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Thredbo is a village and ski resort in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales, Australia. It is approximately 500 kilometres (310 mi) south of Sydney, accessible by the Alpine Way via Cooma, Berridale and Jindabyne. The village is built in the valley of the Thredbo River, also known as the Crackenback River, at the foot of the Ramshead Range.
The Thredbo River rises below South Rams Head, near Mount Leo within the Kosciuszko National Park.The river flows generally adjacent to the Alpine Way, west and northwest near Dead Horse Gap, then generally north, passing through the village of Thredbo, joined by four tributaries including the Little Thredbo River, before emptying into Lake Jindabyne, impounded by Jindabyne Dam.
Alpine Way is a 121-kilometre (75 mi) rural road located in the Snowy Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia.The road connects Jindabyne in the east to the New South Wales-Victorian border in the west, crossing the Murray River near Bringenbrong and Upper Towong.
In the 1980s, development of the Thredbo and Perisher Valley skifields was increasing, but the mountain road providing access to them was limited. In 1980 the National Parks & Wildlife Service proposed the establishment of a day visitors resort at Blue Cow Mountain , which would increase the traffic demands.
The flat is the site of the lower terminus of the Skitube Alpine Railway a traction rack railway that takes skiers from beside the Alpine Way road (leading to the adjacent state of Victoria) below Thredbo, through a steeply inclined railway tunnel, into the Kosciuszko National Park at Perisher Valley and the associated ski resort of Blue Cow Mountain.
The Little Thredbo River rises below Moonbah Mountain, within the Kosciuszko National Park near Camp Flat, and flows generally northeast by north before reaching its confluence with the Thredbo River, near the Bullocks Flat Terminal. The river descends 582 metres (1,909 ft) over its 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) course. [2]
New South Wales The Kosciuszko National Park ( / ˌ k ɒ z i ˈ ʌ s k oʊ / KOZ -ee- USK -oh ) [ 3 ] is a 6,900-square-kilometre (2,700 sq mi) national park and contains mainland Australia 's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko , for which it is named, and Cabramurra , the highest town in Australia.
Kosciuszko Road branches from Snowy Mountains Highway in Pine Valley, nearly 7km west of Cooma, and heads roughly westwards, passing through the towns of Berridale and Jindabyne, before crossing Thredbo River and entering Kosciuszko National Park.