Mount Ossa
- Easiest route
- 12.3 km+1,114 m · about 5 h · T3
- Tonight
- 2°CSleet · Wind 14 km/h NW
Mount Ossa is a 1,617 m (5,305 ft) mountain in the Pelion Range, Tasmania, Australia.
All facts
- Elevation
- 1,617 m · 5,305 ft
- Prominence
- 1,617 m · 5,305 ft
- Range
- Pelion Range
- Region
- Tasmania, Australia
- Protected area
- Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park
- Spanish name
- Montaña Ossa
- Coordinates
- 41.8713° S, 146.0335° E
How to get to the top of Mount Ossa
The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
From Reg Wadley Memorial Hut (hut)
- Distance
- 12.3 kmone way
- Climb
- +1,114 m−114 m (3,655 ft up)
- Time up
- about 5 h
- Difficulty
- T3Demanding: exposed spots, some easy scrambling
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Mount Ossa 3D map
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Mount Ossa terrain and contours
50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one, from Reg Wadley Memorial Hut. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Mount Ossa weather
Today · Sleet at night · 2 / 11°C (36 / 52°F) · 9.7 mm · Wind 14 km/h NW
Mount Ossa forecast for the summit, about 1,617 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 605 m.
- Today2°11°9.7 mm14 km/h NWBase 9 / 18°
- Sun-4°3°8.2 mm16 km/h WBase 2 / 9°
- Mon-4°0°6.8 mm23 km/h SWBase 2 / 6°
- Tue-1°-1°7.4 mm18 km/h WBase 5 / 6°
- Wed0°2°6.6 mm19 km/h WBase 7 / 8°
- Thu-2°7°0.1 mm16 km/h WBase 4 / 14°
- Fri4°6°3.0 mm14 km/h NWBase 10 / 13°
- Sat-2°5°8.0 mm21 km/h SWBase 4 / 11°
- Sun-5°6°–16 km/h SBase 3 / 12°
- Mon-2°8°–14 km/h NBase 5 / 13°
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.
Camping & parking near Mount Ossa
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Mount Ossa, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
Kia Ora Hut Group Camping Platform
Nearest hut
Kia Ora Hut
All mapped places 6
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Kia Ora Hut Group Camping PlatformCampsite | 4.6 km ESE |
| Kia Ora Hut Public Camping PlatformCampsite | 4.6 km ESE |
| Kia Ora Hut Public Camping PlatformCampsite | 4.6 km ESE |
| Kia Ora HutHut | 4.6 km ESE |
| New Pelion HutHut | 4.8 km NNE |
| Reg Wadley Memorial HutHut | 6.6 km ENE |
How steep is the route to Mount Ossa?
The easiest mapped route, 12.3 km from 605 m to 1,617 m. Steepest stretch: 32°.
- 0–15°11.4 km
- 15–30°0.8 km
- 30–45°0.1 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 130 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 5.2 km, measured from the Mount Ossa summit.
Summit list 7
- 1Mount Doris1,340 m 1.3 km ENE
- 2Paddys Nut1,382 m 2.6 km NW
- 3Mount Thetis1,482 m 3.0 km WNW
- 4Mount Pelion East1,461 m 3.2 km ENE
- 5Mount Massif1,514 m 4.6 km SSE
- 6Mount Achilles1,363 m 4.8 km WNW
- 7Mount Hyperion1,480 m 4.9 km S
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 5.2 km; 242 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Rufous-bellied Pademelon31
- Mountain Rocket31
- Scoparia30
- Pandani29
- Red-necked Wallaby25
- Beech orange22
Where Mount Ossa sits
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Mount Ossa downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,610 m at the summit; the official height is 1,617 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 1,617 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 1,610 m | -7 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 1,599 m | -18 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-02-20)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Accuracy comparison, Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia