Blue Mountains News
TEMPORARY CLOSURE - Some Katoomba area walking tracks - Blue Mountains National Park - Monday 28 April 2025
By NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service
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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