[VIDEO] Perisher Skitube, Australia, Gets a Make-Over The Skitube in Perisher, Australia, is a Swiss-designed mountain rack-railway that takes skiers from Bullocks Flat below the natural snow-line outside the Kosciuszko National Park to Perisher Valley. From Perisher Valley, a second train also travels to Blue Cow. The Skitube started operations in 1987, and it remains the most popular means of reaching the Perisher Ski Resort, taking 4,500 […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | May 3, 2023 0 Comments
50 Days Until the Start of Winter in Australia — Photo Tour of First Snow Downunder While many resorts in the Northern Hemisphere are wrapping up the season, the Southern Hemisphere is starting to prepare for its ski season. With only 50 days to go until the start of winter ‘Downunder’, Australian resorts were chuffed to receive some early snowfall over Easter. South-eastern Australia experienced its coldest weather in 70 years over the Easter long weekend. […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | April 12, 2023 0 Comments
Perisher Resort, Australia, Releases 2023 Day Pass, Lessons, and Skitube Sales Perisher Resort, Australia, has launched its 2023 snow season sales for lift tickets, lessons, rentals, and Skitube tickets. Perisher Resort is situated in the Kosciuszko National Park, roughly 250 miles (400km) from Sydney, NSW. Perisher Resort is Australia’s largest ski resort and consists of the four interconnected resort areas Perisher, Guthega, Blue Cow, and Smiggins Hole, offering 3,076 acres of […] Industry News Oz Brains | March 22, 2023 0 Comments
Perisher, Australia, Report: Spring Snowdump Forecast The last few weeks of spring skiing are here and we are all starting to wonder what on earth we’re going to do from October on. I guess count down the time until we can ski in the Northern Hemisphere? But until the lifts stop spinning down under, we’ll be out there making the most of the gorgeous sunshine and […] Conditions Report Julia Schneemann | September 14, 2022 0 Comments
Perisher, Australia, Report: Spring Skiing Delight Spring skiing at its best: A surprise dusting of snow overnight brought us some morning delight. Skiing conditions are typical for spring: hard in the mornings and soft, sometimes slushy in the afternoon. Natural snow depths have shrunk back a bit and are now 75 in (190.3cm) at Spencer’s Creek. 44 out of 47 lifts are open. Almost all runs are open, […] Conditions Report Julia Schneemann | September 6, 2022 0 Comments
Body of 23-Year Old Backcountry Skier Found in Snowy Mountains, Australia The body of what is believed to be a 23-year-old missing backcountry skier from Canberra was retrieved this Tuesday, September 6th morning. The body is yet to be formally identified, but police believe it to be that of Andrew Seton, who went backcountry skiing on his own on September 3rd and had been missing for three nights. Andrew had been reported […] Backcountry Julia Schneemann | September 6, 2022 0 Comments
Perisher, Australia, Report: Fantastic Base for Spring Skiing This week brought us some amazing snowfalls all the way down to Jindabyne. Unfortunately that meant traffic up to Perisher and the Skitube was challenging. Tuesday made for some great powder runs and from Wednesday the sun came back out to play. The groomers have been busy at work and there is just something very satisfying about the sound of […] Julia Schneemann | August 29, 2022 0 Comments
Perisher, Australia, Report: Great Snowbase for the Rest of the Season Apologies for omitting last weekend’s update but I was on competition duty at a moguls competition and then got a bad case of laryngitis. So let’s jump in where we left off, in the last 10 days we have had 28in (70 cm) of snow of which 6in (15cm) in the last 24 hours. Snow descended all the way to […] Conditions Report Julia Schneemann | August 23, 2022 0 Comments