The Mount Warning trail in the Tweed Valley in northern New South Wales could be shut to tourists as early as next November, state government documents have revealed.
Emergency services have responded to 44 significant visitor safety incidents at Wollumbin National Park since 2010. The Wollumbin (Mount Warning) summit track was closed in March 2020 due to COVID-19 concerns, but this was extended when safety concerns were brought to light. Rumours have this week been circulating about the removal of the chain from the top section of the summit track, along with questions about what this work means for the future of the trail. The track s extended closure was due to be reviewed in May 2021, and a National Parks and Wildlife Service spokeswoman has confirmed this is still the plan. An independent engineer s structural assessment conducted in August 2020 strongly recommended that the 100m chain section used by climbers to access the summit should be closed to visitors as the chain and posts were reaching the end of their design life and the risk of further accidents or fatalities as a result of catastrophic failure was very high, the spok
Discussions around the future of the popular walking trail at Mount Warning are growing, after a local stumbled across this pile of steel posts. National Parks closed Wollumbin National Park in March last year to comply with COVID rules, but during that period, found the steel posts and chain us . by Georgia Schefe | NBN News-News, Sport & Weather
Views of Wollumbin are iconic to the Tweed Valley and surrounds. But the public s ability to access the 360 degree views from the summit have been hanging in the balance. The National Parks and Wildlife Service closed the summit track due to COVID-19 concerns last March, but this was later extended as safety issues arose. The organisation is also liaising with traditional owners about the future of the mountain. Members of the Bunjalung community have long called for people to consider not climbing Wollumbin, supported by signs at the base of the track. This is because Wollumbin, also known as Mount Warning, is regarded as a sacred place.