Snowy Mountains
Nº 34 · 36.4°S 148.6°E · Canberra 125 km
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The region's weight sits in small-batch production — cellar doors and cideries spread across Tumbarumba, Batlow, Kunama, Mannus and Maragle, all leaning on the same high-altitude, cool-climate conditions that make grapes and apples behave differently here than lower down. Jindabyne and Crackenback add brewing and off-grid cabins tuned to the ski trade nearby. Cooma carries the region's institutional memory, holding three of the four heritage and science museums, while Tumut keeps a fourth. Walking country clusters around the high-country national park and Yarrangobilly, where alpine tracks and a limestone cave system sit apart from the valley towns. The spread suggests two economies: agricultural experimentation at altitude, and a national park drawing walkers past it.
Best time to visit
Given the cool-climate wine and cider focus, autumn harvest months suit cellar door visits, while alpine walks and the thermal pool are best tackled in summer when snow gum woodlands and wildflowers are accessible. Winter turns the valley towns toward snow season, with off-grid lodges and breweries geared to that trade, though many trails become impassable.
What sets it apart
What sets this region apart is the density of small-batch producers relative to everything else — eleven wineries, cideries and distilleries against four museums and four places to stay, all pinned to a genuinely cold, high-altitude viticultural pocket rather than a single town. That production sits alongside the national park's alpine walks and Yarrangobilly's caves and thermal pool, so the same limestone and snow gum country that shapes the walking trails also shapes what's fermenting in Tumbarumba and Batlow. Cooma, meanwhile, holds the institutional record of the region's hydro-electric scheme and gaol history rather than any outdoor drawcard.
Where to start
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Towns & localities
Guides to Snowy Mountains
Wine regions in Snowy Mountains
Geographical Indications — the legal names a wine may carry. Each number is the producers on the Atlas here, placed inside the GI by their own coordinates.
Highlights
A selection of standout places across Snowy Mountains
Mouat's Farm
Four kilometres out of Batlow in the foothills of the Snowy Mountains, the…
CoffeeThe Coffee Pedaler
A small country café that grew into a coffee destination, run by owner Matt…
ShopsInside Out Homestore
Tumut's homewares destination occupies a prominent stretch of Wynyard Street,…
Places to stayPURE Chalet
In the heart of Thredbo Village, a stone's throw from the lifts, this…
NatureKosciuszko Lookout Walk
The walk to the rooftop of Australia follows a well-maintained metal mesh path…
Museums & galleriesCooma Railway Heritage Centre
Set within Cooma Railway Station, one of the last fully complete regional…
Wine & spirits
Allegiance Wines
Mannus, NSW
Located in the Snowy Mountains foothills at 530m above sea level, this winery produces cool climate…
Courabyra Wines
Tumbarumba, NSW
Ten minutes from Tumbarumba, at the Snowy Mountains foothills, Courabyra has run its cellar door…
Crafty Cider
Kunama, NSW
Tony and Lorene started as fruit pickers passing through Batlow in the '80s. Thirty years later,…
Jindabyne Brewing
Jindabyne, NSW
Karl spent years teaching skiing in Utah, Colorado, the Czech Republic and Austria before bringing…
Johansen Wines Tumbarumba
Tumbarumba, NSW
Johansen Wines works from Black Range Road, on the edge of Tumbarumba in the NSW high country. The…
Ladbroken Distillery Brewhouse
Tumbarumba, NSW
On the edge of Tumbarumba, this distillery and brewhouse makes gin, vodka, whisky and liqueurs in…
Mount Tumbarumba Vineyard – On the Fly wines
Tumbarumba, NSW
Richard Cottam and Elvie Yates run one of Tumbarumba's oldest and smallest vineyards on a…
Obsession Wines Tumbarumba
Maragle, NSW
Maragle's high-altitude Tumbarumba region suits cool-climate varieties, and Obsession leans into…
The Apple Thief - Cider House
Batlow, NSW
Dave Purcell grew up on a Batlow orchard and still sources his apples locally, using only pure…
Tumut River Brewing Co
Tumut, NSW
Two tyre fitters from Tumut, Tim and Simon, traded their shed for a brewhouse in 2014. The…
Wildbrumby Schnapps Distillery
Crackenback, NSW
Austrian-born Monika Spalding grew up around her grandfather's copper still in Kossen; she and…
Museums & galleries
Cooma Gaol Museum
Cooma, NSW
Cooma Gaol Museum is a heritage-listed museum in Cooma, NSW. The museum explores themes of social…
