Best Travel Guide Snowy Mountains

Snowy MountainsGuide was updated: 2024-07-23

Australia’s highest peaks are in the Snowy Mountains, where there’s thrilling downhill skiing and snowboarding during the snow season. Lively towns and resorts in this alpine region in the Southwest NSW are also popular destinations in warmer months for hiking, horse riding, kayaking, mountain biking and fishing. When spring melts the snow into cascading waters and wildflowers bloom, streams shelter trout and attract many fly fishermen. Vineyards in this beautiful region produce excellent cool-climate wines, and fresh produce is on sale at farm gates.

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Home to beautiful alpine wilderness, the Snowy Mountains present a stunning vista of rivers, mountains, valleys and glacial lakes. Enjoy great skiing and snowboarding in the cooler months, and bushwalking, mountain biking, horse riding and fishing in the warmer months.

Australian Alps Walking Track

The Australian Alps Walking Track stretches across 655 kilometres, following ridges and plains through some of the highest parts of Australia; more than ten peaks exceed 2,100 metres! The Australian Alps are the largest alpine area in the country, extending from Canberra and the Brindabella range, through the Snowy Mountains, and along the Great Dividing Range. You can walk the track in 10 weeks, but many choose to explore shorter sections such as the Jagungal Wilderness Area. Experience and maps required.

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Charlotte Pass Snow Resort

At 1,760 metres above sea level, Charlotte Pass is Australia's highest village. During the winter, the resort town is only accessible via over-snow transport. The ski-in, ski-out terrain allows only a limited number of guests in the village at any time, meaning no crowds and no long queues during the ski season. Gentle slopes are available for beginners, with intermediate terrain, challenging advanced runs, and cross-country trails also on offer. Charlotte Pass lookout and boardwalk are accessible during the summer months by car.

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Cooma Golf Club

This 18-hole golf course has bentgrass greens and top class fairways with the added pleasure of abundant native wildlife to see while walking between holes. Take in magnificent views looking across the Monaro Plains and out to the mountains.

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Gaden Trout Hatchery

Covering more than one hectare of picturesque parkland on the banks of the Thredbo River, this is one of the country’s main centres for rearing and breeding coldwater sport fish. Four species are farmed here: brook, brown and rainbow trout, and Atlantic salmon. Learn how the hatchery works and feed the big fish as they surface in the ponds. Fishing is not permitted at the hatchery.

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Khancoban Pondage

Khancoban Pondage is a 3-kilometre lake that forms part of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme. Stunning scenery surrounds the lake: Australia's highest snow-covered mountains in winter, blooming wildflowers in spring, and falling leaves of brilliant hues in autumn. The lake is popular with anglers as it holds Atlantic salmon, brown and rainbow trout, and some redfin.

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Kosciuszko National Park

The magnificent scenery of alps, glacial lakes, limestone caves, grasslands and woodlands has been listed as a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve.The national park is home to Mount Kosciuszko, the highest point in Australia and named after a Polish patriot and democratic leader. Enjoy great skiing in winter; and in spring and summer a blanket of wildflowers blazes across the mountains, crisscrossed by walking tracks which reveal spectacular views over the rooftop of the country.

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