SHARPS PASS TO CANYON COLLIERY

We are back in the Norse Gods playground! The intention was to descend into the Grose Valley via Sharps Pass discovered by a member of the All Nations Bushwalkers Club. From a distance the cliffs in the Blue Mountains look impassable but I am always amazed at the number of passages that can get you through the cliffs.

After reaching what I privately call Baldr Head, we headed through the pass. Steep is how I would describe it: about 30° rendered challenging by the loose rocks. Eventually the slope “flattened” and we were soon above the Grose River where another challenge awaited us: the vegetation! The Grose Valley has gone feral! Thick regrowth, lawyer vine, tobacco plants and an horrible native bush with sharp thorns … We crossed the Grose and made our way up a ridge that took us to the Canyon Colliery trail.