Perisher was the only Australian ski resort to have lifts operating on the Queen’s Birthday holiday Monday.
This followed 21cm of fresh snow settled in the village overnight and across Perisher’s four mountain areas, allowing top to bottom skiing and snowboarding on Front Valley for Monday, the final day of the opening weekend celebrations and Snowy Mountains of Music (SMOM) festival.
Light snow flurries began to settle in the resort throughout Sunday and as the mercury levels continued to drop overnight, Perisher’s Mountain Operations Department fired up 95 snow guns across parts of Perisher Valley and Blue Cow Mountain adding to the growing base.
This enabled the Village Eight Express, Australia’s only eight-seat chairlift to make its season debut today, capping off a great weekend.
On top of the welcomed snowfalls, Perisher’s inaugural SMOM festival proved to be a great success and was well received by guests to the resort.
It is now on the agenda to be part of future season launches.
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