Mt Kosciuszko

Mt Kosciuszko is the highest mountain in Australia (not including its external territories), with a height of 2,228 metres (7,310 ft) above sea level.

Mt Kosciuszko is not difficult to climb. There is a road to Charlotte Pass, from which it is a 9km walk up a path to the summit. Anybody with a modest level of fitness should be able to climb it.

The peak can also be approached from nearby Thredbo, which is a shorter (6.5km) and not very difficult walk and is supported by a chairlift ride year round.

Each year in December, an ultra-marathon running race called Coast to Kosciuszko (aka C2K) ascends to the top of Mt Kosciuszko after beginning 246km away at the beach in Twofold Bay.