Alps Walking Track
Australian Alps Walking Track
On this page:
Introduction
The Australian Alps Walking Track (also known as the Alps Track) is a 650 kilometre track that winds through the high country of Victoria, New South Wales and the ACT. On the Alps Track you will discover some of Australia's finest mountain national parks. The track climbs our highest mountains and crosses exposed remote alpine country and bushwalkers must always be experienced, self reliant and have good navigation skills.
If you or your party is new to bushwalking in the Australian alpine country we recommended that you undertake shorter sections of the track along popular routes to gain an understanding of the navigational and physical demands.
Important information about track condition
January 2008: Sections of the Australian Alps Walking Track between Walhalla and the Omeo Highway that were closed after the 2006-2007 fires have now been re-opened.
Sections of heaviest regrowth from the 2003 fires are also being cleared from Omeo Highway to Cowombat Flat on the New South Wales/Victoria border.
For latest updates about the Alps Track contact one of the park offices.
After the Alpine fires of 2003 sections of the track were temporarily closed whilst rangers undertook track assessment, repair and remarking.
The track is now open, but particular care must be taken navigating along the Victorian sections between Mount Wills (Long Spur) and the Cowombat Flat Track (Cobberas Wilderness) and the section across the Big River between Ropers Hut site and Madisons Hut site (Bogong area).
These relatively remote sections of the Alps Track are subject to thick regrowth resulting in poor track definition. Clearing and marking along these sections is an ongoing process. Walkers are also urged to stay on formed tracks, to be aware of the possibility of dead limbs and trees falling, to only camp on open unburnt ground and not to rely on track markers as some may still need to be replaced.