Bradley's Hut to Mount Jagungal
![Bradley's Hut chimney](/_media/ext/walks/jagungal/bradleys-hut-chimney-2x.jpg)
The Jagungal walk started near Round Mountain on the Cabramurra - Khancoban road. Also on that road is Bradley's hut, which is where we camped on the first night.
![Camping at Bradley's Hut](/_media/ext/walks/jagungal/bradleys-hut-2x.jpg)
While the hut would be a godsend in an emergency, it's better to just use it as a convenient windbreak and pitch tents on the lee side. This turned out to be the coldest night of the walk - in order to pack up my tent (on the left) I had to defrost its west side first.
![Walking to Jagungal](/_media/ext/walks/jagungal/jagungal-2-2x.jpg)
The Jagungal area was burnt in 2003, and a lot of the tress (mainly snowgums) now consist of a tangle of dead branches and a flourish of new growth from the base.
![Afternoon in the valley](/_media/ext/walks/jagungal/jagungal-3-2x.jpg)
There's a great campsite on a ridge just east of Derschko's Hut. This view is from a spot a few metres from the campsite.
![Last light on Jagungal #1](/_media/ext/walks/jagungal/jagungal-4-2x.jpg)
Looking east from the campsite in the late afternoon.
![Last light on Jagungal #2](/_media/ext/walks/jagungal/jagungal-6-2x.jpg)
Another view of the setting sun's light on Mount Jagungal.
![Last light on Jagungal #3](/_media/ext/walks/jagungal/jagungal-7-2x.jpg)
The very last rays on Mount Jagungal.
![Up the mountain](/_media/ext/walks/jagungal/jagungal-8-2x.jpg)
Sue and Trevor on the way to the start of the walk up Jagungal. The ascent involves following a track up to the ridge on the south of the mountain, and then following the ridge up to the top.
![Snowgum 1](/_media/ext/walks/jagungal/snowgum-1-2x.jpg)
The elegantly twisted dead branches of a snowgum (Eucalyptus pauciflora), recovering after the 2003 fire. You can see the new growth sprouting from the base.
![Snowgum 2](/_media/ext/walks/jagungal/snowgum-2-2x.jpg)
An unscathed and hardy snowgum on the Jagungal ridge. The conditions here are pretty tough - the tree-line is only a few metres higher.
![Standing stones](/_media/ext/walks/jagungal/jagungal-9-2x.jpg)
Granite boulders near Derschko's Hut.