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Australia Drift at Mt Hotham Alpine Resort

Intermediate · 812 m long with 99 m of vertical, averaging 8° and 18° at its steepest, facing SE.

18°steepest 50 m
8°average pitch
812 mlength
99 mvertical
1856 mtop elevation
SEfaces

Snow and sun

Australia Drift is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Australia Drift

Lifts that reach the top: The Summit (skiing novice terrain to get there); The Drift (skiing novice terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 19 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Village
  2. Ski The Basin (intermediate)
  3. Ski Playground Trail (intermediate)
  4. Ski Sun Run (intermediate)
  5. Ride Road Runner
  6. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  7. Ski Summit Run (easy)
  8. Ride The Summit
  9. Ski Australia Drift (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins unnamed intermediate trail, Rambo's Revenge, Drift Return, unnamed easy trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: The Drift (1 min), The Summit (2 min), Summit Trainer (3 min).

See Australia Drift on the 3D mapAll runs at Mt Hotham Alpine Resort
Measured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.