Rocky Bar Gap

The trail to Rocky Bar Gap, along Section 11 of the Larapinta Trail, descends from Hilltop Lookout on the northern side then winds across low spinifex hills and mulga woodland before arriving at this shady location.

The trail passes south through Rocky Bar Gap before heading west along the foot of Mt Sonder. Approximately 5 kilometres from Rocky Bar Gap, the trail passes through relatively dense mulga and mallee vegetation and as you exit the woodlands, you can look over the tree tops to the north-east.

At various points along the way you may see the distinctive knobbly black rock, this rock is part of a fossil soil, the remains of an iron oxide capping formed on the land surface millions of year ago when the climate in this area was tropical.