Browsing entries tagged with Perisher
6 Jun 2022
The ski season in Australia has started with a bang — with Perisher in the Southern Alps recording a metre of snow in the past week, the biggest snowfall for the start of a winter in more than half a…
18 Jun 2018
The ski resort of Perisher in New South Wales, Australia, will open this coming week while enjoying the same cold and wintery conditions that besieged the Alps last season. Perisher has received more than…
6 Sep 2017
The Australian ski resort of Perisher is continuing its bumper season with 1.2m of snow this week — the beginning of spring — following its announcement that the ski season is extended. Perisher, in…
1 Jun 2017
Perisher ski resort in Australia is opening this weekend, a week earlier than traditionally scheduled thanks to fabulous early conditions. While North America is still skiing away, the southern hemisphere…
2 Jul 2015
Vail Resorts has gone global with its purchase of Perisher Ski Resort in New South Wales, Australia, for a mere $134.8 million (about £86 million). The company’s intention to buy Perisher was first…
31 Mar 2015
The Australian ski resort of Perisher has agreed a sale to Vail Resorts for AU$176.6 million (about £90.1m), which will join the now-global Epic Pass. Perisher in New South Wales (NSW) is the largest…
6 May 2014
As the ski season draws to a close in the Northern Hemisphere, resorts in Australia are reporting the first snowfalls of the year. Although the start of the ski season in Perisher and Thredbo is still…
14 Jun 2013
To cope with a busy ski season in the southern hemisphere, more flights have been laid on between Wellington and Queenstown in New Zealand. The ski season opened in Coronet Peak near Queenstown last weekend…
14 May 2013
After an amazing season in the European Alps — voted ‘one of the best ever’ in our current poll — things aren’t looking quite so exciting Down Under. Australians have been warned not to expect…
24 Jun 2011
The southern hemisphere season is off to a slow start, with resorts in New Zealand having experienced an unseasonably warm few weeks. Resorts have postponed opening days until sufficient snowfall arrives…
23 May 2011
Three weeks ahead of schedule and Perisher is the first resort in Australia to open its ski area for the winter season. We reported last week that the southern hemisphere had enjoyed its first significant…
14 May 2011
Winter is on the way in Australia, with the first notable snowfalls arriving for resorts in Victoria and New South Wales. Resorts such as Perisher, Falls Creek, Mt Hotham and Mt Buller have all benefitted…
2 Aug 2010
After a pretty warm spell of weather recently, Australian slopes have been transformed over the weekend. Heavy snow and high winds have arrived in many resorts, dumping well over half a metre of snow in…
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