In the winter months in Australia snow falls in the alpine ranges in Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania. Enter your skiing destination in Australia + "Skiing" to find ski hotels and ski holidays at your destination:
The ski season in Australia runs from mid June until early October and it is pretty much guarantied due to extensive snow making facilities. It rarely snows below 1,000 meters in Australia, which means the resorts are located right at top of the mountains. In all there are about fifteen ski resorts in Australia ranging from basic cross country trails to full commercial villages. There are five large commercial resorts - two in Victoria and three in New South Wales. The infrastructure at all the large commercial ski resorts in Australia is well established with all the usual restaurants, bars and entertainment you would expect. There is plenty of on- and of-mountain accommodation available. The five most popular ski resorts in Australia are: Falls Creek, Victoria's largest alpine resort, located in North East Victoria; Mount Hotham Alpine Resort in Victoria, Mount Hotam village stands at a height of 1,750 meters, making it the second highest resort village in Australia; Perisher Blue, located in New South Wales, is Australia's largest ski area with 16 lifts operation across the Perisher Valley resort area; Thredbo is the highest skiing and has the longest runs in Australia, it is located in New South Wales a few hours drive from Canberra and around 6 hours from Sydney or Melbourne; Selwyn Snowfields located in the beautiful Kosciuszko National Park in the New South Wales Snowy Mountains, offers something for everyone including alpine skiing, cross-country skiing and snowboarding.
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