🔥 Hard · Large 30 × 30 · ID santa-chimney-12
Help Santa find the chimney
Maze No. 12: a jolly Santa making his way to the right chimney on Christmas Eve. A hard 30 × 30 maze with exactly one route from Start to Finish, 256 steps long, with 251 dead ends to avoid. Best for older kids and adults who like to settle in; allow about 10–30 minutes.
The sheet below is exactly what prints on one A4 or Letter page. Corridors are about 4.3 mm wide: too narrow for crayons. For little hands try easy mazes for kids. Leave scaling at 100% in the print dialog.
Arrow keys or WASD to move, Backspace to step back. On a touch screen, drag along the path, or swipe to slide down a corridor.
Solution (hidden until you want it)
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About this maze
Hard mazes carve a long winding route first, then grow dozens of short dead-end branches right beside it so the wrong turns look as good as the right one. Every hard maze is measured and rejected unless its route is long and crowded with decoys. More to try: easy mazes for kids, hard mazes for adults and maze worksheets, or browse the printable maze page.
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