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The Skitube Alpine Railway is an Australian standard gauge electric rack railway in the Kosciuszko National Park in New South Wales. It provides access to the snowfields at Blue Cow Mountain and the Perisher Valley.
Mount Kosciuszko is the highest summit in mainland Australia. Until 1977 it was possible to drive from Charlotte Pass to within a few metres of the summit, but in 1977 the road was closed to public motor vehicle access due to environmental concerns.
The Kosciuszko National Park came into existence as the National Chase Snowy Mountains on 5 December 1906. In April 1944, following the passage of the Kosciusko State Park Act, the Kosciusko State Park was proclaimed. [8] [10] [11] It then became the Kosciuszko National Park in 1967. [12] The name was misspelt as Kosciusko until 1997. [8]
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Skifields up by Kosciuszko's side were also established during this period, though their existence is now little realised. The Australian Alpine Club was founded in 1950 by Charles Anton. Huts were constructed in the "Backcountry" close to Mount Kosciuszko, including Kunama Hut, which opened for the 1953 season.
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Mount Kosciuszko is considerably easier to climb, being a four-hour, grade 3 return walk from the nearest car park, [12] while Puncak Jaya is classed as a mountaineering expedition with technical climbing, an approach through dense jungle and the need to charter an aircraft.
The section of the Great Dividing Range between the Ramshead Range and Dicky Cooper Bogong in the Snowy Mountains is known as the Main Range.It can also be used more generally for the peaks (not necessarily on the Great Dividing Range) on or on short spurs off the range.