Mount Donna Buang

Mount Donna Buang is a 1,250-metre mountain summit in the Yarra Ranges National Park, about 10 kilometres north of Warburton and 80 kilometres east of Melbourne, Victoria. It is notable as Melbourne's closest accessible winter snow-play area, featuring a summit observation tower with views across the Yarra Valley to the city, cool temperate rainforest dominated by myrtle beech, and historic walking and cycling routes through protected forest.

Visitors can drive the winding sealed Donna Buang Road to a summit car park and climb the 21-metre observation tower for panoramic views over the Yarra Valley, Melbourne and the Dandenong Ranges on clear days. The area is set in cool temperate rainforest with myrtle beech and mountain ash, offering short rainforest walks, picnic areas, and in winter a designated snow-play area. There are no shops or ski hire on the mountain; facilities are basic and weather can change rapidly.

Mount Donna Buang has a history of timber harvesting and tramways in the early 20th century. It became one of Victoria's earliest snow recreation areas in the 1920s and 1930s with a ski lodge and cleared ski runs, before larger alpine resorts developed. The summit road and observation tower were later developed for public recreation within the Yarra Ranges National Park.

The mountain lies on the Country of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. The name Donna Buang is derived from an Aboriginal language term. The surrounding Yarra Ranges forests hold cultural importance for Traditional Owners and are valued for their cool temperate rainforest ecology.