To celebrate the countdown to the snow season, Perisher is bringing winter wonderland fun to Sydney today with a special bus-stop takeover in honour of its high-speed, six-seater Mt Perisher 6 chairlift, new for 2025 and offering guests.
“We’re so proud of our dedicated team at Perisher, alongside experts at Doppelmayr Australia, who have been working hard all summer in high altitude conditions to make sure the exciting new addition to the slopes, the Mt Perisher 6 chairlift, is ready for our guests this season,” says Nathan Butterworth, Vice President and General Manager of Perisher Ski Resort.
“This upgrade means less time waiting on the chair and more time exploring your favourite terrain from Australia’s highest lifted point, with quicker access to Mt Perisher’s iconic runs,” said Butterworth.
Perisher is the largest alpine resort in the southern hemisphere. Nestled in Kosciuszko National Park in New South Wales, Perisher is home to four interconnected resort areas, 44 lifts, over 100 trails and more than 3,000 acres of terrain waiting to be explored by ski or snowboard.
The highly anticipated Mt Perisher 6 chairlift is one of the largest investments in the resort’s history and is a major milestone in the resort’s ongoing commitment to the guest experience. Replacing the Mt Perisher Double and Triple chairs, with $312,000 raised for local community groups and initiatives during the Double Chair auction, the Mt Perisher 6 will significantly boost capacity, efficiency, and comfort, cutting travel time up the mountain from 10 minutes to just 5.5 minutes.
Engineered to meet the high demand of Mt. Perisher’s sought-after slopes, the new detachable chairlift travels faster than a conventional fixed-grip chairlift, getting you to the top of the mountain quicker, with the added advantage of easier loading and unloading, enhancing flow and reducing wait times, meaning less wait and more laps. It’s also designed to help redistribute skiers and snowboarders across Perisher’s 44 lifts and four resort areas, improving the overall circulation of guests and easing congestion across the network.
By reducing the number of lift towers from 27 to just 10, guests will also enjoy a more expansive skiable area, wider runs, and breathtaking panoramic views. The new lift unload station offers an unbeatable vantage point across the resort, including Guthega’s Freedom Quad, Blue Cow’s Ridge Quad, Smiggin Holes, and even down the Valley to Jindabyne on a clear day.
Switch your commute: less wait, more laps Bus-stop activation from 5-18 May, major prize via social media competition, with onsite giveaways on Monday 5 May.
Visitors to Newtown between 5-18 May will be able to snap a selfie at the Perisher bus stop for a chance to win a snow trip to Perisher in 2025 including 5 nights’ accommodation for four at the iconic Perisher Valley Hotel, lift tickets, group lessons, rental gear and Skitube tickets! Nine runners-up will receive 5-day lift tickets plus Skitube passes.
Can’t make it to Newtown? No worries! Share a pic of your favourite photo taken at Perisher in a previous snow season. Competition entrants need to share their photo to Instagram or Facebook with the hashtag #MtP6Opening and follow @perisher_resort on Instagram or Facebook, for a chance to win. Winners must be available to travel during September 2024 in order to redeem the major prize.*
As a bonus for commuters at the bus stop, on Monday 5 May, they will have the chance to win one of 33 single-day lift tickets for use during the 2025 season to celebrate the 33-day countdown to the opening weekend of the snow season, which starts on Saturday 7 June. There will also be delicious cinnamon donuts for commuters in the morning, a nod to the delicious donuts that are a favourite on Perisher’s Skitube platform in the season. *Full Terms and Conditions here.
