Surrounded by the spectacular Snowy Mountains, you are greeted at your alpine lodge with a grazing board and a bottle of local sparkling wine. In the afternoon, your Lead Mountain Guide will take you through an equipment and safety briefing, making sure you are feeling prepared and excited for the upcoming expedition. For dinner, tuck into delicious wood fired pizzas from the Alpine Larder Restaurant.  Returning to your alpine lodge for a good night's rest before an early start in the morning.

Highlights

• Explore Lake Crackenback
• Meet your Mountain Guide
• Equipment & Safety Demonstration

With a 7 am wake up call and a final gear checklist. Our adventure begins with a ride up the Kosciuszko Express Chairlift to Eagles Nest, 1937m. While admiring the fantastic view, we’ll strap into our touring gear and set off into the winter wilderness of Kosciuszko National Park. As you learn to navigate on snow, our expert Mountain Guide/s will be there by your side to support, instruct and help you throughout the expedition.

Reaching Cootapatamba Hut in the early afternoon, we will set up our basecamp and take a well deserved rest before cooking a hot and hearty dinner in our snow kitchen. As the sun sets, we will enjoy a simple supper of peppermint tea and classic Aussie biscuits while a blanket of stars covers the night sky. For a comfortable nights rest, you will stay warm and cosy in your winter sleeping bag and tent.

Highlights

• Personalised adventure for each participant.
• Hot meals throughout the tour
• Learn how to build a snow camp

Rising to the smell of fresh coffee and hot breakfast, we’ll take our time to wake up before preparing for our day’s adventure. Following instructions from your Mountain Guide you will navigate up to the summit of Mount Kosciuszko. Standing tall at 2228 metres high, you will have an unbroken view of the snow capped Main Range and the Great Dividing Range. In the afternoon, we will return back to our basecamp and cook up a feast for our final snow camp dinner.

Highlights

• Summit Mount Kosciuszko 2228m
• Spend 3 days with an expert Mountain Guide, exploring the best of Kosciuszko National Park

Our final morning on the mountain range, we say goodbye to our alpine base camp and head back towards Eagles Nest. Stopping along Rams Head (2190m) to look back and savour the view one last time before descending back down toward Thredbo Village via the chairlift. Making our way back to Lake Crackenback Resort for hot showers and if desired, a pampering massage at the Spa & Wellness Centre to relieve any aches and pains from your mountain adventure. Tonight we will celebrate at the Cuisine Restaurant with a glass of wine by the roaring fire.

Highlights

• Summit Rams Head Peak (2190m)
• 3 course meal at Cuisine Restaurant, Lake Crackenback Resort.
• Final night relaxing by a roaring fire

After a long weekend of exploring Australia’s alpine region and Snowy Mountains, we reach our final morning together and the tour officially concludes allowing guests to follow their own schedule. We do recommend taking a few extra days out to further explore this stunning region.

If you are interested in adding on extra nights accommodation at Lake Crackenback resort, please enquire on booking.