Australian Alps Walking Track, Thredbo

Name: Australian Alps Walking Track
Address: Thredbo, Australia

#2 among attractions in Thredbo

Hiking, Hiking trail

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The Australian Alps Walking Track is a long-distance walking trail through the alpine areas of Victoria, New South Wales and ACT. It is 655 km long, starting at Walhalla, Victoria and running through to Tharwa, ACT near Canberra. The track weaves mainly through Australian national parks, such as Alpine National Park and Kosciuszko National Park, though it is not exclusively restricted to national parks. It ascends many peaks including Mount Kosciuszko, Mount Bogong, and Bimberi Peak, the highest points in N.S.W. Victoria, and the A.C.T. respectively. The AAWT crosses exposed high plains including the Victorian Bogong High Plains and the Main Range in NSW. To walk the whole trail can take between 5 and 8 weeks. Food drops or a support crew are necessary, as the trail passes through no towns, although it passes close to the ski resorts of Mt Hotham, Falls Creek, Mt Baw Baw, Thredbo, Charlotte Pass and Perisher. ()

Coordinates: 36°30'19"S, 148°18'14"E

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Australian Alps Walking Track – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mount Kosciuszko, Snowy Mountains, Lake Cootapatamba, Lake Albina.

4.1 miNW
The tallest mountain in Australia
Mount Kosciuszko, Kosciuszko National Park
104 min walk • Mount Kosciuszko stands as a majestic beacon within the Kosciuszko National Park, Australia, and holds the title of the continent's highest peak. This mountain, reaching an elevation of 2,228 meters above sea level, is a natural wonder and a popular destination for...
1.7 miE
Mountain
Snowy Mountains, Thredbo
43 min walk • The Snowy Mountains, known informally as "The Snowies", is an IBRA subregion in southern New South Wales, Australia, and is the tallest mountain range in mainland Australia, being part of the continent's Great Dividing Range cordillera system.
3.5 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lake Cootapatamba, Kosciuszko National Park
91 min walk • Lake Cootapatamba is a post-glacial tarn in the Kosciuszko National Park, New South Wales, Australia. Lake Cootapatamba is located at 2,048 metres, which is about 800 metres south of the summit of Mount Kosciuszko, the highest peak in Australia.
5.8 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lake Albina, Kosciuszko National Park
148 min walk • Lake Albina is a glacial lake in the Snowy Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia. The lake is located within the Kosciuszko National Park and the Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves.
4 miN
Wilderness hut, Hiking
Seaman's Hut, Kosciuszko National Park
102 min walk • Seaman's Hut is an alpine hut and memorial located in New South Wales, Australia. It was built following the death of two skiers, W. Laurie Seaman and Evan Hayes in 1928. Seaman's family built the hut to provide shelter to future users of the park, in order to prevent recurrence of a similar tragedy.
2.6 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Rams Head, Kosciuszko National Park
67 min walk • The Rams Head is a mountain located in the Ramshead Range of the Snowy Mountains in New South Wales, Australia. With an elevation of 2,190 metres above sea level, its summit is the fourth highest mountain in New South Wales and the fourth highest mountain in Australia.
4.3 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Great Dividing Range, Kosciuszko National Park
111 min walk • The Great Dividing Range, also known as the East Australian Cordillera or the Eastern Highlands, is a cordillera system in eastern Australia consisting of an expansive collection of mountain ranges, plateaus and rolling hills, that runs roughly parallel to the east coast ...
4.3 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Main Range, Kosciuszko National Park
111 min walk • 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 on or on short spurs off the range. It contains many of the highest peaks in mainland Australia.
3.3 miNW
Wilderness hut, Hiking
Cootapatamba Hut, Kosciuszko National Park
84 min walk • Cootapatamba Hut is a survival shelter in the river valley south of Mount Kosciuszko, in the Kosciuszko National Park, New South Wales, Australia.
5.5 miNW
Valley
Kosciuszko, Thredbo
141 min walk • Kosciuszko is a locality in Snowy Valleys Council, New South Wales, Australia. It was previously spelled as Kosciusko. In the 2016 census, Kosciuszko had no population.