Thredbo
Australia's premier alpine village in the Snowy Mountains
On the lands of the Ngarigo people.
An alpine resort village at 1,365 metres in the Snowy Mountains, offering the longest ski runs in Australia and summer chairlift access to the rooftop of the continent. Thredbo is the closest resort to the summit of Mount Kosciuszko and runs year-round activities across both seasons.
Thredbo village sits in the valley of the Thredbo River inside Kosciuszko National Park, on Ngarigo country. The resort was developed in the 1950s by European migrants who saw the potential for a ski village modelled on the alpine towns of Austria and Switzerland. Today it has 14 lifts serving more than 480 hectares of skiable terrain, including the longest run in the country at over 5.9 kilometres from top to bottom.
In summer the Kosciuszko Express chairlift stays open and carries hikers to the top of the Crackenback Range at 1,930 metres. From there a 6.5 kilometre elevated metal walkway leads across alpine meadows to the summit of Mount Kosciuszko at 2,228 metres, the highest point on the Australian mainland. The walk is mostly flat once you are off the chairlift and is suitable for fit families.
The village itself is compact and walkable, with a strip of restaurants, bars and ski-hire shops along the main road. Thredbo hosts the Thredbo Blues Festival in January, mountain bike racing through summer, and trout fishing in the river below the village. The Snowy Mountains Scheme, one of the largest civil engineering projects in Australian history, runs through the surrounding mountains and can be explored via guided tours from Talbingo or Cabramurra nearby.
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