Mount Feathertop is the second-highest mountain in the Australian state of Victoria and is part of the Australian Alps and is located within the Alpine National Park. It rises to 1,922 metres (6,306 ft) and is usually covered in snow from June to September. Unlike most mountains in the Australian Alps, Mount Feathertop has steep summit slopes instead of a rounded summit dome. Snow remaining in the summit gullies until late spring gives the appearance of feathers, hence the name.
Mount Feathertop as seen from the summit track.
Mount Feathertop as seen from Mount Hotham.
Snow on the Bungalow Spur track near Federation Hut.
Ascending the peak from the MUMC hut.
The Australian Alps are a mountain range in southeast Australia. The range comprises an interim Australian bioregion, and is the highest mountain range in Australia. The range straddles the borders of eastern Victoria, southeastern New South Wales, and the Australian Capital Territory. It contains Australia's only peaks exceeding 2,000 m (6,600 ft) in elevation, and is the only bioregion on the Australian mainland in which deep snow falls annually. The range comprises an area of 1,232,981 ha.
Mount Feathertop, Victoria
The Snowy Mountains region of New South Wales
Skiing, Mt. Kosciusko, Australia, c. 1925, by Albert James Perier
Perisher, New South Wales, is Australia's largest ski resort.
