Alpine Way

城市概覽

Kosciuszko National Park covers 6,900 km2, around 5–6 hours / 500 km southwest of Sydney.

History Used by Aboriginal people for over 20,000 years, the park was a meeting point for feasting on nutritious Bogong moths during the summer months. The first European to climb the mountain in 1840, Edmund Strzelecki, named the highest mountain here after a Polish-Lithuania hero called General Tadeusz Kościuszko, which explains the etymology of a name that is rather difficult to pronounce by most Australians ("KOZ-ee-OS-koh"). Unsurprisingly, it's usually shortened to "Kossie". The park was founded as "National Chase Snowy Mountains" in 1906, and renamed to its present name in 1944.

Landscape All of the park is mountainous, with very few flat areas. There are a couple of lakes in the park, as you'd usually get in any mountainous area.

Flora and fauna The wildlife is rather unique given that this is a cold part of a generally very warm continent. The corroboree frog, mountain pygmy possum and dusky antechinus are located in the high reaches. There is also a significant population of wild horses.

Climate The park has a cold alpine climate, and the upper regions experience heavy snow for around 4 months of the year. Remnants of the snow can still be found in the late spring months, but there's no new snowfall.

Visitor information centres There are five visitor information centres in the park which may come across as unusual for many, since most parks don't even have one visitor centre.

1 Khancoban Visitor Centre, 2 Scammel Street, Khancoban, ☏ +61 2 6070 8400, [email protected]. M-F 9AM-4PM (closed 12:30-1PM). On top of information you can get at this visitor information centre, this visitor information centre also sells books and maps, a worthy souvenir. It's also slightly outside the park as well, and you can purchase your pass here if needed. (updated Oct 2021) 2 Perisher Valley Office, 9914 Kosciuszko Road, Perisher Valley, ☏ +61 2 6457

如何抵達

By car

Thredbo

There are two ways to get in the Thredbo section. The first way is a much wider, easier route through the Alpine Way at Jindabyne. This is the most commonly used route, where it has two lanes (one for each direction) instead of one shared lane. The other route, is via Khancoban, is a much harder, winding road going up from an elevation of 230m up to 1550m at its highest in Siberia. It only has one lane, meaning you have to share the lane with oncoming traffic (which is actually quite rare), and when an oncoming vehicle comes, you should slow done to 30km/h. While only 78km from Khancoban to Thredbo, and with a speed limit of 80km/h, the journey actually takes two hours, due to the extremely winding roads.

Perisher and Charlotte Pass

There is vehicle access to Perisher Valley, Smiggins Holes and Guthega. Roads are paved and well maintained, and usually always remain open except in the most adverse weather conditions. Snow chains are required to be carried in winter by non-4WDs, even if the road is clear and the weather is fine. If they are required to be fitted, and there will be signs at the appropriate fitting bay. There may be extensive delays on the roads between Perisher and Jindabyne at peak times, particularly between June and July, so much to the point where the traffic can come to a complete standstill in extremely poor weather. Check the weather reports and road conditions on the web, or tune in with the radio if you are coming from Jindabyne, and consider the Ski Tube as an alternative if the traffic reports are bad. Follow the signs and the Kosciuszko Road to Perisher from Jindabyne. Guthega turn is signposted to the right, and Smiggins is on the Perisher Road a few kilometres before Perisher Valley. The road is well signposted, and it's better to follow street signs as sometimes your GPS may not work. The road to Charlotte Pass is closed during the ski season, and the only access is by oversnow transport from Perisher Valley. The

當地交通

The NSW Parks and Wildlife services districtifies park into seven sections; this article does the same, although you might find Thredbo and Perisher under different sections. The seven sections consist of: Thredbo-Perisher, Lower Snowy River, Khancoban, Selwyn, Yarrangobilly, Tumut, and the High Plains area. Since Thredbo, Perisher, and Charlotte Pass have their own articles, information that is there is not covered here to avoid duplication, although some important information is covered here. See the respective pages for specific information about those destinations. The park boasts its own electric railway. The Skitube Alpine Railway was built (as its name suggests) primary for skiers moving between 6 Bullocks Flat (with road access and parking) and the ski resorts of 7 Perisher Valley and 8 Blue Cow Mountain. Otherwise, if you're coming by car, then the Alpine Way runs right throughout the southern areas the park. The section between Jindabyne and Thredbo is quite a good road, but once you go further up, it's a one lane shared road. All vehicles must use chains from Thredbo to Khancoban, with only 4WDs exempt from this. Also, small 4WDs like a Kluger won't make it without chains during snow, so you need a proper 4WD to properly go here in the snow. In the northern areas, the Snowy Mountains Highway runs throughout, from Cooma to Tumut, but it's a two-lane road (one lane each) at all times, with speed limits of 80–100 km/h (50–62 mph)

必看景點

General 1 Mount Kosciuszko. Tallest mountain in mainland Oceania, and featured as such on the original Seven Summits list. As climbing the Kosciuszko is a rather trivial challenge compared to the other continental summits, the Puncak Jaya on New Guinea is a taller and more challenging peak in Oceania, although the fact that Puncak Jaya is in Indonesia has always led to the question on what's the seventh summit. However, the walking track to the summit is always open, and is doable. (updated Jul 2021)

Thredbo-Perisher 2 Blue Lake, Blue Lake Walk. A stunning glacial lake that can be reached by a trail through the unique Aussie eucalyptus trees and alpine meadows with flora seen nowhere else. (updated May 2017) 3 Charlotte Pass lookout, Kosciuszko Rd, Charlotte Pass (At the very northern end of Snow Gums Boardwalk. There's no certain address to this place, and this place is easily accessible via Charlotte Pass (although the road is closed in winter, but the ski tube will do)). Enjoy the fine views, just before the rigorous summit walk upcoming. Snow can be seen here in the colder six months, but even in the warmer six months, there's no denying the views here. (updated Oct 2021) 4 Thredbo Community Bell, Thredbo. Australia's highest bell at 2037m in elevation. Only about 200m in altitude till the peak of the mountain. (updated Jul 2021) 5 Seamans Hut, Summit Road. (updated Oct 2021) 6 Bullocks Hut, Ski tube way, Crakenback. (updated Oct 2021) 7 Kosciuszko Education Centre, 7637 Kosciuszko Road, Wilsons Valle