Our little mountain offers some of the best bushwalking near Melbourne, with an extensive number of well marked, well-maintained hiking trails that make exploring Victoria’s alpine landscape easy. These trails are full of spectacular views and include plenty of places for a relaxing picnic.
Planning on visiting Lake Mountain during our green season – here’s some of our favourite walking trails at Lake Mountain:
Leadbeaters Walk – An easy 600m return walk you’ll get to see Alpine Ash tree regrowth from the 1939 and 2009 fires. Interpretive signs along the walk highlight impacts fires have had on the Lake Mountain plateau and also relics from the post 1939 fire timber logging past.
Lake Mountain Summit Walk – Easy 40 minutes return, steep areas. An easy walk with plenty of spectacular views on offer, the Summit Walk is a great one for young families. With sections that take you through snowgum woodland and stops along the way that look out north to the Alps and south to Marysville and Melbourne.
Bjarne K Dahl Memorial Boardwalk – 250m one way. A wheelchair-accessible boardwalk at Snowy Hill car park, where the first skiers on Lake Mountain tried their skills in the 1920s. Signage along this interpretative walk outlines the characteristics of Snow Gums and Alpine Ash, the two eucalypts that dominate this plateau, as well as the skiing history of the area and the impacts of fire on these forests.
Boundary Hut Ruin & Keppel Hut – 8km one way. A longer walk, from Gerraty’s Car Park, use the ski trail network to access the track to Keppel Hut. The quickest route is via Royston Rd to Triangle junction then to Panorama and Hut trails from where the track to Keppel Hut is clearly marked. This track descends quite steeply in parts, with some spectacular views out towards Mt Margaret. Keppel Hut is a popular camping spot on the headwaters of the Keppel Hut Creek.
Please follow all signage, particularly where trail is shared with mountain bikes.
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