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Freeriding

Freeriders should check out the Guthega and Blue Cow areas. There are winding creek beds and some nice little rock drop offs. For powder try out the Burnum, Eyre and Leichhardt runs, thought don't bother in September as it's all gone.

Freestylers

Freestylers have 3 parks for different abilities and a dedicated rail park. They've made big improvements over the last few years, and theres even a snowskate park. The superpipe often play host to events, running alongside is a beginners pipe. The parks run the full gammet of toys from a boardercross style series of quarter pipes to plastic picnic tables, barrels and rails. 2007 Season saw the addition of five new rails which comprise of four 6-metre rails one each set for the Fusion Parks in Front Valley (PlayStation), Blue Cow (PlayStation), Leichhardt (Garnier) and Mt Piper (Columbia) and an 8-metre down rail earmarked for Front Valley.

Beginners

Beginners will find plenty of open easy slopes. However, although there are 50 lifts most of these are T-bars and J-bars which are slow and not very snowboarder friendly.

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	101%	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