Mount Baw Baw, Mountain summit in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia

Mount Baw Baw is a summit on the Baw Baw Plateau, a granodiorite massif of late Devonian age. The plateau stretches about 20 km north-east and is roughly 10 km wide, with the highest point reaching 1,567 m. Above 1,200 m, snow gum woodland covers the slopes, while subalpine grasslands and shrublands fill flat valley bottoms. The photograph shows a broad snow-covered surface with small brown rocks and bare branches protruding.

Baron Ferdinand von Mueller completed the first recorded European ascent in 1860 and named nearby Christmas Creek during his collecting expedition. This early exploration helped bring scientific attention to this mountain region.

The name comes from the Yarra-Yallou and Gunna-Kurnai peoples of Gippsland; its meaning is uncertain, possibly "echo" or "ghost". The summit cairn, used as a survey reference in 1903, still stands at the top of the plateau. The Baw Baw Classic cycling race, held by the Warragul Cycling Club since 2001, finishes in the resort village.

The resort village sits at the foot of the lifts, giving ski-in, ski-out access, with car parks, ski hire, food outlets and medical and information centres all within walking distance. Two roads lead up: the winding route via Noojee and Icy Creek, or the unsealed South Face Road via Erica. Snow usually lasts from about July to the end of September.

The summit holds a historic stone cairn erected as a survey reference in 1903, which walkers on the Mt Baw Baw Summit Walk reach at the plateau's high point. The mountain is also the only home of the critically endangered Baw Baw Frog, and Baron Ferdinand von Mueller collected the Baw Baw Berry, Wittsteinia vacciniacea, here in 1860.