Girraween NP - Slip Rock Aerial Approach

An aerial view of the eastern Slip Rock.
Winter 2024 #7c.
From the Pyramids road (880m), I crossed the plains to a water course (a dry channel about two metres deep) below the first slabs. Staying on the right bank and passing through a belt of thick scrub, I ascended to the lowest slabs, and they led up to a large boulder beside a wide rock gully. The boulder and gully are seen at the start of this video. The next slabs lead up naturally from there. A little higher up the scrub becomes thick on the left, but the slabs can be followed on further by keeping right. At the top of the section, large boulders are approached, and the highest section of these rocks is slightly off to the left (970m). This area is forested and has cairns placed on the low slab tops. In the map included in the walking video, I refer to this as the 'Rocky high point'. The Slip rock is visible from here, and an obvious forested saddle is then crossed to reach the next line of approach. The next ascent is a little longer than the first, and crosses mixed scrub and slabs. Open rock can be kept to by weaving up through the section. Eventually we reach the open slabs of the summit area, which are enormous, and they are easily crossed to a highest slab. The highest point (1120m) is in an area of forest off to the north-east, and is a section of giant boulders.