The innovative Mt Dew Battle for Supremacy competition at Mt Buller saw riders competing in pairs performing combination moves on the huge slope style Mountain Dew course including tabletops, rails and the world’s first rideable house tagged the “Dew Hut”.
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Massive snowman project begins
Mt Buller will be home to an exciting project to build Australia’s biggest ever snowman this winter with visitors encouraged to be part of the fun and help in the record attempt.
The project is being undertaken at Mt Buller in conjunction with the Zaidee’s Rainbow Foundation to help raise awareness about organ and tissue donation [...]
Lifts opening Friday at Buller
The cold front that has had everyone shivering across Victoria continues to dump more beautiful powdery snow onto the slopes here at Mt Buller.
25cm fell overnight bringing the average snowdepth around the mountain to 56cms and the steady sub-sero temperatures are delighting the snowmakers who have their guns blazing on all the major runs ahead [...]
Snow falls on cue
Snow started to fall at Mt Buller with perfect timing to the delight of thousands of revellers up on the mountain this weekend celebrating the opening of the ski season.
On Saturday afternoon the first flakes starting drifting across the official opening festivities and light falls continued overnight dusting the mountain with 1cm of cover.
The village [...]
Ready to roll at Mt Buller
After a history-making two day opening at the start of May, Mt Buller will officially open for the 2009 snow season this weekend.
On Saturday afternoon, the Village Square will come alive with the Code One Police band, official opening ceremony, Pyroptix fire and percussion show, and culminate in the amazing Pepsi Fireworks Spectacular.
There will be [...]
Snowmaking begins at Buller
As the temperatures dropped below zero and kept falling on Wednesday afternoon Mt Buller’s snowmakers sprang into action for their first night of snowmaking.
Guns that had been lining Bourke Street in recent days in readiness for the right conditions were set to work creating the base for the upcoming season.
There was excitement in the Village [...]