Red poles indicate the road when heavy falls of snow occur in the Alps

Mount Baw Baw
Closest alpine ski resort to Melbourne
Located 153 km via Yarra Junction Mount Baw Baw Alpine Village and the 13,300 hectare Baw Baw National Park are the closest ski resorts to Melbourne. The area is typical of Australian alpine regions being characterised by low lying grasses, snow gums and heathlands.

The area is reputedly named after a local Aboriginal word possibly meaning 'echo'. It was opened up and settled in the 1880s and 1890s largely as a result of the gold discoveries in the area. Today the area is a popular ski resort in the winter months and the rich variety of walking tracks attract bushwalkers during summer.

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Walking in the Park
The park is ideal for summer bushwalks, offering both shorter and more arduous tracks, including Victoria's first long-distance walking track, cut by the Public Works Department in 1906 between Walhalla and Warburton. The highest of the park's granite plateaus is Mount St Phillick, at 1566 metres. Panoramic views and botanical diversity are on offer, including colourful wildflowers, alpine ash, a rare club moss, and two species of fauna only found in this area, the Baw Baw frog and a type of Leadbeater's possum, as well as lyrebirds, echidnas, platypuses, gliders, wallabies, goannas and a variety of birds. Mount Erica was in fact named after the Baw Baw berry, a species of the Erica genus of shrubs. Horse riding and camping are available and both trout fishing and canoeing can be enjoyed on the Thomson River.

General Accommodation Enquiries
If you have any need to ascertain whether the lodges listed below are private or can be booked, or you have any other general enquiries about accommodation at the site, you should contact the Mount Baw Baw Alpine Resort Management Board (the details are below) as they are fully equipped to handle such enquiries.

	Tourist Information
	Mount Baw Baw Alpine Resort Management Board Private Bag 3833 Mount Baw Baw VIC 3825 Telephone: (03) 5165 1136 Facsimile: (03) 5165 1125
	Hotels
	Mt Baw Baw Village Hotel Village Centre Mount Baw Baw VIC 3825 Telephone: (03) 5165 1124 Rating: ***
	Lodges & Chalets
	Tanjil Ski Lodge Village Centre Mount Baw Baw VIC 3825 Telephone: (03) 9788 7735
	Apartments
	Cascade Ski Apartments Village Centre Mount Baw Baw VIC 3825 Telephone: (03) 9755 2438, (03) 5165 1148 winter only
	Lodges & Chalets
	Ben Bullen Private Lodge Mount Baw Baw VIC 3825 Telephone: (03) 9776 6641
	Bunerong Private Lodge Mount Baw Baw VIC 3825 Telephone: (03) 9547 1725
	Club Adski Private Lodge Mount Baw Baw VIC 3825 Telephone: (03) 5998 2311
	Coora Valley Private Lodge Mount Baw Baw VIC 3825 Telephone: (03) 5174 0186
	Du Nord Private Lodge Mount Baw Baw VIC 3825 Telephone: (03) 9836 0516
	Edski Private Lodge Mount Baw Baw VIC 3825 Telephone: (03) 9728 6171
	Everest Offspring Private Lodge Mount Baw Baw VIC 3825 Telephone: (03) 5823 2304
	GAFIA Private Lodge Mount Baw Baw VIC 3825 Telephone: (03) 9857 5529
	John Gardner Private Lodge Mount Baw Baw VIC 3825 Telephone: (03) 9798 5315
	Leichhardt Private Lodge Mount Baw Baw VIC 3825 Telephone: (03) 5823 2909
	Lonsdale Private Lodge Mount Baw Baw VIC 3825 Telephone: (03) 9578 3939
	R.V.I.B. Private Lodge Mount Baw Baw VIC 3825 Telephone: (03) 9357 2024
	Skali Private Lodge Mount Baw Baw VIC 3825 Telephone: (03) 9729 4080
	Tanjil Private Lodge Mount Baw Baw VIC 3825 Telephone: (03) 5974 3506
	Tempest Private Lodge Mount Baw Baw VIC 3825 Telephone: (03) 9708 1113
	Wonthaggi Private Lodge Mount Baw Baw VIC 3825 Telephone: (03) 9560 5146
	Restaurants
	Mt Baw Baw Village Hotel Village Centre Mount Baw Baw VIC 3825 Telephone: (03) 5165 1124