A Tasmanian bushwalking guide has described the area in which a father and son have gone missing in the South West Wilderness Area as one of the state’s most treacherous.
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The 41-year-old Hobart man and his 13-year-old son were camping near Lake Pedder last week when they decided to walk the Western Arthurs traverse.
They were due back on Monday.
A large-scale police and emergency service search with air assistance entered its third day on Thursday.
Bushwalking guide Wes Moule, who has much experience in reaching Tasmania’s most hard-to-reach places as a food and supplies dropper, said the entire walk took about seven days.
He said it was not one for the inexperienced.
Mr Moule said the walk featured broad buttongrass plains, suspended lakes and deep ravines.
“It is the most rugged trip that you could do in Tassie,” he said.
“If the weather turns, it is a brutal place.
“It’s not a place to be messed with. The Overland Track is a walk in the park compared to Arthurs.”
The area claimed the life of famous Tasmanian wilderness photographer Peter Dombrovskis who died near Mount Hayes on his final photo shoot in 1996.
