Walking and cycling – High Country
Call it hiking, bushwalking or just admiring the stunning scenery, the extensive network of tracks and trails around Victoria's highest peaks offer delights galore for those setting out on foot.
Walking as adrenaline adventures
Prepare your hiking sticks and ready your pack to set off to the top of Victoria's highest peaks for challenging terrain and breathtaking views over the stunning alpine landscape.
Walk the iconic Razorback, across an exposed ridge linking a classic alpine peak and Mount Hotham ski resort. You can also journey from Hotham right across to Falls Creek on the Alpine Wild Walk, crossing the Bogong High Plains and its carpet of summer wildflowers, past snow gum woodlands and historic cattlemen's huts.
Meandering through the High Country
Use your feet to travel between the High Country's family-run boutique wineries and gourmet food producers. Wander the banks of the Murray River to wineries along Rutherglen's Muscat Trail.
Stroll the panoramic alpine plains around Falls Creek, or weave along Mount Buffalo's excellent walking tracks, spotting kangaroos, wallabies, wombats, possums, gliders, falcons and delicate rarities like the Alpine Silver Xenica butterfly.
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Walk the walk through Australia's finest alpine country; whether the challenging hike along the complete trail, or the short sections that are perfect for novices.
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Embark on some of the most thrilling fine-weather walking in Victoria along an exposed ridge linking a classic alpine peak and popular ski resort.
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Strap on cross-country skis for a pleasant half-day outing to snow gum woodlands and open snowy plains on the edges of the Alpine National Park.
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Retrace the steps of the earliest European visitors to Mount Buffalo on this gentle walk around the top of the famous Buffalo Gorge.
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Mount Beauty and Falls Creek:
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Ascend Victoria's highest peak for commanding views of High Country wilderness and a summer panorama of meadows filled with alpine wildflowers.
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Visit one of Victoria's best-known cattlemen's huts on your way to one of the highest peaks on the scenic Bogong High Plains.
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Beechworth and surrounds:
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Ramble through bushland along meandering creeks and discover relics and reminders of Beechworth's bustling days of gold discovery.
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Explore the remains of one of Victoria's richest goldfields and admire the elegant architecture of a town that flourished on its profits.
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Take the family through the High Country's largest remaining Box-Ironbark forest, alive with native birds and spring wildflowers.
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Mansfield and Mount Buller:
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Travel from the glamour of a popular downhill resort to the quiet of a cross-country skiing mecca on the scenic trail from Mount Buller to Mt Stirling.
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Note: Some access restrictions remain due to the recent bushfires.
Set out on a strenuous but rewarding two-day trek to the rocky escarpments of the Bluff for breathtaking mountain views and historic cattlemen's huts.
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Join an epic bushwalk and let the adventure experts talk you into caving or abseiling, too.
8 Drew Court, Beechworth
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Take a walking, cycling, canoeing, cultural, educational, heritage or art-based tour of the High Country.
Departs from Melbourne
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Head off on the Alpine Wild Walk from Hotham to Falls Creek and take a culinary journey with each meal.
24 Mill Bend Road, Porepunkah
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