snowingplaces

Mountain range

Great Dividing Range

The mountain chain along the east of Australia.

Great Dividing Range snow forecast

No snow is expected at any of the 3 places in Great Dividing Range in the next 7 days.

Snow in the Great Dividing Range

The Great Dividing Range runs down the east of Australia for more than 3,500 km, and only its highest section, the Australian Alps of New South Wales and Victoria, gets enough snow to ski. Perisher and Thredbo in the Snowy Mountains and Mt Buller, Falls Creek and Mt Hotham in the Victorian Alps are the main resorts, with lifts topping out around 2,000 m.

In our record the resorts here average about 8 snowy days at mid-mountain in July and August. Snow is marginal: winter storms from the Southern Ocean bring it, and warm spells and rain take it away, so snowmaking underpins every resort.

When it snows

The season runs from the June long weekend to early October, with mid-July to late August the most reliable weeks.

Sub-ranges and massifs