Hiking Warrumbungle 2 Grand High Tops, Warrumbungle National Park, NSW

Get close to the iconic volcanic rock spires (lava spine) and remains of the once-huge Warrumbungle volcano in Warrumbungle NP. Bluff Mountain via Grand High Tops/Breadknife: Grade 4, 16.5km return, allow 7-8hrs (took 5h 38min). Very steep and demanding hike, route via Pincham and West Spirey Creek trails: Part 1: Trailhead to Grand High Tops (this video, Warrumbungle 2) Part 2: Grand High Tops to Bluff Mountain and back to trailhead (next video,    • Hiking Warrumbungle 3 Bluff Mountain, Warr...  ) Trails from Pincham Carpark Trailhead: Spirey View: Moderate 3.3km one-way, climb 130m, allow 1.5-2 hrs The Breadknife/Grand High Tops: Grade 4, 14.5 km loop (5.2km/5.8km one-way), climb 600m, allow 5-6 hrs. Hard with very steep sections and many stairs. Bluff Mountain: Grade 4 hard, 17km circuit (8.6km one-way), climb 984m, allow 7-8hrs Fans Horizon: Grade 3 moderate, 3.6 km return (1.8km one-way), climb 220m, allow 1.5-2.5 hrs. Steep with over 1000 stairs. 0:00 Radial toposcope map (directional summit indicator) on Grand High Tops 0:13 Sign: Grand High Tops Circuit 0:39 Sign: Warning, rocks may fall 0:55 Sign: Grand High Tops Circuit map: via Breadknife 4.6km, via West Spirey Creek 7.1km. Pincham carpark back 1.1km 1:06 West Spirey Creek trail starts wide, flat, smooth and tranquil 2:11 Sign: Spirey View Lookout 150m side trail, Grand High Tops 2.6 km ahead 2:57 Metal stair case 3:09 Sign: Grand High Tops 600m (Pincham Carpark back 4.5km); view of Crater Bluff. Did we say there were stairs? 3:27 Side view of Breadknife face and path along beside it 4:01 Views of Crater Bluff, The Toombulla, volcanic dome 4:45 View up face of Grand High Tops 5:07 Thick trunked Australian Grass Tree (Xanthorrhoea) beside the rock face 5:46 Sign: Grand High Tops summit, Lugh's Throne, 300m (mainly stairs) 6:24 Views from the summit 6:53 View of Breadknife spire 7:12 Close-up of Breadknife spire, a slender volcanic dyke 90m high and 4m wide 7:28 Little skink, how did he get up here? 8:04 Rocky path to summit of Grand High Tops 8:42 Extensive views from the summit, 360degrees; rocky Crater Bluff plug up close, to its right in the far distance is the pyramid-shaped peak of Tonduron Spire, another volcanic plug 9:28 Radial toposcope map at top Disclaimer: While we are continually curious about what we see, we are not botanists or specialists in species names so please comment if you can improve any of our best guesses. Share the experience as we capture the essence of hiking trails and travel as we camp around Australia, non-narrated. Recorded May 2025. #WeHikeAustralia