Alpine Way

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Alpine Way
Length	126 km
General direction	East-West
From	Barry Way, Jindabyne, New South Wales
via	Khancoban
To	Murray Valley Highway, 11 km east of Corryong, Victoria on NSW/Vic. Border
Allocation	Alpine Way

Brumbies grazing near Dead Horse Gap

Murray River at Tom Groggin

The Alpine Way is a State highway in New South Wales, Australia. The Alpine Way starts near Jindabyne on the eastern side of the Snowy Mountains. It runs south-west past Thredbo and crosses the crest of the Great Dividing Range at Dead Horse Gap. It then winds around the western side of the range along the upper reaches of the Murray River, past the Geehi River to Khancoban, connecting with the Murray Valley Highway.

The Alpine Way was built about 1950 as part of the access for the Snowy Mountains Scheme and paving of the road was completed in the 1990s. It is winding and very scenic.