Best ski resorts in Australia
The Snowy Mountains and the Victorian Alps: five resorts that frame Australian skiing on one ranked list, all Southern Hemisphere winter Jun-Sep.
5 resorts
How we picked
Perisher in NSW runs the largest lift fleet in the Southern Hemisphere (47 lifts across 4 linked villages). Thredbo offers Australia's biggest vertical (672 m) under Mt Kosciuszko. The Victorian Alps add Falls Creek (car-free pedestrian village, strong nordic), Mt Hotham ("Powder Capital of Australia," ski-down-to-village layout) and Mt Buller (closest major to Melbourne, 80 km of pistes). Snow gum eucalyptus forests give every run an identity unlike anywhere in the Northern Hemisphere.
Australia
1,861 m
Mt Hotham
Australian Alps
Altitude
1,480 - 1,861 m
Pistes
50 km
Snow score
82/100
Southern Hemispherepowder
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2,037 m
Thredbo
Australian Alps
Altitude
1,365 - 2,037 m
Pistes
50 km
Snow score
80/100
Southern Hemisphereiconic
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Australia
2,034 m
Perisher
Australian Alps
Altitude
1,605 - 2,034 m
Pistes
70 km
Snow score
78/100
Southern Hemispherebig domain
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Australia
1,842 m
Falls Creek
Australian Alps
Altitude
1,500 - 1,842 m
Pistes
55 km
Snow score
78/100
Southern Hemispherebig domain
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Australia
1,790 m
Mt Buller
Australian Alps
Altitude
1,380 - 1,790 m
Pistes
80 km
Snow score
75/100
Southern Hemispherebig domain
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