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Alpine News 2014

contents Inside 6 14 15 25 26 28 32 35 36 37

On the slopes Calendar of events Alpine property Cross country News from resorts 2014 Resorts Guide Overseas skiing Equipment Interschools Associations

SOCHI chef de mission, Ian Chesterman gives his personal wrap on the Sochi games. Page 12

Feature stories 10. Silver medallist Q&A

Men’s aerials silver medallist, David Morris shares his story on how he won the silver.

12. Looking back at Sochi Chef de mission for the Australian Winter Olympic team, Ian Chesterman recounts his time in Russia and how the Australian team fared on the world stage.

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Welcome to Alpine News. Winter is here and the cold weather is rolling in as we go to press.

This issue contains a roundup of what’s happening and what’s new at resorts for skiers and snowboarders planning trips to their favorite ski areas.

The lift companies and resort managements have been busy over the summer months making big, and not so big but welcome, improvements for your snow experience.

In NSW, Perisher’s big news is the installation of the new Freedom Quad chair lift at Guthega. It will add an estimated 46% additional skiable area at Guthega and open up some of the best ski terrain in the state.

Up at Charlotte Pass, Kosi Kids Club is offering an expanded program designed to get kid comfortable with the snow, while children four and under now ski free.

Over at Thredbo the resort has lifted the lift ticket age limit for children from 14 to 17 and installed a new dedicated snow play area plus more snowmaking at the base village.

Selwyn have installed more snowmaking on the Snowflake Tube Park; the resort has also introduced private lessons as part of the See Me Ski program for children aged two to four.

In Victoria, Mt Baw Baw regulars will be evaluating the new resort management this season by Belgravia Leisure who also run Lake Mountain.

At Mt Buller, eight new automated snowmaking guns have been added on the northern side of the resort plus a mid loading station on the Tyrol T bar.

Hotham and Dinner Plain are working closer together this year with a family friendly joint day ticket designed to allow parents to share child minding with one parent skiing in the morning and the other in the afternoon.

Dinner Plain has two new snow guns and introduced one of the cheapest day tickets available while Hotham continues its popular ‘five day any day’ ticket.

At Falls Creek the ‘love in’ continues with the resort lift company and RMB deciding to work together to improve the resort experience. New lime green uniforms sporting a combined resort logo have been introduced so patrons can easily identify staff and ask for assistance and advice.

Also in this issue you will find our regular Resort Guide with prices and resort services, the annual calendar plus terrain park, property guide, equipment, interschools and overseas skiing sections.

Sochi Olympics chef de mission Ian Chesterman gives his post mortem on the games and Australia’s results. The Australian team did a stellar job in Sochi and we also have a chat with Aerials Silver Medal winner, David Morris, who shares his journey to getting to the games and winning his medal.

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Belgravia Leisure to manage Mt Baw Baw

THE MOUNT Baw Baw Alpine Resort Management Board (BBARMB) announced in late April the appointment of Belgravia Leisure to manage the resort.

Belgravia have an extensive resume in leisure management and their track record includes managing over 80 facilities including Lake Mountain.

BBARMB chair, Vicky Papachristos, said that the appointment will allow the resort board to gain an understanding of the resort’s commercial operations.

“We are looking to them to bring new ideas and expertise to help us achieve our vision for Mount Baw Baw to become a more vibrant centre for year round alpine experiences,” Ms Papachristos said.

“For some years the resort has required additional funding from the government to remain operational.

“This funding will continue, but we will be drawing on Belgravia’s expertise to reduce this burden on the

NEW: The Freedom quad chair will open up the Guthega area at Perisher allowing for more terrain to be accessible.

PHOTO: Perisher Ski Resort

Freedom at Guthega

NEW DIRECTION: Belgravia Leisure, who successfully look after many other tourist locations such as Lake Mountain, have been appointed to oversee the management of Mt Baw Baw. PHOTO: Mt Baw Baw

taxpayer and produce a better overall offering.

“Belgravia will apply their significant experience

to manage the resort and produce efficiencies and we will work with them to develop a plan to secure

investment in the resort to ensure the long term independent financial sustainability of the resort.”

PERISHER’S commitment to constantly improve and literally lift the bar continues in 2014 with the new $4m “Freedom” quad chairlift in Guthega.

The Freedom quad chairlift will unlock some of the best skiing and snowboarding in Australia, with awe inspiring views over Mt Kosciuszko and the Main Range.

CEO of Perisher, Peter Brulisauer, said that it was very exciting to be opening the chair this winter.

