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Subscriber only RESCUERS who helped a stranded bushwalker to safety in deteriorating weather have warned the track to the summit of Mount Warning/Wollumbin in the Tweed - which is currently closed - is in the worst condition they have ever seen. Any rescues in the future would require a mammoth effort and additional resources because the amount of debris and overgrowth is literally claiming the track back . Tweed District Rescue Squad and other emergency services organisations rescued a man who was stranded on the closed Mount Warning/Wollumbin summit climb. Picture: Tweed District Rescue Squad
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Subscriber only A decision on the future of the Wollumbin summit track is yet to be made, according to a Tweed Shire councillor. Cr James Owen said he had spoken to the office of Energy and Environment Minister Matt Kean and was told no decision had been cemented. This is despite lobby group Right to Climb releasing documents obtained through Freedom of Information which indicate plans for the track to be permanently closed from November 25, 2022. The mountain, also known as Mount Warning, was closed in March last year because of rising concerns about the pandemic, and has not reopened since.
Secret government documents have revealed official plans to permanently close the iconic Mount Warning walking track in northern NSW before the end of next year. The trail to the world-famous extinct volcano in the Tweed Valley, known to the indigenous community as Wollumbin, has been closed since last March because of COVID-19. Thousands of people trek to the peak of the mountain each year to take in breathtaking sunrises over the valley to the ocean. But public fears have been growing that Mt Warning could be declared off-limits to hikers forever, as has happened with Uluru in the Northern Territory.