FAQS

 Sydney: About 5-6 hours in the winter, 491km from Sydney centre via Remembrance driveway/M31.

Melbourne: About 7 hours drive in winter, 556km from Melbourne centre via M1. 

Canberra: Only around 2.5 hours drive in winter, 221km from Canberra centre via Monaro Hwy and Kosciuszko Road.

Yes. It will be easier for your as you may have plenty of luggage/gears and may also have kids to look after. Sponars Chalet has plenty of onsite free parking for our inhouse guests. You will need a national park pass to staying at Kosciuszko National Park overnight and the pass is issued per car. We are the only few Ski Hotels at Perisher that have car park onsite, you will find out how amazing it can be to have your car just parking outside your accomodation.

Shuttle buses are available from Sydney and Canberra. It takes you to the SkiTube Terminal at Bullocks Flat then you can take SkiTube from Bullocks Falt to Perisher Front Valley. Once you get to Perisher, our avo shuttle can pick you up from Perisher back to Sponars Chalet. It is a little bit costy as SkiTube tickets has a per head rate which will be more expensive than National Park Entry Fee per car when you have a whole family or group of friends coming togother. Also, change between transportaions can be too much some time. To save some hussle, hiring a car might be another good option for you.

 July and August is always the peak snow season at Perisher, June and September is the shoulder time of each snow season but sometimes snow condition can be supurb as well when it is colde enough. Perisher starts their snow gun as soon as they can to make the snow thicker and try to provide snow lovers a better experience. 

Yes! Mount Kosciuszko as the tallest mountain in Australia does have enough fresh snow every winter, and snowmaking machines are also used throughout the season to ensure fresh snow on the ground from June throught to October.

To find out how much snow is at Perisher right now, look no further than the Perisher Snow Report. Published daily, the Snow Report provides insight into the current conditions at the resort, lifts expected to open each day, number of groomed runs on offer, road conditions & much more. Perisher App is available for Ski/board lovers via online app stores.

Lift pass price differ month to month. At peak Season (July & August) Perisher daily lift tickets start from $219 for Adults and $120 for Children. Shoulder Snow Season (June, September & October) is less expensive, which starts from $172 for Adults and $95 for Children.  You can also buy the Annual Epic pass which allow unlimited access to all lifts at Perisher. The prices starting from $1,149 for Adults, $899 for Seniors and $659 for Children. It is worth to buy a lift tickets if you plan to visit Perisher more than 5 days during the peak season. You are also eligible for extra discount around Perisher Valley for food, beverage, Skitube Ticket and etc.

A single day return ticket on the Perisher skitube starts is around $65 for Adults, and $35 for Children, while an overnight return ticket costs $117 for Adults and $64 for Children (Price may vary each year). You can purchase Perisher ski tube tickets online at Perisher’s website or by calling Perisher Guest Services on 1300 655 822. Perisher update their ski tube, lift, lesson and hire packages and pricing each snow season.

The SkiTube run between 05:00am and 01:00am. The first stop is the underground station at Perisher Valley and the train then continues on to Blue Cow through another tunnel through the Perisher Range. If you are an Epic Pass Holder, you can take SkiTube for Free from Perisher Front Valley Terminal to Bluecow Terminal.

Perisher lifts open around 8:30am each day, and close before 5:00pm. We also suggust you to check out the perisher lift reports especially on thoes windy days to find out which chairs are open.

There are seven mountain peaks within Perisher Valley, ranging from Mt. Blue Calf at 1,905m to the summit of Mt Perisher at 2,054m high. Perisher Valley village is 1,720m.

Perisher Ski Resort is the largest Ski Resort in Australia which has a total of 47 lifts across it’s four different resort areas. It is also the largest alpine resort in the Southern Hemisphere with 12.45sq kms of ski terrain. The longest run at Perisher is about 3km long.

Yes, Perisher Ski Resort offers night skiing every Tuesday and Saturday night from late June to Mid September. On these days, Front Valley will be groomed for night Skier/Snowboarder. Night Ski Start from 6:00pm-9:00pm on the Village Eight Express. Firework shows are on most of the nights depends on the weather. It will be a great memory to watch the Firework when you are on the Chairlift.