AAWT Food Drop 7

Location: COPE HUT

Waypoint: “FD7 – Cope Hut

Container Placed: 29/4/2025           Collected: 8/5/2025           Container Retrieved: 3/6/2025

Description: Bright – Bogong High Plains Rd (HEMA Sealed Arterial Rd) – ~500m walk to “Cope Hut”.    [73km 80 minutes]

Road Closures and Warnings:

The Drive In: Super easy drive from Bright along the sealed Bogong High Plains Road. A 2.5-hour drive from Bright. The large car park is located off the side of the road. Cope Hut is a 500m walk along the track.

Total distance: 72.34 km
Max elevation: 0 m
Total climbing: 0 m
Total descent: 0 m
Average speed: 55.83 km/h
Total time: 01:17:23
Download file: FD7-Bright_Cope_Hut.gpx

The Walk to the Food Drop Location: Walk down the walking track towards Cope Hut for 60m. Turn left off the track at the 4th snow pole from the road. Walk downhill 20m.

The AAWT goes past Cope Hut.

The Food Drop: Two tubs have been hidden inside the middle of the largest patch of thick heath in the area.

The thick bushes

The gps coordinates

The Closest Water and Camping: By foot, along the AAWT, campsite 60m away from Cope Hut.

Guaranteed water in the Landford West aqueduct 500m down the gully.

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