Mount Buller (Victoria)

Mount Buller
Mount Buller ski lifts
State :  Australia State : Victoria
Coordinates : 37 ° 9 ′  S , 146 ° 27 ′  E Coordinates: 37 ° 9 ′  S , 146 ° 27 ′  E Height : 1707  m Area : 22.6  km²
Residents : 243 (2016) Population density : 11 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : AEST (UTC + 10) Postal code : 3723 LGA : Shire of Mansfield
Mount Buller

Mount Buller is a mountain and ski resort in the Snowy Mountains , Australia . There is also a vacation village on Mount Buller.

hikes

The summit of Mount Buller (1805 m) can be reached by car, only the last 500 meters have to be hiked. The mountain can also be climbed from the Delatite River by following the Kingsporn Walking Track . This path was used by drovers when they drove their animals to higher altitudes in the summer months. The trail starts in Merimbah , is 8 km long and well marked.

Another path, the Thank Christ Corner , leads over the mountain shoulder and the Mclaughlin path to the summit. This path offers a good view of the fire watch tower on the summit and individual rocks that have to be passed. The tower is manned by a fire watch in the summer months .

Winter sports

At Mount Buller there is ski and snowboard rental, ski schools and slope controls. The ski area covers 180 hectares . The longest downhill run is 2.5 kilometers long. There are 25 lifts in the area that can transport up to 40,000 people per hour.

The Mount Buller Holiday Village has apartments and hotels with 7,000 beds and the nearby town of Mansfield has an additional 2,300 beds. Mount Buller Village has a post office , bank and shopping facilities as well as emergency medical care.

See also

• List of mountains in Victoria
• List of mountains and elevations in Australia

Web links

Commons : Mount Buller  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Mount Buller, Skiing Snowboarding and Snow Holidays . In:Mt Buller. Retrieved January 13, 2011.
• Be on the top of the world . In:Mount Buller Official Website. Retrieved January 13, 2011.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics : Mount Buller (L) ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 15, 2020.