Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Snow over Thredbo Top Station, July 2011. In southern New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and eastern Victoria, the elevated regions of the Snowy Mountains, Brindabella Range and Victorian Alps experience an alpine climate, where the areas above 1,400 metres (4,600 ft) are subject to a consistent heavy winter snowpack.
Australia's first T-bar lift was installed at Kiandra in 1957, but the ski facilities were finally shifted up the hill to Selwyn Snowfields in 1978. [5] Steeper slopes and more reliable snows lie further to the south and in the 20th century, the focus of recreational skiing in New South Wales shifted southward, to the Mount Kosciuszko region. [6]
Jindabyne is the main service town for the New South Wales resorts, but most resort centres have on-snow accommodation. Other ski-service towns include Cooma and Adaminaby. Canberra is situated around two hours from the New South Wales ski-fields. Australia's highest town, Cabramurra, New South Wales, has private skiing facilities for residents.
New South Wales The Kosciuszko National Park ( / ˌ k ɒ z i ˈ ʌ s k oʊ / KOZ -ee- USK -oh ) [ 3 ] is a 6,900-square-kilometre (2,700 sq mi) national park and contains mainland Australia 's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko , for which it is named, and Cabramurra , the highest town in Australia.
2 New South Wales. 3 Tasmania. 4 Victoria. 5 See also. ... Kiandra (abandoned mining town, birthplace of Australian skiing) Thredbo; Snow country: Kosciuszko National ...
Charlotte Pass (often erroneously referred to as Charlotte's Pass) is a snow resort and village in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales, Australia. The pass is in the Kosciuszko National Park where the Kosciuszko Road crosses Kangaroo Ridge. Charlotte Pass is the closest village to Mount Kosciuszko, the tallest mountain in Australia. [1]
Skiing in Australia takes place in the Australian Alps in the states of New South Wales, Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory as well as in the mountains of the island state Tasmania, during the Southern Hemisphere winter. Skiing began in Australia at the goldrush town of Kiandra, New South Wales, in 1861. [1]
Selwyn traces its origins to nearby Kiandra, where skiing began in Australia in 1861. View to Racecourse Run from Kangaroo Ridge Run.. Selwyn Snow Resort, formerly known as Selwyn Snowfields, is a ski resort located in the most northern part of the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales, Australia, in the Snowy Monaro Regional Council and Kosciuszko National Park. [1]