Australia · resort town weather
- Jindabyne — Lakeside base town · 30 min to Thredbo & Perisher
- Berridale — Quiet village stop on the Snowy Mountains Highway
- Cooma — Regional hub · 1 hr to the snowfields
- Mansfield — Cattle country gateway · 50 min to Buller & Stirling
- Bright — Great Alpine Road hub · gateway to Falls Creek & Hotham
- Mount Beauty — Closest sealed-road town to Falls Creek · 30 min up
- Harrietville — Last village before Hotham · chains fit on the way up
- Dinner Plain — Alpine village · 10 min from Mt Hotham · ski-in feel
- Marysville — Yarra Ranges gateway · 20 min to Lake Mountain
- Warburton — Yarra Valley town · closest base to Mt Donna Buang
- Omeo — Southern Great Alpine Road · gateway to Hotham from Gippsland
Tasmania · TAS · Australia
- Ben Lomond Base — Tasmania's only chairlift operation · on-mountain village at the foot of the lifts
- Launceston — Closest city base for Ben Lomond · ~90 min drive via Jacobs Ladder
- Hobart — Tasmania's capital · long day-trips when conditions deliver