Cooma Railway Heritage Centre
Cooma, NSW
Set within Cooma Railway Station, one of the last fully complete regional railway yards remaining…
Snowy Hydro Discovery Centre
Cooma, NSW
Run by Snowy Hydro from its Cooma base on the Monaro Highway, the Discovery Centre is the…
Tumut Historical Society Museum
Tumut, NSW
Run by the volunteer members of the Tumut & District Historical Society, formed in 1962, this…
Places to stay
Altitude 1260
Jindabyne, NSW
Big Yard Farm
Jindabyne, NSW
A working cattle farm of a hundred acres at Moonbah, fifteen minutes from Jindabyne, with the…
Brigham House
Tooma, NSW
The Tooma Store has stood here since 1879, and Jeff's grandparents ran it as the general store from…
Brindabella Farm Stay Retreat
Batlow, NSW
Anne Hallard's family has farmed the Snowy Valleys for three generations. She bought this 80-acre…
Candlelight Lodge
Snowy Mountains, NSW
In the winter of 1957 there were two buildings in Thredbo, and Kornel and Suzie Deseo, Hungarians…
Crafters Cabin
Crackenback, NSW
Dan and Mitch built the two cabins at Crafters themselves — Dan's a local builder and draftsman,…
Crafters Cabins
Crackenback, NSW
Freaks of Nature Retreat
Jindabyne, NSW
On the banks of the Snowy River outside Jindabyne, two off-grid safari tents sit above the water…
Hamilton House
Thredbo, NSW
Five acres of private land at the foothills of Thredbo and Perisher hold three ways to stay near…
House of Ullr
Thredbo, NSW
Hygge Eco Cabins
East Jindabyne, NSW
Illawong Lodge
Snowy Mountains, NSW
Built in 1926, at sixteen hundred metres in Kosciuszko, several kilometres from the nearest road…
Nature
Blue Lake Walk
Cooma, NSW
A beautiful alpine walk to a glacially carved cirque lake in the Snowy Mountains. Blue Lake is the…
Dead Horse Gap Walk
Thredbo, NSW
A scenic alpine walk from Thredbo through snow gum woodlands to Dead Horse Gap on the border of…
Kosciuszko Lookout Walk
Kosciuszko, NSW
The walk to the rooftop of Australia follows a well-maintained metal mesh path across alpine…
Mount Kosciuszko Summit
Charlotte Pass, NSW
The 18.6km return walk from Charlotte Pass to the summit of Mount Kosciuszko (2,228m), Australia's…
Thredbo River Walk
Thredbo, NSW
A gentle walk following the Thredbo River through eucalypt forest and alpine meadows in the Snowy…
Yarrangobilly Caves
Yarrangobilly, NSW
A limestone cave system in the Snowy Mountains with guided and self-guided tours through stunning…
Yarrangobilly Thermal Pool
Yarrangobilly, NSW
A natural thermal pool heated to a constant 27 degrees by underground geothermal activity in the…
Food & dining
Bacco Italian Restaurant
Jindabyne, NSW
A Jindabyne mainstay of more than twenty-five years, splitting itself between an a la carte Italian…
Birchwood Jindabyne
Jindabyne, NSW
A food-led cafe in the Snowy Mountains, open daily for fresh, flavour-packed breakfast and lunch…
Cafe Darya
Jindabyne, NSW
A long-standing independent Persian restaurant in Jindabyne, serving traditional dishes drawn from…
Café Nest
Tumbarumba, NSW
On Tumbarumba's Winton Street, a licensed café doubles as a small-town cinema and bookshop, so a…
Crackenback Farm Restaurant & Guesthouse
Crackenback, NSW
A cosy alpine farmhouse in the Thredbo Valley pouring French-inspired fare by the fire, with a…
Curiosity Chocolates
Jindabyne, NSW
Handmade chocolates from the Snowy Mountains, folding in alpine pepper, locally grown hazelnuts and…
Local at Learmont's
Tumut, NSW
Inside a 1927 Art Deco building, once J.J. Learmont's draper and mercer shop, a producers'…
Mouat's Farm
Batlow, NSW
Four kilometres out of Batlow in the foothills of the Snowy Mountains, the Mouat family has worked…
Sundance Bakehouse
Jindabyne, NSW
An owner-operated Snowy Mountains bakehouse turning out breads, fine pastries, pies and gourmet…
Takayama Restaurant Bar
Jindabyne, NSW
A Japanese izakaya bringing mountain-style small plates and a fully licensed bar to the Snowy…
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Tours & walks
Based in Snowy Mountains
Clearwater Fly Fishing Guides
Owner Craig Daly has guided fly fishing in the Snowy Mountains for more than twenty-five…
Departs AdaminabyCochran Horse Treks
Peter Cochran is a fifth-generation Mountain cattleman who has ridden the Snowy Mountains…
Departs ThredboK7 Adventures
Based out of Thredbo Village, these are guided trips into the high country above the tree…
Departs JindabyneSnowy Mountains Helicopters
Flying year-round from Jindabyne Airport under the entity Heli Surveys, this is pilot-led…
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