"The Roof of Australia" a Snowy Mountains Travel Page by iandsmith

The Snowy Mountains are not, by world standards, very high and they do not conform to most people's ideas of what a snow covered slope should look like.
This however, should not detract from the type of beauty they have to offer. It is a harsh and time worn plateau that the winds lash. Rocks ground down by the relentless wearing of the weather and trees unique in the world reflecting such circumstances.
The slopes are not steep in the European, Himalayan or American manner but do have a lot of trees and, sometimes, a lot of snow but you wouldn't book a ticket here to get the best in powder. For fun and partying the Australian ski season is hard to beat though.
That's probably why my eldest son chose the Snowys for his bucks' weekend! Sadly, while they were out enjoying themselves, his father was in bed suffering from concussion.

The vast majority of people who come here do so in winter to enjoy Australia's best ski resorts and look at the great mountains beyond where there are sadly, in my opinion, no lifts.
A steadily increasing number however are coming down in summer holidays to enjoy the cooler climate and experience the Australian bush. I haven't managed it yet but I have been in spring and that's when you're apt to get scenes like this when the rivers are splashing with snow melt.