Perisher - World Snowboard Guide

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Perisher is in the Kosciusko National park in the Snowy Mountains. Mt Kosciusko, the highest point in the country is called Australia's 'Super Resort' as it has come about through the amalgamation of a number of resorts including, Perisher, Blue Cow, Guthega and Smiggins. There are 1250 hectares of rideable terrain with an elevation to 2054m. However the vertical descent is only about 350m. Nevertheless they have installed 50 lifts and the Australians make the most of the terrain available.

Another plus is the huge amount of encouragement for snowboarders. There is a fun-park, a separate Board Riders school a woman's snowboard programme, a Board rider's guide and the Addiction Snowboard store where they will tune and groom your stuff. The mountain itself has a good range of difficulties but unfortunately the black runs are few and far between. Also if you stick too much to pisted areas you will find little to challenge riders above intermediate standard. Most of the black runs are accessible by T-bar only and it really is a drag.

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New for season

2011: PlayStation Slopestyle Park on Front Valley now floodlight. AUD$1M on Automated snowmaking at Blue Cow. Magice carpet on blue-cow
2009: 6 Terrain parks and a Superpipe
During winter 2009 park junkies will be able to test their skills in one of Perisher's six progressive terrain parks and Superpipe.

Snowmaking Expansion
$5.7 million dollars has been spent this year, with new snowmaking infrastructure added to the Happy Valley area and top to bottom on the very popular Towers Run on Mt Perisher, as part of Perisher’s three-year $19 million dollar investment in snowmaking expansions and upgrades.

07 season Snowmaking and Grooming
$3.6 million on the upgrade of snowmaking at Blue Cow and the installation of important water supply infrastructure to enable further snowmaking in Perisher Valley and Blue Cow in future years. State of the art automated snowmaking systems will also be trailed at Blue Cow. The grooming fleet of 19 has been modernised with the addition of a new Sherpa Winch groomer and Kassbohrer Park Bully 200 Edge
06 season: Extended snowmaking, new $400,000 groomer, improved lift access. Increased use of snow fences to collect snow. Tube Town will have its own snowmaking and lighting system

05 season: New for 2005 theres a tube park, $1.4million spent on snowmaking equipment to increase coverage on Roller Coaster and lower Excelerator runs, $1.2million spent on 2 new snow groomers. The slope style course has been moved to create a new terrain park at Blue Cow

04 season: new superpipe will have walls 4.5 metres high with a transition radius of about 5.2 metres. Increased snow making facilities , new 8 seater chairlift The Village 8 Express. New terrain parks and snowdeck park.

Resort Statistics

Resort Type: Alpine
Winter: June to Oct
Summer: None

Lifts

Total Lifts: 50
Cable cars: 12
Drag lifts: 34
Other lifts: 4 ski carpets
Max people per hour: 52,903
Board Leashes required: No

Mountain

Total pistes/trails: 95
Total ride area: 3076 acres
Longest run: 2miles (3km)

Top lift: 2034m
Vertical drop: 355m
First lift: 1605m

Piste suitability

Green runs: 22%
Red runs: 60%
Black runs: 18%

Lift Passes

	Low Season			High Season
	AUD	GBP	Average	AUD	GBP	Average
Day Pass	109.00	62.78	100%	109.00	62.78	83%
6-Day Pass	432.00	248.81	72%	576.00	331.74	100%

	AUD	GBP	Average
Season Pass:	1,449.00	834.54	-99%

Lift Passes: [No information]
Lift times:9.00am to 5.00pm

Snowfall

Average annual snowfall: 2.5m
Artificial snowmaking coverage: 5%

Facilities

	AUD	GBP
Days Rental of Board & Boots:	80.00	46.08
4hr Group Lesson (full day):	53.00	30.53

Snowboard Schools: 2hr lesson + day lift pass $122, beginners $98
5 days of 2hrs lessons + pass $497
Just 2hr lesson $45
Private lesson $98 for 1hr
Snowboard Hire: Board & Boots $36.50 for day
Night Riding: : Tuesdays and Saturdays 6:30 to 9:30 on the front valley. Halfpipe is floodlit on saturdays. Pass price $21

Other activities

Heliboarding: : Not available
Snowmobiles: Not available

Further information

www.perisher.com.au

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