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![hotham australia snake valley hotham australia snake valley](http://www.ski-adventure-guide.com/images/xhothamaustralia_snakevalley.jpg.pagespeed.ic.IS2dOW5miF.jpg)
Looking up the Snake Valley, under the Heavenly Chair lift. Quite few runs funnel in here, hence can be quite a busy area in peak season.
![hotham down snake valley hotham down snake valley](http://www.ski-adventure-guide.com/images/xhothamaustralia_downsnakevalley.jpg.pagespeed.ic.Rmue6JSvEI.jpg)
Looking down the Snake Valley at Mt Hotham. The entire run is not shown.
![hotham base of snake valley hotham base of snake valley](http://www.ski-adventure-guide.com/images/xhothamaustralia_baseofsnakevalley.jpg.pagespeed.ic.UW2MySy2Bk.jpg)
The very base of the Snake Valley.
![hotham towards gotcha hotham towards gotcha](http://www.ski-adventure-guide.com/images/xhotham_towardsgotcha.jpg.pagespeed.ic.A9qWNwQ6qZ.jpg)
Traversing the mountains towards distant runs of Gotcha, which is at the boundary of the patrolled area.
![hotham towards keoghs hotham towards keoghs](http://www.ski-adventure-guide.com/images/xhotham_towardskeoghs.jpg.pagespeed.ic.01Zg71GnIM.jpg)
Same neighborhood as Gotcha, is the Keoghs trails.
![hotham valley and me hotham valley and me](http://www.ski-adventure-guide.com/images/xhotham_valleyandme.jpg.pagespeed.ic.eJmGy5yGGs.jpg)
A nice overview of the Mt Hotham Australia Valley. This is where the majority of the skiing takes place. There are gentler trails on the top of the hill range not shown on this snapshot. This is the Hotham Valley having reached Keogh and Gotcha runs.
![reaching keoghs hotham reaching koeghs](http://www.ski-adventure-guide.com/images/xhotham_reachingkeoghs.jpg.pagespeed.ic.aqho5xD7wC.jpg)
Another snapshot of Keoghs neighborhood.
![hotham village left behind hotham village left behind](http://www.ski-adventure-guide.com/images/xhotham_villageleftbehind.jpg.pagespeed.ic.xJ8wViNaCJ.jpg)
Ski Village left in the distance. You can vaguely see the Arlberg Hotel.
![hotham other side of mountain hotham other side of mountain](http://www.ski-adventure-guide.com/images/xhothamaus_othersideofmountain.jpg.pagespeed.ic.yd7vbdVXQa.jpg)
If you follow the perimeter of the patrolled area you can circumnavigate the mountains or hills range. This view is from the other side of the valley heading back to Snake Valley down the Spargos or One Tree Hill Run.
![hotham going down other side hotham going down other side](http://www.ski-adventure-guide.com/images/xhothamaus_goingdownotherside.jpg.pagespeed.ic.NvaurbE4I_.jpg)
Skiing down One Tree Hill.
![hotham under blue ribbon hotham under blue ribbon](http://www.ski-adventure-guide.com/images/hotham_underblueribbonlift.jpg)
This is closer to the big -D runs under the Blue Ribbon,away from the areas above. When the snow thaws out these are the first runs to close.
![hotham blue ribbon run hotham blue ribbon run](http://www.ski-adventure-guide.com/images/hothamaustralia_blueribbonrun.jpg)
Hothams Blue Ribbon. Nice area to ski when the weather turns bad, as the tree line shields you from snow.
![hotham gun barrel towards snake gully hotham gun barrel towards snake gully](http://www.ski-adventure-guide.com/images/hothamaustralia_gunbarreltowardssnakegully.jpg)
Looking down the Gun Barrel towards Snake Valley.
![hotham winter picture hotham winter picture](http://www.ski-adventure-guide.com/images/hothamaustralia_winterpicture.jpg)
Australia Hotham Snow Pick.
![hotham on the way to blue ribbon hotham on the way to blue ribbon](http://www.ski-adventure-guide.com/images/hothamaustralia_onthewaytoblueribbon.jpg)
Heading towards Blue Ribbon.
![hotham trooper in ski school hotham trooper in ski school](http://www.ski-adventure-guide.com/images/hothamaustralia_trooperinskischool.jpg)
This is our First Trooper at Ski School, only four years old, and has just progressed to the next Mighty Mites level which allows riding on lifts under adult supervision.
![hotham close to blue ribbons runs hotham close to blue ribbons runs](http://www.ski-adventure-guide.com/images/hothamaustralia_closetoblueribbonruns.jpg)
In the neighborhood of the Blue Ribbon.
![hotham village view hotham village view](http://www.ski-adventure-guide.com/images/hothamaustralia_villageview.jpg)
View of the Australian Hotham Village.
![hotham view of chalets hotham view of chalets](http://www.ski-adventure-guide.com/images/hothamaustralia_viewofchalets.jpg)
Chalets close to the village chair lift.
![hotham our troopers hotham our troopers](http://www.ski-adventure-guide.com/images/hothamaustralia_ourtroopers.jpg)
Our two troopers whom have kept us busy since the arrival of the second one.