Located in the south-western corner of New South Wales, the Snowy Mountains are the highest section of Australia’s Great Dividing Range. Kosciusko National Park covers most of the mountains. It’s NSW’s largest park (6900 sq km/2690 sq mi), stretching from the Victorian border to the ACT. It includes all of the state’s ski resorts, rugged alpine scenery, caves, glacial lakes and forests. Although its renowned as a winter playground, the park is also popular with bushwalkers in summer, when there are marvellous alpine wildflowers. The ski resorts include Thredbo, Perisher Valley, Smiggins Hole and Mt Blue Cow. Mt Kosciusko is the highest peak at 2228m (7308ft). The main town in the region is Jindabyne, situated just outside the park boundary on the edge of a beautiful lake.