Scenic Rim Trail

About this walking route

The Scenic Rim Trail is a challenging 31 km guided walk across Queensland's Main Range, hugging the Great Dividing Range escarpment for four days. You'll traverse clifftop ridges with vertiginous drop-offs, move through World Heritage rainforest, and experience some of the most dramatic landscape in south-east Queensland. This is a serious undertaking—exposed terrain, steep sections, and remote country mean it suits experienced walkers in good fitness.

Highlights

• Clifftop escarpment walking with dramatic southern views
• Rainforest gullies and alpine vegetation transitions
• Remote ridgeline camping with isolation and scale
• Steep descents and scrambles over rock outcrops
• World Heritage-listed landscape and ecology

What to expect

Technical, undulating ridgeline walking on narrow tracks with significant exposure on both sides. Terrain mixes stable rock, loose scree, and muddy forest sections; gradients are sharp in places. Weather is changeable and cold at altitude; storms can roll in fast. You'll camp at remote sites and carry all water and food. The experience is raw and exposed—not a gentle ridge walk.

Good to know

Spring (September–November) and autumn (March–May) are best; summer brings rain and lightning risk, winter occasional frost. The trail is typically guided-only; check with Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service for current operator details, permits, fees and booking windows. Fitness and scrambling confidence are essential. Carry all water; camp sites are dry. Leave no trace in this fragile alpine and rainforest ecosystem.