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by Caroline Clements

Golden Staircase to Mount Solitary, New South Wales

  • Location: Blue Mountains, Katoomba, New South Wales.
  • Distance: 15.5 kilometres.
  • Time: 5 hours.
  • Terrain: Stairs / Track / Rock scrambles.
  • Traditional Custodians: Gundungurra Country.
Hard

Up hill, down dale, the Blue Mountains challenges the knees but enlivens the senses.

There is something pleasing (and deceptive) about beginning a mountain hike by going down.

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