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Snow on Mount Wellington in the Summer


Does it snow on Mount Wellington? Turns out, it does. Even in the middle of summer.

When most people think of Australia, they think of kangaroos, koalas, barbeques, the beach and the soaring temperatures. What they don’t think about is snow. Certainly not in summer.

As of today, it’s pretty much Australian winter. That brilliant time of the year when you can head up into the mountains, hoping there’s been some snowfall, and hit the slopes. It’s a ton of fun but even in winter, there’s often the need for some fake snow to give it some depth. Granted, Mount Hotham has had 23cm of snow at the summit. Almost a foot of snow – not bad at all!

Though my experience of summer snow takes place in Tasmania. In December. At the height of the Aussie summer, when I ascended to find snow on Mount Wellington which overlooks the Tassie capital; Hobart.

Mount Wellington seen from Hobart

From Hobart, you get a pretty good view of Mount Wellington, and it was quite clear that the view from the top would be spectacular.

We opted to drive up as far as we could, and then walk any further if we needed to. The road up the mountain takes you to the top where you can find a car parking and a lookout building just in case you need a break from the elements, so the walking part never happened.

As you’d expect with most mountains, the higher you go, the cooler it gets. Despite it being the middle of As you’d expect with most mountains, the higher you go, the cooler it gets. Despite it being the middle of summer, and us starting the day in shorts and t-shirts, it soon cooled down as we approached the top.

It didn’t take long for a change to jeans to become appropriate. Then, a short while after we’d left the car and started checking out the views, we experienced rain and snow on Mount Wellington.

View from the summit of Mount Wellington

I never expected that I would go from wearing shorts in the heat to changing to weather the snow, and back again within the space of a few hours, but now at least you’ll know to be prepared.

As you can see it’s worth the short drive up to the summit. I’m not really sure how common it is to get It’s worth the short drive up to the summit. I’m not sure how common it is to get snow on Mount Wellington in the middle of summer, but I’d assume it’s about as likely as experiencing rain at Uluru. Who knows, maybe I’m lucky.

View at the top of Mount Wellington

Not that it matters too much – it didn’t take long for it to pass over so I could spend some time taking pictures and enjoying the view. Just remember, if you do go, make sure you take some warm clothing with you. You might not need it but it’s better to be safe than sorry!

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I'm Marc, and I'd like to welcome you to Macrodyl. I'm an avid traveller with an odd bunch of interests. Many of my stories involve my time backpacking Australia, which I've done on multiple occasions. I often visit other countries too, with a bucket list longer than I can count.

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