TL;DR
Mt Baw Baw is calling time on its 2026 season this Sunday at 5pm, becoming the first Australian resort to close for the year after warm spells and rain wore through its snowpack. Lifts stop, but the resort stays open, entry fees get waived, and there's one last Bollywood Weekend before the lights go out. Fifty-seven days after opening, here's how the season ended and what it means for the rest of Australia's struggling snowpack.
Mt Baw Baw Alpine Resort is closing its lifts for the 2026 season this Sunday at 5pm, becoming the first Australian resort to end its season - a 57-day run cut short by warm weather and rain.
The resort opened for 2026 on June 27 and will stop lift operations on August 23, with the mountain itself remaining accessible from the following Monday even though the lifts won't be running. Village Central restaurant stays open through August 30, and the resort is waiving entry fees from August 24 onward for anyone who wants to visit without paying to ski.
We got our to explore Mt Baw Baw in 2025
A snowpack that couldn't hold on
Repeated stretches of above-freezing temperatures combined with rainfall to erode most of what snow Mt Baw Baw had left. As of August 20, only the Hut Run and Old Hut still held meaningful cover, at 28 centimetres, while every other run on the mountain had already closed. Of the resort's seven lifts, just two were still turning by that point: the Hut Run Platter and the Beginner Magic Carpet.
