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Sweeping mountains dotted with wildflowers, alpine bogs and Snow gums make the Snowy Mountains one of the best adventure playgrounds in the country. Best known for being ‘snowy’, these mountains are actually just as enjoyable in summer when you can hike, mountain bike, rock climb, and wild swim your way to enlightenment!

ADVENTURES
Mountain Bike Trails in the Snowy Mountains
13 Great Reasons to Visit the Snowy Mountains When There’s No Snow
A Cheeky Family Weekend at Thredbo Diggings Campground

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Kosciuszko to Kiandra – Hiking The Snowy Mountains in Summer
The Kiandra Plains are a Winter Escape With Plenty to Offer
Best Winter Backcountry Trips In Australia
Snowshoeing From Guthega To Schlink Hut
ADVENTURES NEAR JINDABYNE
Off-Track Hut-to-Hut Hiking Through Kosciuszko’s Kerries Range
Mount Kosciuszko Hike – Guide to the Walking Tracks to the Summit
An Explorer’s Guide To Thredbo (NSW)
Hannels Spur – Climbing the Steep Western Face of Mt Kosciuszko
Bikepacking
5 Things I Learnt On The Hunt 1000
Adventure & Sports
Sea to Summit in Australia – Surfing and Snowboarding in the Same Day!
Bikepacking
5 Alpine Huts in 2 Days: Bikepacking Long Plain Hut to Hainsworth Hut & Beyond in Kosciuszko National Park
OUR FAVOURITE SNOWY MOUNTAINS HIKES
Overnighting On The Main Range in Kosciuszko National Park
Cascade Hut Trail – A Historic Hut-to-Hut Hike Through The Snowy Mountains
Play Amongst Porcupine Rocks at Sunrise
DESTINATION GUIDES
Hiking
5 Best Hikes & Walks In Kosciuszko National Park
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Holidays
The Best Guides for Your Snowy Mountains Adventure
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Acknowledgement of Country

We acknowledge that this land on which we tread, whilst beautiful and revered by us, has even deeper layers of significance for its Traditional Owners; we pay our respects to elders past, present and emerging.

We Are Explorers is aware that the land is never truly being explored anew, given the ancient cultures that came before us who still call this land their home.2

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