves in the valley below. The tower location (around 1349m and called "The Porcupine") is not actually Mount Trickett or indeed the highest point. The true location of Mount Trickett is approximately 800 metres further west along Edith road where it reaches an altitude of 1362 metres.

Snowfalls are relatively common on Mount Trickett from autumn through to spring with perhaps ten to fifteen falls per season. Five or six of these snowfalls are typically heavy enough to close the roads near the summit. Icy roads during the colder months can also make travel in the area hazardous although it is usually navigable by 2WD vehicles. Particularly strong cold outbreaks make an approach from the Jenolan Caves side quite risky and the Oberon road is preferred. There is a non-descript gravel turnoff that leads you to a brick building at the summit with a sign that says "Navigational Facility".

Mount Trickett may have been named after Oliver Trickett, as he visited Jenolan Caves and was a surveyor for the NSW Department of Lands. There are no survey control marks (including trigonometrical stations) located at the summit of Mount Trickett.

As with nearby Mount Bindo and Shooters Hill, this is a common spot for 'snow chasers' to look for snow when coming in from Sydney and the Blue Mountains.

External links

• Relief maps of the area - Provided by NSW Central Ranges Weather - see link below
• NSW Central Ranges Weather - Local site with weather information and maps etc for the Oberon Plateau area
• Blackheath Weather - Another site with snow and general weather information for the area