Falls Creek - World Snowboard Guide

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Falls Creek is a well developed modern resort that will make a weeks stay well worth it, but any longer a bit tedious. The 90 or so marked out trails are evenly split between beginner and advanced level, but although there are a lot of runs none are that long.

Still the terrain is good and expert riders will find a selection of steep runs off the Ruined Castle chairlift which also gives access to some open sections and a route down to the more advanced terrain parks on Sun Valley.

There are 3 main terrain parks and a small one for kids. The parks are serviced by the Drovers Dream and Ruined Castle chairlift, they boast a good number of hits depending on the conditions but get the latest setup on their website - www.terrainparkinstitute.com.au.

Riders who like to go fast, will be able to down the fast blacks of the Internation t-bar, while beginners will find the Eagle chair gives access to good nursery slopes.

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New for season

2010: AU $2.5million is being spent over the summer to improve snow cover with the purchase of 28 automatic snow cannons. The resort has also announced that the Wombats Ramble will be open for night boarding on wednesday & saturdays

2008: Improved snowmaking inc purchase of 21 new cannons. New piste groomer.

06: new Park Bully cutter. Snowmaking on Wombat’s Ramble. Extended 4km snow fence farm to help fill in the gaps. Improved beginner lift on Playground.

05: new high speed fixed grip quad lift siituated in the Towers/Panorama area of Sun Valley. Will add a previously untracked 7.4 hectares to the resorts’ terrain. 120m superpipe launched last season

Resort Statistics

Resort Type: Alpine
Summer: June to Oct

Lifts

Total Lifts: 13
Chair lifts: 8
Drag lifts: 3
Other lifts: 2 beginner lifts
Max people per hour: 20,000
Board Leashes required: No

Mountain

Total pistes/trails: 92
Total ride area: 450hec/75km
Longest run: 3km

Top lift: 1780m
Vertical drop: 380m
First lift: 1600m

Piste suitability

Green runs: 17%
Red runs: 60%
Black runs: 23%

Lift Passes

	Low Season			High Season
	AUD	GBP	Average	AUD	GBP	Average
Day Pass	106.00	61.05	95%	106.00	61.05	77%
6-Day Pass	441.00	253.99	76%	560.00	322.53	94%

	AUD	GBP	Average
Season Pass:	1,399.00	805.75	67%

Lift Passes:
Half-day $89
Lift times:[No information]

Snowfall

Average annual snowfall: 4m
Artificial snowmaking coverage: 80%

Facilities

	AUD	GBP
4hr Group Lesson (full day):	56.00	32.25
4hr Private Lesson (full day):	227.00	130.74

Snowboard Schools: 1 Day $131 inc lift pass, $184 inc rental.
5 Days $544 inc pass
Snowboard Hire: $143 full day lift pass + board & boots
Night Riding: : intermediate and beginner night boarding in the Village Bowl.