“Guthega is my favorite of Perisher’s four resort areas, with terrific wide open groomed runs like Karl’s, Schnaxl

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The Freedom will increase Guthega’s lifting capacity by 46 per cent, giving skiers and snowboarders more time to enjoy Guthega’s great terrain.

With the capacity to carry 2400 people per hour, the Freedom will lift skiers and snowboarders 200 metres from the bottom of the old cow pastures j-bar at 1713m to the top of the cow t-bar at 1913m in just over five minutes.

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Top Olympians take out top awards THE Ski and Snowboard Australia (SSA) awards night were a glittering affair and Sochi silver medallists Torah Bright and David Morris were jointly named Suzuki Snowsports Athlete of the Year.

Others in the running for the top award included Sochi bronze medallist, Lydia Lassila, world cup half-pipe crystal globe winner Scotty James and winner of the Lake Louise snowboard cross world cup event, Jarryd Hughes.

Moguls skier Britt Cox was also in the running for the senior award after finishing fifth at the Sochi games and was named Junior Athlete of the Year for a fourth successive time.

Britt Cox shared the Junior Athlete of the Year award with her Olympic teammate, snowboarder Scotty James who brought home the halfpipe world cup Globe.

In a nod to the rising talent in winter sports, all four finalists for the Junior Snowsport Athlete of the Year, (Cox, James, Hughes and alpine skier Greta Small) competed in Sochi, with Cox and James already dual Olympians, having competed in Vancouver in 2010 at the age of 15.

Aerialist Lydia Lassila, who created history at Sochi by becoming the first woman to

AWARDS: Australian Sports Commission chairman John Wylie, Jarryd Hughes, Britteny Cox, Anna Segal and David Morris.

PHOTOS: SSA

attempt a quadruple twisting triple somersault in competition, was recognised with the Outstanding Achievement Award.

Aerialist David Morris was present on the night to collect his award and was extremely happy to be welcomed into such a prestigious alumni.

“It is a privilege to receive the award that has been won by so many well performed athletes in the past,” Morris said.

“Torah is a legend of winter

sports, so to have my name next to hers on the honor board is fantastic.

“It’s great to receive the recognition for doing my job and I managed to pull it off on the day, win the medal, and now this is another of the rewards.

“There are so many people who contributed to my success and this award is also recognition for all the work and the contribution they have made over many years,” Mr Morris said.

Other winners on the night included: Coach of the Year - Cord Spero (David Morris coach) Rising Star - Emily Arthur (snowboard) Development Coach - Jarrod Wouters (snowboard) Snowsports School of the Year - The Scots College Outstanding Achievement of the Year for Small Schools - Manly Village Public School

GALA FUNCTION: Australian Sports Commission chairman John Wylie with Outstanding Achievement of the Year recipient Lydia Lassila.

Chesterman appointed to lead winter team TASMANIA’S Ian Chesterman has been appointed chef de mission of the Australian Olympic Team for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea, the sixth time he has led an Australian Olympic team.

After the success of Australia’s winter athletes at this year’s Sochi games in Russia the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) executive wasted no time in appointing Chesterman to the role again.

“It’s an enormous honor to be appointed to lead the Australian team to PyeongChang in 2018,” Mr Chesterman said.

“I look back to the first time I was chef de mission in 1998 and I see the enormous progress made by our Australian winter sport athletes over that time and how we now go to an Olympic Winter Games as a highly

respected winter sport nation.

“I’m very confident that we will take our strongest team ever to Korea in 2018,” Mr Chesterman said.

Chesterman’s achievement in leading an Australian Olympic team on six occasions will match that of the AOC president, John Coates, who has led six Australian teams as chef, at the Summer Games from 1988- 2008.

“Ian is a strong and passionate leader who also has a great rapport with his athletes and he thoroughly deserves to lead the team in 2018,” Mr Coates said.

The veteran chef de mission’s Olympic honor role reads as follows: 1998 Nagano, Japan; 2002 Salt Lake City, USA; 2006 Torino, Italy; 2010 Vancouver, Canada; 2014 Sochi, Russia; 2018 PyeongChang, South Korea.

New logo for Falls Creek FALLS Creek Ski Lifts and Falls Creek Resort Management announced that both would be recognised under the banner of one unifying logo across the resort in February.

The new logo will be phased in over several years in line with a number of other exciting new initiatives, developments and collaborations in the resort.

