Dinner Plain, Victoria · Australia · ski area
Mount Hotham ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
Mount Hotham is a ski area in Dinner Plain, Victoria, Australia with 36 km of mapped downhill runs and 14 lifts, between 1,449 m and 1,855 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 36 km
- Lifts
- 14
- Top elevation
- 1,855 m
- Vertical drop
- 406 m
- Cross-country
- 29 km
- Nearest airport
- MHU · 18 km
Slopes by difficulty
106 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap, 8.2 km with snowmaking. Colours follow the North American piste convention.
Ski lifts
- 9 Chairlifts
- 4 Magic carpets
- 1 T-bars
Mount Hotham is a ski area in Dinner Plain, Victoria, Australia. Its 106 mapped downhill runs add up to 36 km, which ranks it #5 of 16 ski areas in Australia and gives it 12.5% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 338 m long.
Slopes at Mount Hotham
About 5% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 60% intermediate and 35% advanced or expert, which makes Mount Hotham best suited to confident and advanced skiers. 8.2 km (23%) of the runs have snowmaking, which helps early and late in the season.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 14 lifts: 9 chairlifts, 4 magic carpets, 1 t-bar. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 1,449 m up to 1,855 m, a vertical drop of 406 m. Cross-country skiers get 28.8 km of nordic trails.
Getting to Mount Hotham
The nearest airport is Mount Hotham Airport (MHU), about 18 km away in a straight line — roughly 24 minutes by car; Albury Airport (ABX) is 103 km away. Nearby ski areas include Mt St Bernard, Cobungra Slope (0.2 km), Bogong Rover Chalet and Falls Creek (40.1 km), which together add 87 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.
Nearest airports to Mount Hotham
- 1 MHU18 kmstraight line
- 2 ABX103 kmstraight line
- 3 OOM179 kmstraight line
- 4 WGA204 kmstraight line
Nearby
Ski resorts near Mount Hotham
- 7 kmMt St Bernard2 lifts · up to 1,529 m
- 10 kmCobungra Slope0.2 km of slopes · 1 lift · up to 1,582 m
- 16 kmBogong Rover Chalet1 lift · up to 1,663 m
- 17 kmFalls Creek40 km of slopes · 14 lifts · up to 1,773 m
- 63 kmMount Stirlingup to 1,698 m
- 66 kmMount Buller47 km of slopes · 21 lifts · up to 1,776 m
- 116 kmThredbo Resort55 km of slopes · 15 lifts · up to 2,035 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.