Snowshoe Tours

Snowshoe Tours

MBSS will be back for the winter of 2025!  To book a green season tours, visit Adventure Guides Australia  

Snowshoe Rambles

Bushwalking in the snow is an experience not to be missed! Our guide will set you up with special wide snowshoes that attach to your hiking boots or snow boots- they make it much easier to walk on top of the snow. Once you've got the hang of walking in the snowshoes.  Your guide will lead you on a beautiful ramble through the snow gums.

Half-Day Scenic Snowshoe Tour  (Snowshoes provided)

Enjoy the beauty of a snow-capped Mount Buffalo on a guided half-day snowshoe tour at Cresta Valley. We tailor the length and difficulty of the tour to the group. Usually, we mix the route between marked and unmarked trails.

  • Duration: 3hrs
  • Location: Cresta Valley (Meet at Cresta Valley Carpark near the Horn Road Closed sign)
  • Tour times:
    Weekends and during School holidays, please click the booking button to see the tour availability
  • Best for: Beginners, families, recommended minimum age 7
  • Price: $155pp
  • Equipment: Snowshoe hire is included. We will have these ready for you at the Cresta Valley car park/meeting place.

*Children under 16 must be accompanied on the tour by a participating adult.

*For last-minute booking, pleases call us.

FULL DAY SNOWSHOE and INTRODUCTION TO BACKCOUNTRY SAFETY (Snowshoes provided)

A full day of snowshoeing where we explore some of the backcountry areas of Mount Buffalo as well as marked snowshoe trails. We will also discuss snow camping, the use of ice axes, crampons and other backcountry access and safety tools. The importance of understanding severe weather (when not to go) and avoiding or preparing for avalanche risk will also be included. Also communications safety and use of PLBs etc.

  • Duration: 5hrs
  • Location: Cresta Valley (Meet at Cresta Valley Carpark near the Horn Road Closed sign)
  • Tour times:
    - Private tours only, please give us a call to book your tour time
    - Tour usually starts at 10:30 am
  • Best for: Beginners, families, recommended minimum age 7
  • Price: $295pp
  • Equipment: Snowshoe hire is included. We will have these ready for you at the Cresta Valley car park/meeting place.

*Children under 16 must be accompanied on the tour by a participating adult.

*For last-minute booking, pleases call us.

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XC Ski Hire Shops Near Mount Buffalo

Not all ski hire shops have cross-country skis. The hire shops listed below are the only businesses we know of in the region that currently stock XC skis, boots and poles for rental. Remember to allow enough time to have your boots and skis properly fitted before you travel up the mountain for your lesson or tour. As Mount Buffalo snow is often icy, we recommend that you hire steel edge backcountry style skis for your tour as they work much better than plastic edge skis in icy and other conditions when away from groomed trails.

  • Rays Ski Shop – Great Alpine Road, Myrtleford 03 5752 1306 (steel edge backcountry skis)
  • Bright Chalet Ski Hire – Great Alpine Road, Bright 03 5755 1833 (steel edge touring skis)
  • Happy Valley Hub – 5023 Great Alpine Road, Ovens 03 5751 1845 (Adult steel edge touring skis and plastic edge children's skis)
  • Porepunkah Ski Hire - 5 Nicholson St, Porepunkah, Australia - 0476 586 659
  • Everest Outdoors -  Bright - 28A Ireland St Bright VIC 3741- 035 7552227