⚠️ Blue Mountains NP Hit By Extensive Track Closures

Blue Mountains National Park is currently experiencing extensive closures across many of its popular roads, fire trails, and walking tracks. These closures are primarily due to infrastructure repairs, upgrades, and severe damage caused by recent wet weather, including subsidence, rockfalls, landslides, and fallen trees, impacting access for residents and tourists in the blue-mountains-national-park area.

Significant Closures Across the Park:

• Katoomba and Leura: Honeymoon Bridge remains closed due to rockfall hazards. The bottom section of the Leura Cascades track is closed until late 2025 for upgrade works, affecting access to parts of the Prince Henry Cliff Walk. Leura Cascades parking and toilets are also unavailable. The Fern Bower track, between Prince Henry Cliff Walk and Amphitheatre track, is shut due to landslides. Glenraphael Drive (Narrow Neck fire trail) is closed to vehicles near Cliff Drive due to road subsidence, though walkers and cyclists are permitted. Parts of Lindeman Pass and Roberts Pass are also closed due to major landslide and rockfall hazards.
• Wentworth Falls and Woodford: A significant portion of the 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, cutting off access to Roberts Pass, Hippocrene, or Vera Falls. The Valley of the Waters, below Silvia Falls, is also closed due to rockfall hazards.
• Blackheath, Mount Victoria, Megalong Valley and Bells Line of Road: Pulpit Rock Reserve, including its lookouts and part of the walking track, is closed. Govetts descent and Rodriguez Pass are inaccessible due to rockfalls and landslides.

Other Key Closures:

Waratah Native Gardens picnic area and the associated Gorge walking track are closed until further notice. Furthermore, remote routes within the Kanangra Wilderness Area, including the renowned Kanangra to Katoomba (K2K) trail, have been severely impacted by heavy fire regrowth and flood damage, making tracks difficult to navigate with limited water sources. Visitors attempting these remote areas must possess appropriate experience, navigation skills, and safety equipment.

Penalties apply for non-compliance with closure notices. For more detailed information, visitors should contact the Blue Mountains Heritage Centre.