Falls Creek, Victoria · Australia · ski area
Falls Creek ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
Falls Creek is a ski area in Falls Creek, Victoria, Australia with 40 km of mapped downhill runs and 14 lifts, between 1,506 m and 1,773 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 40 km
- Lifts
- 14
- Top elevation
- 1,773 m
- Vertical drop
- 267 m
- Nearest airport
- MHU · 21 km
Slopes by difficulty
78 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap, 8.9 km with snowmaking. Colours follow the North American piste convention.
Ski lifts
- 8 Chairlifts
- 3 Button lifts
- 3 Magic carpets
Falls Creek is a ski area in Falls Creek, Victoria, Australia. Its 78 mapped downhill runs add up to 40 km, which ranks it #4 of 16 ski areas in Australia and gives it 14% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 514 m long.
Slopes at Falls Creek
About 16% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 52% intermediate and 28% advanced or expert, which makes Falls Creek a balanced resort for intermediate skiers. 8.9 km (22%) of the runs have snowmaking, which helps early and late in the season.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 14 lifts: 8 chairlifts, 3 button lifts, 3 magic carpets. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 1,506 m up to 1,773 m, a vertical drop of 267 m — typical of a local ski hill.
Getting to Falls Creek
The nearest airport is Mount Hotham Airport (MHU), about 21 km away in a straight line — roughly 27 minutes by car; Albury Airport (ABX) is 94 km away. Nearby ski areas include Bogong Rover Chalet, Mount Hotham (35.8 km), Cobungra Slope (0.2 km) and Mt St Bernard, which together add 83 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.
Nearest airports to Falls Creek
- 1 MHU21 kmstraight line
- 2 ABX94 kmstraight line
- 3 OOM164 kmstraight line
- 4 WGA190 kmstraight line
Nearby
Ski resorts near Falls Creek
- 5 kmBogong Rover Chalet1 lift · up to 1,663 m
- 17 kmMount Hotham36 km of slopes · 14 lifts · up to 1,855 m
- 17 kmCobungra Slope0.2 km of slopes · 1 lift · up to 1,582 m
- 23 kmMt St Bernard2 lifts · up to 1,529 m
- 77 kmMount Stirlingup to 1,698 m
- 81 kmMount Buller47 km of slopes · 21 lifts · up to 1,776 m
- 100 kmThredbo Resort55 km of slopes · 15 lifts · up to 2,035 m
- 106 kmCharlotte Pass11 km of slopes · 5 lifts · up to 1,928 m
- 113 kmPerisher83 km of slopes · 45 lifts · up to 2,037 m
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Data: OpenSkiMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors & Skimap.org (ODbL 1.0). Run lengths are measured along mapped pistes; resorts may publish different figures.