Baw Baw National Park

Baw Baw National Park is a Victorian state park protecting alpine and subalpine landscapes around Mount Baw Baw in eastern Victoria, established to conserve high-country environments.

The area was reserved and later proclaimed a national park to protect its fragile high-country environments and water catchments as recreational use increased. Management focuses on balancing visitor access with conservation of sensitive soils and vegetation.

The park sits in the eastern Victorian high country, east of Melbourne and within driving range of the Gippsland region, with main access from roads that lead up to the Mount Baw Baw recreational village.

• Ecosystems: Alpine and subalpine environments are the park's focus, with snow gum woodlands, montane bogs and short alpine plateaus that are sensitive to erosion.
• Visitor access: The summit and village offer the park's most developed visitor facilities and are the main access points for walking and winter sports.

What to See #

• Mount Baw Baw: The park's highest and most visited summit, the focal point for skiing and alpine walking with marked trails from the village area to the ridge and summit zone.
• Mount Baw Baw village / ski area: A small village and recreational area on the mountain that provides access to cross-country and downhill ski facilities in winter and walking trails in summer.