🚧 Blue Mountains NP: Latest Closures, Safety & Tracks

Visitors planning to explore the magnificent Blue Mountains National Park are advised of extensive and ongoing closures impacting numerous popular walking tracks, fire trails, picnic areas, and adventure recreation routes. These essential closures are primarily due to necessary infrastructure repairs, upgrades, and significant damage caused by recent severe wet weather, including subsidence, rockfalls, landslides, and fallen trees across the Blue Mountains National Park.

Widespread Closures Affecting Key Areas

• Katoomba and Leura: Honeymoon Bridge remains closed due to rockfall hazards, a side route off the Three Sisters Track and Giant Stairs. The lower section of the Leura Cascades track is closed until the end of 2025 for track upgrade works, affecting access to Prince Henry Cliff Walk between the top of Leura Cascades and the Amphitheatre junction. A short detour is available via Cliff Drive. The Leura Cascades parking area and toilets are also closed. The Fern Bower track between Prince Henry Cliff Walk and Amphitheatre track is currently closed due to landslides and associated repairs, meaning no access to Leura Forest and Leura Cascades via Fern Bower; the Amphitheatre track serves as an alternative. Glenraphael Drive (Narrow Neck fire trail) is closed to vehicles near Cliff Drive due to a significant road subsidence and landslide, though walkers and cyclists are permitted. Parts of Lindeman Pass are closed due to a major landslide below Gladstone lookout, and Roberts Pass is closed due to rockfall and landslide hazards. Sections of the Six Foot Track are impacted by closures near Jenolan Caves and between Katoomba (Explorer's Tree) to Alum Creek for aerial pest control works.
• Wentworth Falls and Woodford: A significant portion of National Pass (west of Wentworth Falls middle crossing) is closed due to a major landslide and ongoing risks. Wentworth Pass and Slack Stairs are closed for elevated boardwalk repairs, preventing access to Roberts Pass, Hippocrene, or Vera Falls routes. The Valley of the Waters is closed below Silvia Falls due to rockfall hazards, also restricting access to Roberts Pass, Hippocrene, or Vera Falls.
• Blackheath, Mount Victoria, Megalong Valley, and Bells Line of Road: Pulpit Rock Reserve, its lookouts, and part of the walking track are closed. Govetts descent and parts of Rodriguez Pass are closed due to rockfalls and landslides, with valley access from Blackheath available via Horse Track. The Six Foot Track's Bowtells Swing Bridge will be closed for maintenance on Wednesday, 17th September. Dunphys Campground and Green Gully Road are closed for road upgrades from Monday, 13th October to Monday, 22nd December.

Specific Area Closures

• The Euroka walking track in Blue Mountains National Park is closed for repairs from Monday, 1st February to Wednesday, 31st December 2025.
• Waratah Native Gardens picnic area, including the Gorge walking track, is closed until further notice.
• The Link walking track is temporarily closed from Friday, 9th May 2025, until further notice for ongoing track works.

Adventure Recreation and Remote Track Safety

Some adventure recreation areas, including canyons, abseiling, and rock climbing routes, may be closed if their access or exit tracks are listed above. Additionally, remote routes within the Kanangra Wilderness Area, notably the Kanangra to Katoomba (K2K) trail, have been severely impacted by heavy fire regrowth and flood damage. Tracks in these areas may be difficult to follow and take longer to traverse than expected, with limited to zero water sources currently available. Individuals planning to walk in this remote area must have an appropriate level of experience, advanced navigation skills, and essential equipment, including a Personal Locator Beacon (PLB), as mobile reception is extremely limited.

The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) urges all visitors to strictly adhere to park signage and instructions from staff. Penalties apply for non-compliance with these closures. For the most current information and detailed updates, please contact the Blue Mountains Heritage Centre on 02 4787 8877 or the relevant NPWS area offices.