Golden Staircase to Mt Solitary via Ruined Castle

Length: 11.7km
Duration: 8 hrs 45 mins
Grade: 5
Style: Return
Start: Narrow Neck Plateau Trail, Blue Mountains National Park
End: W7f Sublime Point Trail, Blue Mountains National Park
Closest Town: Katoomba
Location: Blue Mountains National Park
Distance from state capital: 108 km
State: NSW
Latitude: -33.7343482276
Longitude: 150.2823650058

Golden Staircase to Mt Solitary via Ruined Castle is a 11.7km, grade 5 Return hike located in Blue Mountains National Park New South Wales. The hike should take approximately 8 hrs 45 mins to complete.

Summary

With quite significant hills this is a great walk is for the day-walker looking for something more challenging than the average Katoomba cliff top walk. With fantastic views at Botting’s Lookout from the top of the Ruined Castle and especially good views from Mt Solitary this walk is well worth the time invested.

Download maps and tracknotes for Golden Staircase to Mt Solitary via Ruined Castle hiking track from wildwalks.com.