Baw Baw Village, Victoria · Australia · ski area
Mount Baw Baw ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
Mount Baw Baw is a ski area in Baw Baw Village, Victoria, Australia with 5.6 km of mapped downhill runs and 8 lifts, between 1,454 m and 1,566 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 5.6 km
- Lifts
- 8
- Top elevation
- 1,566 m
- Vertical drop
- 112 m
- Cross-country
- 5.3 km
- Nearest airport
- MBW · 104 km
Slopes by difficulty
23 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap. Colours follow the North American piste convention.
Ski lifts
- 3 T-bars
- 3 Magic carpets
- 2 Button lifts
Mount Baw Baw is a ski area in Baw Baw Village, Victoria, Australia. Its 23 mapped downhill runs add up to 5.6 km, which ranks it #8 of 16 ski areas in Australia and gives it 2% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 245 m long.
Slopes at Mount Baw Baw
About 23% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 46% intermediate and 12% advanced or expert, which makes Mount Baw Baw a balanced resort for intermediate skiers.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 8 lifts: 3 t-bars, 3 magic carpets, 2 button lifts. Most uphill transport is by surface lifts (T-bars, button lifts and tows). Skiing runs from 1,454 m up to 1,566 m, a vertical drop of 112 m — typical of a local ski hill. Cross-country skiers get 5.3 km of nordic trails.
Getting to Mount Baw Baw
The nearest airport is Melbourne Moorabbin Airport (MBW), about 104 km away in a straight line — roughly 2 h 15 min by car; Melbourne Essendon Airport (MEB) is 121 km away. Nearby ski areas include Lake Mountain, Mount Buller (46.8 km), Mount Stirling and Mt St Bernard, which together add 83 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.
Nearest airports to Mount Baw Baw
- 1 MBW104 kmstraight line
- 2 MEB121 kmstraight line
- 3 MEL127 kmstraight line
- 4 MHU129 kmstraight line
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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.