| Mount Baw Baw | |
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| Elevation: | 1,567 metres AHD (5,141 feet) |
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| Location: | Victoria, Australia |
| Range: | Baw Baw Plateau |
| First ascent: | Unknown |
| Easiest route: | hike/ski |
Mount Baw Baw is a mountain in Victoria in Australia
Location
It is at ([1]) is about 120 kilometres east of Melbourne and 50 kilometres north of the Latrobe Valley. Gippsland is a large rural region in Victoria, Australia. It begins immediately east of the suburbs of Melbourne and stretches to the New South Wales border In topography a summit is a point on a surface which is higher in Elevation than all points immediately adjacent to The Australian Height Datum is a Geodetic datum for Altitude measurement in Australia. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. A mountain range is a chain of Mountains bordered by highlands or separated from other mountains by passes or valleys In Climbing, a first ascent (FA is the first modern recorded climb to reach the top of a Mountain, or the first to follow a particular Climbing route A climbing route is a path by which a climber reaches the top of a Mountain, rock or ice wall The word 'hiking' is understood in all English-speaking countries but there are differences in usage Snow skiing is a group of sports utilizing Skis as primary equipment For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. It consists of a long plateau tending north-east, with low peaks named Mount Whitelaw, Mount St. Phillack (the highest), Mount Mueller, Mount Tyers, Mount Kernot and Mount Saint Gwinear. The plateau itself is isolated from most of Victoria's high country by the Thomson and Aberfeldy Rivers and tributaries of the La Trobe River, including the Tanjil and Tyers Rivers to the south. Thomson River is a river in Victoria, Australia. It feeds from Baw Baw National Park and is dammed not far below its source by the Thomson River The Latrobe River is a river in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia.
The Baw Baw massif consists of a late Devonian granodiorite pluton. The Devonian is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic era spanning from to million years ago. There is relatively little relief on the plateau itself, the highest point (Mount St. Phillack) reaching 1567 metres. The lower slopes of the plateau are covered in montane eucalypt forest and tall forest, and creek valleys have cool temperate rainforest of myrtle beech, Nothofagus cunninghamii. The Myrtle Beech ( Nothofagus cunninghamii) is an Evergreen tree native to Victoria and Tasmania, Australia. Above 1200 metres snow gum woodland occur, grading into subalpine grasslands and shrublands above 1300 metres. Much of this subalpine zone is included in the 133 km² Baw Baw National Park. Baw Baw is a national park in Victoria, Australia, 111 km east of Melbourne. The Baw Baw Village ski resort is technically outside the National Park.
The climate of the plateau itself is subalpine, with average annual precipitation of 1900 mm per annum. Snow covers the plateau from June to September.
It is thought that Baron Ferdinand von Mueller made the first recorded European ascent of Baw Baw in 1860, naming Christmas Ck on one of his major collecting expeditions. It was on this trip that he collected the Baw Baw Berry, Wittsteinia vaccinacea.
Ski Resort
There is a small ski-resort of the same name on this mountain. There are about 30 hectares of mainly beginner - intermediate ski runs. A piste is the name given to a marked ski run or path down a mountain for snow Skiing, Snowboarding, or other mountain sports There are six ski tows and T-bars that service the mountain, with the highest going almost to the top of Mount Baw Baw. The resort village is at the bottom of the lifts, offering ski in - ski out access. The downhill runs are accompanied by a greater distance of cross country tracks offering access to other parts of the Baw Baw plateau. Like most lower lying Australian ski resorts, the snow cover can often be variable from year to year. A reliable snow cover is regularly available for the ski season locally from about July to the end of September. A list of every ski tow to operate at Baw Baw can be found at wikiski.
References
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