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TEMPORARY CLOSURE - Some Katoomba area walking tracks - Blue Mountains National Park - Monday 28 April 2025

By NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service
Archived 24 Jun 2025 - Posted: 26 Apr 2025

The following walking tracks will be closed for a helicopter operation on Monday 28 April, weather permitting:

  • Giant Stairs closed beyond Oreades lookout
  • Golden Stairs
  • Federal Pass between Scenic World and Golden Stairs
  • Federal Pass between base of Furber Steps and Leura Forest
  • Dardanelles Pass

Mount Solitary will be accessible from the Kedumba Valley – return by same route.

Please see attached map and check for alerts here

or call the NPWS Heritage Centre, Blackheath: Ph: 02 4787 8877 daily 9:00am - 4:30pm

 
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