Mt Hotham

Mt Hotham is considered a serious skiers mountain, not just for the slopes but also due to the precarious nature of the roads leading into Hotham.

Fortunately these roads have been greatly improved from both directions and sealed all the way to the village from Dinner Plain.

Furthermore the addition of three new chairs has close to doubled the mountain's terrain and opened up some challenging intermediate areas.

Yet Mt Hotham still has the most variety of advanced and expert runs of any resort in Australia, close to 40% of its total skiable area and numerous double black diamond areas.

Mt Hotham has undergone a transformation in recent years, a bridge to carry skiers/boarder across the access road, more snowmaking and lots of village developments.

There is, of course, a good range of beginners and intermediate skiing/boarding as well, and night skiing is offered on the Big D area.

Accommodation is available on the mountain or just nearby at Dinner Plain, Australia's only village above the snowline but not in a national park.

Dinner Plain boasts some of, if not the best accommodation of any ski resort. At Dinner Plain a family is able to rent a whole modern multi-story house complete with fire place, kitchen and all the trimings for a comparable price to staying in a cramped, shared facility lodge.

It makes staying at the snow a most comfortable experience.

Mt Hotham is located in the Bogong High Plains in close vicinity to its sister mountain Falls Creek to which helicopter flights can be charted.

It is over 5 hours drive from Melbourne and 1.5 hours from Albury. With the latest addition of an Airport 10 Km's from Dinner Plain, keen skiers can now access Mt Hotham from Melbourne or Sydney in under an hour.