Despite sad snow conditions, the 6th Victorian backcountry festival will happen over three days in early September.

It will happen in and around the Mt Hotham resort, with all the usual components of the festival that we love – the tours, workshops, repair café, demo village, speakers program and outdoor bar. This year we have two festival hubs – The General, plus the Last Run Bar.

Please register for the festival here (you need to register to be able to book tours). Check below for full details.

Tours

Thanks to the generosity of our backcountry community for the huge volunteer turnout to lead group tours, we can gladly offer tours on all 3 days of the festival weekend.

All tours require booking. Booking links provided upon successful festival registration where you will be emailed a registrant’s only program with booking links to all workshops. Please only book 1 tour over the weekend, so we can share the love to as many people as possible!

Further info on the tours available here.

Workshops

There is a great line up of practical skills workshops happening. Details here.

Speakers program

There are two sessions – one on ‘mobilising the outdoors community’ and one focused on building backcountry skills,

Details here.

Wrap up event

On Sunday night, there will be a dinner and talk at the Last Run Bar, featuring adventurer Huw Kingston. Details and tickets available here.

The organising team are working hard to deliver an inspiring, inclusive and fun event. See you on the hill soon!