Major Alpine tourism route reopens ahead of Victoria’s snow season

One of Victoria’s busiest Alpine tourism routes - Bogong High Plains Road – which connects the state’s alpine region to tens of thousands of visitors each year, has reopened ahead of Victoria’s snow season.

The major Alpine tourism route has had its two-way traffic restored for skiers, tourists and the Falls Creek community for the first time in nearly 18 months after major remediation and prevention works wrapped up following a major landslip.

The road was closed in the wake of October 2022’s devastating heavy rainfall due to debris from a mammoth slow-moving landslide, above the township of Bogong Village between Mount Beauty and Falls Creek.

It was one of the largest landslips experienced on Victoria’s road network in 40 years – standing 70 meters tall and 100 meters wide, the landslip towered higher than the MCG’s Shane Warne Stand and sprawled wider than an Airbus A380.

The Bogong High Plains Road opened under single lane traffic control ahead of schedule in late April last year, following a huge effort that saw crews work around the clock battling harsh weather conditions.

Since the major weather event, Major Road Projects Victoria have worked closely with East Gippsland based contractor Whelans Group Investments to incrementally excavate and safely remove around 600,000 tonnes of material from the slope.

Images. Credit: Falls Creek