Mount Amos Track

Mount Amos Track is a 4 km out-and-back from the Wineglass Bay Walking Tracks Car Park to the summit and back. The distance is for the full return walk; the map line here draws the corridor only once. The climb gains about 400 metres in a short distance, and Parks Tasmania rates it Grade 4. Allow three to five hours: the ascent is steep, and the bare rock takes care on the way down. Come for the exposed summit and hands-on climb. If you want the bay with a simpler ascent, take the separate Wineglass Bay Lookout track instead. This suits fit, confident walkers comfortable on steep rock and using their hands. Parks Tasmania says not to attempt Mount Amos in wet conditions.

Start on the shared walking track from the car park, then take the Mount Amos branch shortly after leaving the main access. The first stretch is maintained and signposted before it climbs through open forest on eroded switchbacks. Higher up, the built tread fades and the route crosses bare granite. Painted arrows mark the way, but they can be faded or spaced far apart. Keep track of the next marker and go back to the last one if you lose the line; the easiest-looking slab is not always the route. Some upper pitches are steep enough that hikers use their hands and move on all fours. The summit is open and exposed, with little shelter.

This is the same route both ways, but the descent is not a casual walk back. Smooth slabs that felt manageable while climbing can be harder to control downhill, and many hikers find the return slower. A water seep can leave a section especially slick. Take the downclimb deliberately and leave time to get off the granite before dark. If the rock is damp, skip the climb for another day; the park service advises against walking it in wet conditions.

The broad granite top looks across Wineglass Bay and its crescent beach, over the narrow isthmus to Hazards Beach, and south along the peninsula. Turn north for Honeymoon Bay. The summit gives you a different angle from the separate Wineglass Bay Lookout. For a photo, frame the arc of pale sand with the Hazards behind it, or turn north to include Honeymoon Bay. Late-afternoon light can be lovely here, but keep enough daylight for the exposed descent.

Mount Amos is one of the granite peaks in the Hazards range. That geology shapes the climb: the forest approach gives way to steep, bare slabs, where grip and route markers matter more than pace. From the top, the view also makes the narrow isthmus and the two very different bays easier to read as one stretch of Freycinet's peninsula.

Use the Wineglass Bay / Walking Tracks car park, which serves the lookout and other walks as well as Mount Amos. It can fill on peak-season weekends, so an early start helps. A toilet is listed at the car park; no drinking-water point there was confirmed, and no facilities are reported on the climb. Coles Bay has cafes and restaurants as a separate stop. Freycinet requires a parks pass, and pets are not allowed in Tasmania's national parks; guide dogs are permitted.