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Best Time to Fly to Mount Hotham, Australia
Mount Hotham is a mountain in the Victorian Alps in Victoria (Australia). The best time to visit it is the winter or ‘Ski Season’ between June and September, when it is all snow-clad and the temperatures are at freezing cold (-4 to 4 deg C). Another good time to visit here is the summer season from December to March when it is more comfortably placed around 24°C. It is warmer with more sunlight and has more daylight hours, and visitors can convert this bliss into longer time for mountain biking, fly fishing, hiking and horse riding.
Mount Hotham Attractions
Hotham Alpine Resort
The Hotham Alpine Resort comprises the second highest resort village on the
slopes of Mount Hotham in the Alpine region of Victoria. This resort holds
the national record for the highest annual rainfall of any Victorian resort
over the past decade. Mount Hotham has a steep and well-groomed tree-lined
terrain with nice and easy slopes where novice can learn skiing and
snowboarding.
Alpine National Park
Alpine National Park is the largest national park in Victoria. Located
about 73 miles away from Mount Hotham, this national park is a part of a
national parks’ network in New South Wales that protects the Australian
Alps. Alpine National Park consists 10 of the 11 state’s highest mountains
and presents a delightful picture of alpine topography, delightful scenery,
impressive mountains, rivers, snow forests and open grasslands. During
summers, people come here for fishing, bushwalking and four-wheel driving,
in winters they come here for winter sports and in spring season, the place
is carpeted with wildflowers.
Mount Featherback via Razorback Trail
Mount Featherback is Victoria’s second highest mountain and it is located
7.4 miles away from Mt Hotham via a narrow ridge called Razorback Trail.
This track runs through open snow grass, low shrubs and snow gum woodlands
all the way through the rocky bluffs of Twin Knobs and Mt Feathertop. Those
that climb up Mount Featherback are awarded with a superb panoramic view of
the Alps.
Festivals and Events
Spring Cup
The Spring Cup is an annual championship held in September in Mount Hotham.
It consists of two skiing events on the slopes and on the green.
Participants can take part on the slopes of Mount Hotham on the Race Arena
on 23 September and golfing skills down the course the next day.
Cool Summer Festival
Cool Summer Festival at Mt Hotham is a three-day celebration amidst balmy
weather and the fragrance of wildflowers in January. This festival is
marked by loud music, Rock and Roll and wine. Other attractions here are
numerous workshops, helicopter rides, mountain biking, chairlift rides and
horse riding and activates for children.
Getting Around in Mount Hotham
Mount Hotham is served by free Village Transport service. Everyone can
avail this bus service at zero cost to travel to and from all major points
near the mountain like hotels, bars and medical stores. Its bus stops are
found throughout the village along the Great Alpine Road. One more bus
service also serves transport between Hotham and Dinner Plain, a town
located 6.2 miles towards Omeo on the Great Alpine Road.