Best Ski Resorts in Australia

Hotham: award for best overall ski resort in Australia due to terrain & snow

Hotham: top skiing in Australia award for powder hounds

Dinner Plain near Mt Hotham: best snow play with easy access

Dinner Plain Hotel near Mt Hotham

Best Ski Resorts in Australia

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Powderhounds Awards for the Best Ski Resorts in Australia

The Powderhounds awards for the "Best Skiing in Australia" provide information on what we view as the best ski resorts in Australia. Here are some of our favourites regarding Australia skiing and snowboarding.

Top Rated Australia Ski Fields for Powder Hounds

Based on advanced/expert terrain + snow quality & quantity+ lack of people riding off-piste

Best Ski Resorts in Australia Overall

Based on the average of all of our ratings which include infrastructure, terrain, family friendliness, snow & cost. When you add in ease of access, village vibe and shopping etc (factors that are not incorporated in our ratings), then Thredbo possibly pips Hotham as the best overall ski resort in Australia.

Other Best Skiing Australia (Powderhounds.com Awards)

Best overall terrain: Hotham, Mt Buller
Top ski resorts in Australia for beginners: Falls Creek, Perisher
Best intermediate skiing Australia: Perisher, Falls Creek, Thredbo
Best advanced terrain on-piste: Mt Buller, Mt Hotham
Best expert slopes: Mt Hotham
Best Aussie ski resort for off-piste: Mt Hotham
Best sidecountry: Hotham
Best uncrowded slopes: Falls Creek, Mt Baw Baw
Lift infrastructure: Thredbo, Falls Creek
Best terrain park: Perisher, Falls Creek

Snow (not something that skiing in Australia is renowned for!)

Best powder: Mt Hotham, Perisher
Highest likelihood of freshies: Falls Creek

Other

Easy on the hip pocket (something ski resorts in Australia are definitely not renowned for): Mt Baw Baw
Best family resorts: Falls Creek, Perisher, Baw Baw
Best snow play with easy access: Dinner Plain, Mt Baw Baw
Dog friendly snow destination in Australia: Dinner Plain

Nightlife

Best après & nightlife: Falls Creek, Thredbo, Mt Buller
Best restaurants: Falls Creek, Mt. Buller, Thredbo

Snow Raspberries

Most crowded ski resort Australia: Mt Buller
Worst lifts: Mount Baw Baw
Worst snow: Mt Baw Baw

For more information on ski resorts that rate well on various factors, see the Powderhounds Australia ski resorts ratings. Examples of some of the categories are beginners terrain, intermediate terrain, expert terrain, powder, lunchtime freshies, lift infrastructure, uncrowded lift lines and slopes, restaurants, apres and much more.

Best Australia Ski Resorts - Readers' Reviews

These awards for the "best ski resorts in Australia" are based on the public reviews on Powderhounds.com. Come and have your say on the top Australia ski resorts by reviewing and rating a ski area. Navigate to the Australia ski resort you want to review and click on the "add review" link in the left-hand-column. Put your vote in!

Best overall Australia ski resort ¹: Falls Creek, Mt Hotham, Perisher
Best Australia powder skiing ²: Mt Hotham, Perisher, Falls Creek
Best snow: Mt Hotham, Perisher, Falls Creek
Most uncrowded: Falls Creek, Mt Hotham, Perisher
Best lifts: Perisher, Falls Creek, Thredbo
Piste trails: Falls Creek, Perisher, Mt Hotham
Off-piste: Mt Hotham, Thredbo, Perisher
Child friendly: Falls Creek, Perisher, Mt Hotham
Value for money: Falls Creek, Mt Hotham, Perisher
Nightlife: Falls Creek, Thredbo, Mt Hotham

NB only Australia ski resorts with a minimum of 4 reviews were considered in the awards. Where there are equal scores, the resort with more reviews is selected as the best. 1 The top overall Australia ski resort is based on an average of the other above factors. 2 The best Australia powder skiing is the average of the scores for snow, uncrowded and off-piste.