At 251 metres (823 ft) above sea level,[1] the hill is reached by the steep O'Brien's Road from the suburb of Figtree.

In 1999 the council stopped vehicles from continuing from the summit due to illegal dumping, and the road has become a track to O'Brien's Gap and Mount Brisbane, at 469 metres (1,539 ft) above sea level.

From the end of the trafficable part of O'Briens Road a short trail climbs to the summit area where, near television re-transmission towers and a water tank.

The track remains fairly consistent except for one section where it climbs very steeply up a 100-metre (330 ft) hill before going along the side of Pupiana, an extension of Mount Brisbane.

[citation needed] The track then makes its way past a waterfall, unused water pipes and a gate to Harry Graham Drive, a tourist route along the escarpment.