Mount Amos

How to get there

1. Walking Tracks Car Park — sealed access, Parks Pass, toilets and water at the trailhead. Same start as the lookout and the circuit.
2. Check the sky before you leave Coles Bay. A shower that would only make the lookout “slick” makes Amos a no-go.
3. If the rock is already wet at the first slab, turn around. The lookout platforms are still there.
4. Do not start this walk after 2pm. The descent on granite is slower than the map implies.

How to do it (step by step)

1. Follow the signed Mount Amos track from the shared car park. The walk becomes steep rock slabs and scrambling. Use hands. Do not climb wet slabs.
2. Stay on the signed line. Cutting corners on granite is how people get cliffed out.
3. Summit views take in Wineglass Bay and The Hazards. The summit is exposed — weather changes fast.
4. Descend the same way. Knees and slick rock hit harder on the way down.

What to expect

Official-style planning figures: 3.6 km return, about 3 hours, Grade 4. The distance is short. The rock is not. You scramble on steep granite slabs. The view is the widest Wineglass panorama most visitors will ever earn.

This is not the lookout. Groups who “did Wineglass yesterday so Amos should be fine” are the ones who get stuck on wet slabs.

Wet rock is a hard no

Mount Amos is extremely dangerous when wet. Do not attempt if the rock is wet or likely to become wet. Turn around at the first slick slab.

Experienced, fit walkers only. Not for young children or older walkers who need formed steps. Exposed summit, changeable weather.

Logistics

Same car park as every other core walk. Parks Pass. Carry water — there is none on the mountain. Allow the full three hours even if you are fit; slabs slow everyone.

If you came for “the view” and the rock is wet, the lookout platforms still exist. Use them.

What not to stack

Do not treat Amos as a second lookout after the saddle. Do not start it after the 11 km circuit. Do not start it if rain is forecast or the slabs are dark and wet.

If anyone in the group needs formed steps, this is the wrong walk. Cape Tourville and the lookout exist so you can still have a Freycinet day.

Map (orientation)

Pin may be approximate. Confirm trailheads, parking and track status on Parks Tasmania before you drive.

Extra tips

• Dry rock only. If it rained overnight or rain is likely, walk the lookout or Cape Tourville instead.
• Do not combine Amos and the Hazards Circuit on a first Freycinet day.
• Carry 2 L of water. There is none on the mountain.
• Grip shoes that you will actually climb in — not fashion sneakers.
• Wet-weather article on this site if you are deciding the night before.