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title: "How many steps up Q1 Tower (SkyPoint Climb)? 1,331"
description: "1,331 steps up Q1 Tower (SkyPoint Climb) in Gold Coast, Australia. Open to climb. What that count reaches, the height climbed, and how it compares."
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# How many steps to the top of Q1 Tower (SkyPoint Climb)?

**Steps to the top of Q1 Tower (SkyPoint Climb): 1,331**

Reaching the SkyPoint observation deck at 230 m · open to climb

One of the few very tall buildings whose internal staircase is genuinely open to the public on ordinary days, via the SkyPoint Climb ticket — though the more famous SkyPoint experience is the external climb up the spire above the deck. The 1,331 internal steps are also used for an annual stair challenge. The building was the world's tallest residential tower when completed in 2005. The external spire climb reaches 270 m.

## The numbers

- **Steps:** 1,331
- **Reaches:** the SkyPoint observation deck at 230 m
- **Public access:** Open to climb
- **Where:** Gold Coast, Australia
- **Height climbed:** 230 m — 755 ft
- **Average rise per step:** 173 mm

## What the climb is like

Bookable most days. Around 20-30 minutes for the internal stair climb.

> Published counts for the same structure routinely disagree by five to ten per cent, and nearly always for one of three reasons: whether intermediate landings count as steps, whether the final platform step counts, and where the climb is deemed to start. The figure here says what it reaches.

## How it compares

*Only the ones marked open to climb can actually be walked.*

- Empire State Building: 1,576 steps
- The STRAT Tower: 1,455 steps
- Kotohira-gū (Konpira-san): 1,368 steps
- Q1 Tower (SkyPoint Climb): 1,331 steps
- Tiger Cave Temple (Wat Tham Suea): 1,237 steps
- Sky Tower: 1,103 steps
- Gateway Arch: 1,076 steps

*Q1 Tower (SkyPoint Climb) ranks 13 of 56 here by step count.*

| Structure | Steps | Reaches | Access |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Empire State Building | 1,576 | the 86th-floor observatory, via the emergency stairwell | Restricted — events or permit only |
| The STRAT Tower | 1,455 | the observation deck at 260 m | Restricted — events or permit only |
| Kotohira-gū (Konpira-san) | 1,368 | the inner shrine, Okusha; 785 steps reach the main shrine | Open to climb |
| Q1 Tower (SkyPoint Climb) | 1,331 | the SkyPoint observation deck at 230 m | Open to climb |
| Tiger Cave Temple (Wat Tham Suea) | 1,237 | the summit shrine and golden Buddha on the limestone peak | Open to climb |
| Sky Tower | 1,103 | the Sky Deck at 220 m | Restricted — events or permit only |
| Gateway Arch | 1,076 | the observation area at the top of the arch, via the emergency stairs — no public access | Not climbable by the public |

## Common questions

### How many steps to the top of Q1 Tower (SkyPoint Climb)?

1,331, reaching the SkyPoint observation deck at 230 m.

### Can the public climb Q1 Tower (SkyPoint Climb)?

Open to climb. Bookable most days. Around 20-30 minutes for the internal stair climb.

### How high is that climb?

230 m, about 755 ft, which averages 173 mm per step.

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