Mother Nature Has Turned It On

Mother nature has certainly turned the winter tap on with 50cm or so of snow falling since last weekend.

As I perused the slopes last Saturday - I thought - It will be weeks before this gets up and running.

How wrong - Mt Perisher is set to open this Saturday!

The long Snowy Mountains Music festival was a real success bringing lots of people to the Perisher over the long weekend.

The great variety of bands kept everyone entertained and moving round the valley to all the different venues.

If you are into music - think about coming down for it next year.

There are heaps of beds available over the next few weeks - so if you were waiting to see if it would snow - well it has.

Matt and Louie are back - and lets just say - they're at their best - yet again!

Winter Is Here

Walking home from dinner on Tuesday night last week in Perisher, it would have been easy to think the season had started.

Yes, the roads were clear of snow, but the ground in most other places was covered.

As I passed the Village Eight Chairlift - the snowguns were pumping another load of snow all the way up Front Valley.

There was more snow covering Perisher Valley last week than there was in the final weeks of last season, lets hope that is a good sign for the season to come.

What a Whale

The snow guns have been pumping on front valley and looks like they have done a great job of laying down what could be the best skiing start to the season in years.

Forecasted cold temps will hopefully stop the snow that has fallen from melting!

Fingers crossed.

Winter Is On It's Way!

I had seen the cold front coming - but surprisingly I'd forgotten about it.

That was until my phone beeped heralding this pictures arrival in my in box.

5cm of snow has fallen in Perisher, the wind has been howling and the storm is still raging!

Resorts further south like Hotham are reporting falls of up to 20cm.

The Illabunda website is now showing vacancies for winter - so if you haven't got your bookings in yet - now is the time.

If you are thinking of heading down on the opening weekend this year, then you are in for a treat.

The Snowy Mountains of Music festival is on and will keep you entertained with the likes of Tex Perkins and 42 other artists playing music including World, Folk, Roots, Celtic, Acoustic, Traditional, Dance and even Poetry!

Venues are in Perisher, Smiggins and Guthega.