subject: Visiting The Perisher Ski Resort [print this page] Among the many Australian ski resorts anyone can visit, the most family oriented and the largest is the Perisher Ski Resort. What used to be four different resorts (Blue Cow, Guthega, Smiggin Holes and the original Perisher) are now combined into one in order for the public to have the best skiing experience in all of Australia and possibly the entire world. With a large terrain as well as beautiful and breath-taking views of around seven mountainsides, this is definitely a place to create the most memorable moments of family life.
Four Resorts in One
As mentioned earlier, the Perisher Ski Resort is an amalgamation of four former separate mountain parks. The result is more than 1,245 hectares of smooth and diverse terrain and seven mountains. Similar to the Mt Baw Baw Snow Report, the management keeps a constant watch over the weather of the resort. The highest among these mountains stand as high as 2,034 meters, with a vertical climb of 355 meters. Aside from these, the resort includes bars, restaurants and other recreation centers where one can relax and rest while enjoying the majestic view of the mountains. It also offers shops and stores that sell souvenir items as well as skiing equipments and accessories.
Getting there
Like other Australian ski resorts, the Perisher Ski Resort is located in Kosciuszko National Park and it normally takes around 5 hours of driving to get there from Sydney via Cooma and Canberra. Those coming from Melbourne travel there for seven hours. Once there, visitors have the option to either stay in Jindabyne or elsewhere outside the resort (take note that the former option is the most affordable one). Once settled in, they can travel inside via the Skitube, an underground train that has a drop off at the Blue Cow and the Perisher Valley. Tickets can be bought at outlets from the station and town. Inside the skiing park, visitors can roam around through lifts, although they can also go hiking.
Booking Your Tickets
Booking for reservations in the Perisher Ski Resort is easy enough, with tickets available online or in local venues. There are many outlets available in Australia these days that promote and offer tickets for these exclusive resorts (some even offer those from other parts of the world such as Chile Ski Resorts and others), aside from the official website and store. In any case, visitors would do very well to browse each one of these entities in order to get the passes at these most affordable and reasonable cost.
