Mt Barney
Logan's Ridge
This ascent involves nice scrambling and fantastic views. There isn't much shade once the first slabs are reached. Logan's is the most popular hard route.
Getting to Logan's Ridge from Yellow Pinch Car Park
From the north end of the carpark(2009), cross the gully and keep heading north west until Logan River is reached and crossed. This may bring you to a gate otherwise you will need to climb through a barbed wire fence. A large paddock is then followed north to north west towards a small gully at the end of the paddock. Head up the west side of the gulley where there should be a walkers pad through lantana and follow this track to the top of the hill. Follow the national park access road through 2 gates and a few minutes after the second gate the road crosses a gully and then turns east at the next ridge. At this point follow the walking track towards East Peak. This is Logan's Ridge.
Logan's Ridge
When rock is first encountered as parallel slabs, ascent is nicest on the north side but is more exposed than following the main route which is obvious and worn and heads further south. Above these slabs and a bit further on the main ridge seems impossible to access. When you reach (see the picture) the point where this crack is visible on your left:
the trick is to get your left hand wedged in the crack near the top of the triangular bolder in the crack. Then stand up on the chock rocks in the crack. Use your right hand now to reach over the top rock in the crack and then get your other hand over this as well and pull yourself over.
After ascending for 5 minutes after the first crux the top of the ridge is reached at a great view point suitable for a food break. This is below what I call the second crux of Logan.
I have drawn a pink arrow to indicate the tree that is necessary to assist the ascent. Scramble up diagonally South West to reach the tree in the crack. The tree can be used to step over the ledge to the easiest crack which is south 1m from the main crack. If you use the easier crack you will have to move back across where there are handholds and footholds back to the main crack. The best scrambling of Logan's is from this point and there are several variants. The safest route is south of the main ridge but for a good scramble it is nice to stick to the main ridge where safe holds can be found all the way up but you have to tolerate exposure.
The ridgeline meets another ridge and the route meets a slippery steep ascent that is best avoided. Step out north onto rocks and scramble up into the main small saddle between the ridges. If the day is hot this is always the best place to find shade on Logan's Ridge. From this point, cross the gully and when it is possible (and easy) to ascend to the south on large juggy rock then this is the best way up to make the main ridge again. The ridge is flat for a little while and then ascends nicely up a crack on the right.
This is an easy chimney move pushing with your feet against the rock on the left and the rock on the top right of the picture is used to pull up and over this section. 
In the last 100 m of ascent, and the last of any challenge is to locate the safest ascent route as indicated in the last of the photos on this page:
Other routes are generally not as safe. Go up the eroded gully and then ascend the rocky arete on the left where the ledge (that people are standing on in the photo) gives easy access.
I hope this guide is useful and if the page can be improved please email me at
David Haliczer: [email protected]