Do you want to see Falls Creek from a different angle?
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 Tour our snow factory and discover how snow crystals are replicated.
Be inspired by the bountiful flora and hear more about rare species only found in the Australian Alps.
Sit inside a $250k grooming machine and learn how a perfect corduroy skiing surface is achieved.
Discover more about the rich heritage of what is now the Falls Creek village and view a collection of images.
Welcome to life above the snow line!
As a well-watered, snow-clad and mountainous area in a mostly dry and flat continent, Australia’s alpine and sub-alpine environments are unparalleled and of great significance.
Discover more about the ecology of the mountain, including the unique flora & fauna, the rich heritage of what is now the Falls Creek village and gain an insider's knowledge of resort operations such as snowmaking and snow grooming.
*The tour is a fantastic means to enhance students' practical studies of the Alpine Junior Rangers Program Activity sessions can be incorporated into the tour to compliment the current syllabus the children are studying. Falls Creek - Alpine Junior Rangers
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(Above picture - Snow makers testing a snow producer at Falls Creek)
[Photo: Chris Hocking]
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Falls Creek Quick Facts...
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- Resort Area: 450ha
- Highest Altitude: 1842m
- Snowline Altitude: 1100m
- Average Yearly Snowfall: 4m
- Aboriginal history: dating back 21,000 years
- Arrival of European Settlers: 1820s
- First Chairlift Built: 1957
- Number of Ski Runs: 92+
- Longest Ski Run: 3km
- Cross-Country Trail Network: 60km
- Native Plant Species (Alps): 1100
- Habitat of the world's only exclusively alpine marsupial
- Significant contributor to Victoria's water catchment
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A Taste of the Tour...
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| Falls Creek's first rope tow (Circa 1951).
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| | Bogong Daisy Bush (Oleari frostii) at Falls Creek.
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| | Falls Creek Ski Lifts udertaking revegetation work on Wombat's Ramble beginner run.
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