Mount St Phillack, a granite hill on the Baw-Baw plateau standing at 1,566 metres (5,138 ft) above sea level is the park's highest peak as the slightly higher Mt Baw Baw peak is part of the ski resort area.

Mueller also used this trip as a way to clarify his theories about the similarities and differences in vegetation in Tasmania and Victoria.

Baw Baw typically consists of regions with low lying grasses, snow gums, and heathlands [4].The Australian Alps also have a magnitude of mushroom rock, as well as giant granite towering over the forest.

Fauna abounds on the foothills to Baw Baw Plateau, including Leadbeater's possum, which is now critically endangered as of 2015, due to the "Saturday Bushfires" impact on their population and habitat.

[10] The Epracis breviflora, or drumstick heaths flowering time is from November to January.

[11] The overnight temperature minimums fall between 6 and 13 degrees celsius on average.

The Australian Alps Walking Track traverses its entire length, starting at Walhalla and continuing north towards the Alpine National Park.