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Perisher Ski Resort
The Largest Ski Resort in the Southern Hemisphere!
Perisher ski resort is Australia’s largest resort boasting 47 lifts over 7 mountain peaks. This resort offers a European style of skiing or boarding between 4 mountain villages - Perisher, Smiggin Holes, Blue Cow & Guthega.
Perisher offers the most variety when it comes to ski slopes and are linked by the largest lift network in Australia. With over 3000 acres of skiable terrain you can be skiing or boarding all day and not catch the same lift twice. With more skiing at a higher altitude you’ll be sure to have the best snow, in the biggest resort, having the most fun!
Perisher offers a wide range of holiday accommodation including Self Contained Apartment or Chalets, Lodges or Hotels. Alpine offer amazing ski and snowboard packages
There’s a whole mountain of activities to choose from. Explore tube town, night skiing or groomer tours to name just a few. The villages of Perisher and Smiggin Holes offer shopping and facilities, including a pharmacy, mini supermarket, photographer, newsagency, ATMs and a host of restaurants and bars.
Mountain Opens:
From the NSW June Queen's Birthday Long Weekend.
Mountain Characteristics:
- Highest Lifted Point - Mt Perisher Double Chair 2,034m
- Lowest Lifted Point - Base Ridge Chair 1,605m
- Lift Capacity 53,103 skiers lifted per hour
- Skiable Area* 1,245ha / 12.45sq kms / 3,076acres
- Vertical Metres Skiable** 355m
- Longest Run Approx. 3 kms
- Mt. Perisher (2,054m)
- Mt. Back Perisher (2,014m)
- Mt. Piper (1,830m)
- Mt. Blue Cow (1,994m)
- Rocky Knob (1,900m)
- Guthega Peak (1,924m)
- Mt. Blue Calf (1,905m)
- Village Heights Perisher Valley 1,720m
- Smiggin Holes 1,680m
- Guthega 1,640m
- Blue Cow Terminal 1,890m
- Summit Height Mt. Perisher 2,054m
Lifts
- Total number of lifts - 47
- 1 x 8-Seat High Speed Chairlift
- 6 x Quad Chairlifts (including 2 high speed)
- 4 x Double Chairlifts
- 2 x Triple Chairlifts
- 21 x T -Bars
- 4 x J-Bars
- 4 x Ski Carpets
Mountain Closes:
NSW October Labour Day Long Weekend.
Resort Statistics:
- Summit Height – 2054 metres – Mt Perisher
- Terrain:
- Beginner – 22%
- Intermediate – 60%
- Advanced – 18%
- Number of Lifts: 47
- Snowmaking: 271 Snow Guns covering 108.5 hectares
- 2 Snowtube tows
- Halfpipe
- 1 Superpipe
- 4 Terrain Parks
- Over 100kms of marked cross country trails for all standards.
- Snowmaking Snowmaking 43.9 ha / 108.5 acres (a 3.5ha increase in 2008)
- Snow Guns 188 (34 new guns in 2008)
- Grooming Machines 19
- The recognised natural snow line is at 1,650 metres. Over the past 15 years, the average maximum snow depth throughout the Resort has been about 1.9m.
- Temperature and Weather Average minimum temperature during winter is -3.7°C degrees Celsius.
- The percentage of fine weather days during winter is 70%.
- ATM’s
- Ski & Snowboard Hire
- Pharmacy
- Newsagency
- Supermarket
- Retail Outlets
- Police Station
- Post Office
- Medical Centre
- Physiotherapy Services
- Massage Services
- Courtesy Shuttle Bus (between Perisher and Smiggin Holes)
- Skiing and Snowboarding
- Four Progressive Terrain Parks
- Perisher Half Pipe
- Tube Town - Snow Tubing park
- First Tracks - Be the first to carve up the freshly groomed corduroy or untracked powder
- Groomer Tours - Your chance to ride in one of Perisher's snow groomers
- Night Skiing and Boading - Tuesdays and Saturdays
- Cross Country Skiing
- Indigenous Snowshoeing Tours
- Mountain Biking
- Bushwalking
- Aldo’s Cafe & Pizzeria – Upper Level, Perisher Skitube Terminal
- Brunelli’s Cafe – Upper Level, Perisher Centre
- Burning Log Restaurant – Base of the Calf T Bar, Guthega
- Chicken n Kebabz – Upper Level, Perisher Centre
- Cowpuccino Cafe – Platform Level, Blue Cow Skitube Terminal
- Eyre Kiosk – Base of Eyre T-Bar, Mt Perisher
- Guthega Alpine Hotel – Off the Norwegian Trail, Guthega
- Gingers – Upper Level, Perisher Skitube Terminal
- Blue Cow Bistro – Blue Cow Terminal
- Holy Cow Cafe, Carvery & Sandwich Bar – Blue Cow Terminal
- Mid Perisher Centre – Mid Station Forester Quad Express
- Snow’d Inn – Mt Perisher Double Chair
- Li’l Orbits – Platform 1, Perisher Skitube Terminal
- Nikki’s Kiosk – Wattle Lodge, Smiggin Holes
- Avalunch Cafe – Base of Pretty Valley Double Chair
- Sundance Bakery – Upper Level, Perisher Centre
- Ski Rock Cafe – Upper Level, Perisher Centre
- Curry’d Away – Mitchell T-Bar, Front Valley
- Smiggins Bistro (Overboard) – Smiggins Arcade
- Bazil’s Bar – Upper Level, Perisher CentreBibi’s – Smiggins Hotel, Smiggin Holes
- Clancy’s At the Man – The Man from Snowy River Hotel, Perisher Valley
- Dini’s Cafe Bar – Perisher Manor Hotel, Front Valley Perisher Valley
- Jax Bar & Chargrill – Upper Level, Perisher Centre
- Base 1720 Bar & Restaurant – Perisher Manor Hotel, Front Valley
- Smiggins Chargrill – Smiggins Hotel – Smiggin Holes
- Sundeck Hotel – Front Valley, Perisher Valley
- Snow Gums Hotel – Perisher Valley Hotel, Perisher Valley
- The Gallery – The Marritz, Perisher Valley
- The Pub & Family Food Court – The Pub, Front Valley
- The Stables – Perisher Valley
- The White Spider – The Eiger Chalet, Perisher Valley
- The Top Spot Bar – Upper Level Blue Cow Terminal
Winter Solstice – 21 June 2011
On the day of Winter Solstice, Earth’s south pole is tilted furthest away from the Sun. Sunday 21 June will be the shortest day of the year, from then on the days will get longer.
Astronomically, the winter solstice, being the day of the year which has fewest hours of daylight, ought to be the middle of the winter season, but a temperature lag means that the coldest period normally follows the solstice, so coldest months of winter are ahead of us, which is great news for skiers and boarders.