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The Bogong High Plains are situated in the Alpine National Park in the Australian state of Victoria, just south of Mount Bogong. This area forms part of Australia's Great Dividing Range and in winter is one of the largest snow covered areas in the country. It can be easily accessed from the ski resorts of Mount Hotham and Falls Creek. The area is very popular for both summer and winter time activities. Alpine is a national park in Victoria (Australia), northeast of Melbourne. ...
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Mount Bogong, located in the Alpine National Park, is the highest mountain in Victoria, Australia. ...
The Great Divide runs around the entire eastern and south-eastern edge of Australia The Great Dividing Range (a. ...
Mount Hotham is a ski resort in Victoria, Australia. ...
Falls Creek is also the name of a Baptist Summer Camp in Oklahoma Falls Creek is also the name of a town in central Pennsylvania, former home of Jackson China. ...
Activities
The area is popular for ski touring and all types of cross-country skiing through winter months. A trail called Alpine Walking Trail is popular for hiking in summer and cross-country skiing in winter. Mountain biking is also very popular in summer. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2032x1354, 280 KB)This is original photography. ...
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Ski touring is a form of backcountry skiing (off-piste skiing) involving trekking from place to place in the wilderness, that has parallels with hiking and backpacking. ...
Cross-country skiing (also known as XC skiing) is a winter sport popular in many countries with large snowfields, primarily Northern Europe and Canada. ...
Beautiful natural scenes are common hiking destinations Hiking is a form of walking, undertaken with the specific purpose of exploring and enjoying the scenery. ...
Summer is a season, defined by convention in meteorology as the whole months of June, July, and August, in the Northern hemisphere, and the whole months of December, January, and February, in the Southern hemisphere. ...
Cross-country skiing (also known as XC skiing) is a winter sport popular in many countries with large snowfields, primarily Northern Europe and Canada. ...
In many parts of the world, winter is associated with snow. ...
Local towns and villages provide the best possibility for exploring the areas. Two ski resorts, Mount Hotham and Falls Creek are within this area and are open for both summer and winter activites. Towns like Mount Beauty and Harrietville are also very popular. Mount Hotham is a ski resort in Victoria, Australia. ...
Falls Creek is also the name of a Baptist Summer Camp in Oklahoma Falls Creek is a carfree ski resort in north-eastern Victoria, Australia. ...
Mount Beauty is a town in Victoria, Australia. ...
Huts Alpine huts in the area provide accommodation for people out in the winter ski touring and those interested in hiking or other activities in the summertime. There would be tens of huts just in this area each different and equipped for different purposes. Many are run by ski clubs but some are not regurlarly used or maintained at all. Here are just two examples: Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1653x1350, 802 KB) Summary This is original photography. ...
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Payerhütte in the Ortler Alps, Italy An Alpine hut is a building located in the mountains intended to provide food and shelter to mountaineers and climbers. ...
Wallace's Hut is the oldest on the high plains the first part being built in 1889 but like most of the huts has been extended since. It has no modern facilities and so is not used for accommodation. It is only 4.5m by 3.7m.
Bogong Rover Chalet was the first lodge developed in the area well before the creation of the ski resorts in Australia. It was started in 1938 by Rover Scouts from Victoria. It is now the best facilitated hut or lodge out of a resort in Australia with full comforts and amenities for 35 people. It has been expanded since the first building and also refurbished. It utilises solar power, gas, wood heating and runs its own electricity generators. It has a full kitchen, showers and runs a full 12 week winter program for Rover Scouts and Venturer Scouts alike. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2032x1354, 1119 KB) Summary This is original photography. ...
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Scouts Australia is an organisation for children and young adults from 6 to 26 years of age. ...
History The area was first settled and explored by graziers seeking pastoral land mainly for cattle. It has since become totally protected as the Alpine National Park. The biggest early development for the area was the Kiewa Hydroelectric Scheme in the 1940s. Alpine is a national park in Victoria (Australia), northeast of Melbourne. ...
Area Peaks Mount Bogong, located in the Alpine National Park, is the highest mountain in Victoria, Australia. ...
Falls Creek is also the name of a Baptist Summer Camp in Oklahoma Falls Creek is a carfree ski resort in north-eastern Victoria, Australia. ...
Mount Hotham is a ski resort in Victoria, Australia. ...
External links - List of Victorian alpine huts
- Bogong Rover Chalet
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