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title: "Western Arthurs or Frenchmans Cap fully registered? How to still get a spot"
short_title: "Tassie wild walks booked out"
subtitle: "Tasmania's remote walks cap how many set out each day. Cancellations reopen the moment someone drops."
description: "The Western Arthurs, Frenchmans Cap and Tasmania's other wilderness walks cap daily numbers and fill up. Here is why, and how to catch a cancellation."
published: "2026-07-02"
image: "/images/guide-tasmania-wilderness-walks-booked-out.png"
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locations: ["western-arthurs", "frenchmans-cap", "federation-peak", "eastern-arthurs", "mount-anne", "lake-rhona", "walls-of-jerusalem"]
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## Tasmania's capped wild walks

Tasmania's great wilderness routes are not free-for-alls anymore. The most
sought-after ones now run through Parks and Wildlife's online walker
registration, and each has a hard limit on how many people can set out each
day. Registering is free, though you still need a Tasmania Parks Pass to enter
the park, and places can be booked up to a year ahead.

| Walk | Where | Walkers per day |
|---|---|---|
| [Western Arthurs](/locations/western-arthurs) | Southwest National Park | 12 |
| [Frenchmans Cap](/locations/frenchmans-cap) | Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers | 18 |
| [Federation Peak](/locations/federation-peak) (via Farmhouse Creek) | Southwest National Park | 6 |
| [Eastern Arthurs](/locations/eastern-arthurs) | Southwest National Park | 6 |
| [Mount Anne](/locations/mount-anne) | Southwest National Park | 12 |
| [Lake Rhona](/locations/lake-rhona) | Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers | 20 |
| [Walls of Jerusalem](/locations/walls-of-jerusalem) | Walls of Jerusalem N.P. | 36 |

The caps are not there to be difficult. They reflect how little room there is
at the campsites and tent platforms out on these ranges, which is also why a
popular fine-weather window fills so quickly.

## Why a free registration still fills up

When a daily limit is six people, as it is on
[Federation Peak](/locations/federation-peak) and the
[Eastern Arthurs](/locations/eastern-arthurs), it does not take a crowd to
close a date. Add a settled forecast over a long weekend and the best dates on
the [Western Arthurs](/locations/western-arthurs) or
[Frenchmans Cap](/locations/frenchmans-cap) can be spoken for well in advance.
When a date is full, Parks tells you the same thing every time: pick another
date, or pick another walk. There is no queue to join.

## No waitlist, but cancellations reopen the moment someone drops

Here is the opening most people never see. Parks and Wildlife is clear that
"when registrations are cancelled, availability will update immediately," and
that "there is no waitlist for walker registration." They even ask walkers not
to hold registrations for trips they are not going to do. So spots on your
range come back, live, whenever someone's plans change, and there is no line
of people ahead of you waiting for them.

The only catch is timing, because a freed place can appear at any hour. That is
the gap [Spotbagger](/) fills: set a watch on the walk and dates you want,
whether it is [Frenchmans Cap](/locations/frenchmans-cap),
[Mount Anne](/locations/mount-anne) or the
[Walls of Jerusalem](/locations/walls-of-jerusalem), and we check the
registration page often and tell you the moment a place opens back up.

One thing worth saying plainly: several of these are among the hardest,
most exposed walks in the country, and the registration is the easy part.
Getting the spot is what we help with. Being ready for the walk is on you.