Falls Creek Resort Management CEO David Herman said that the introduction of the new logo was a significant step forward for Falls Creek.

“Falls Creek has always been greater than the sum of its many great parts,” Mr Herman said.

“However, for some years the mountain has been operating under different logos and we believe it’s time for Falls Creek to promote a unified vision with a logo that appropriately reflects the combined efforts of stakeholders

across the resort, who work closely together to deliver a great product for all of our guests.”

The two rising peaks of the resting “F” in the new logo capture Falls Creek’s place in the high Victorian Alps and convey the sense of progression that sets Falls Creek apart.

“The new logo unifies our mountain like never before and provides a clear message to visitors that Falls Creek operators are working together to provide the most memorable alpine tourism experience,” Mr Herman said.

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Looking back at Sochi 2014

BY IAN CHESTERMAN

chef de mission Australian Winter Olympic team

RUSSIA staged an absolutely remarkable Olympic Games and while they invested a great deal in Sochi, they definitely delivered in every area.

The venues were exceptional, the transport system worked perfectly, the villages in the mountain and coastal clusters were first class.

From a team point of view, the conduct shown by both our athletes and officials was exemplary and every Australian should be proud of them.

Sixty athletes from over ten different sports operated as one and from where I lived, with the athletes in the mountain village, I witnessed a committed, supportive and harmonious team.

We won three medals, Torah Bright’s silver in women’s snowboard halfpipe, Lydia Lassila’s bronze in women’s aerials, and David Morris’ silver in men’s aerials.

Three medals equals our best ever performance at a winter games, which was the three we won in Vancouver in 2010, the color combination was different, two gold and a silver in Vancouver, compared to two silver and a bronze in Sochi.

With that said, medals are hard to win and gold medals even harder.

Torah was just a fraction away, a quarter of one

TEAM SPIRIT: The Australian Winter Olympic Team are led into the Russian stadium by flag bearer, Alex ‘Chumpy’ Pullin.

point, from another gold for example.

Going into these games we were five gold from a total of nine medals and that is a strike rate that was the envy of nearly every other nation.

After these games our record is five gold from 12 medals which is still almost fifty per cent gold and still, in my opinion, a very impressive strike rate.

Did we fail?

Most definitely not.

Three medals and a host of top five, eight and 16 results is still a remarkable achievement for a developing winter sport country.

Did we aim too high, no.

In my opinion if you don’t strive, you won’t achieve.

SILVER LINING: Torah Bright won silver at the Sochi games and only just missed out on gold.

PHOTOS: OWIA

Low targets are easy to get, but won’t create a culture of high performance and we had 43 first time Olympians out of a team of

60 athletes and over seventy per cent of the team were rookies.

The critics will question if some of the first timers de-

served to be there.

Besides providing a shining light to each of their own sports, athletes need the exposure to Olympic condi-

tions and then they come back in four years time, or in eight years time, and they are hardened professionals, able to handle the pressure and able to win.

Lydia Lassila is a classic example. She was really a rookie in Salt Lake in 2002, she blew out her knee in Torino in 2006 and came out and won the gold in Vancouver and all up, that was a 10 year campaign to get to the top.

We don’t shy away from that goal of a top 15 finish as we are a country that strives for success and we want to keep improving and the signs are looking really good for Pyeongchang in 2018.

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Even if it is an El Nino, it’s not all bad news

BY PETE ‘THE FROG’ TAYLOR snow fell in a three to four week FIRST UP, lets take a look back at season 2013 and see what we can make of that.

Thankfully season 2013 is well and truly behind us as it wasn’t that great.

Things looked positive early with a good snowfall in mid May and that had resorts thinking of a possible early start.

Unfortunately mild temps mixed with rain saw the snow completely disappear by the start of the season and this pattern continued into July.

The first decent snow didn’t fall until August which was too late for most, and most of the season’s

period from the start of August, but was ruined again by plenty of rain from the end of August through until early September.

The Spencers Creek (just near Charlotte Pass) depth reading peaked at 185.6cm on August 26, which is actually close to the average max depth for that particular area, but stats can be misleading as the season was far from average overall.

With all of that said, how are things looking now?

Current forecast models suggest we could be moving into an El Nino.

This is not yet a certainty but what it would ‘usually’ mean is

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that we are looking at a season of warmer than average daytime temps with less precipitation.

Now this is not all doom and gloom with the positives being that less precipitation means less chance of rain damaging the snow cover and clear, warmer days usually sees more cold clear nights which is good news for snowmaking.

Looking back at previous years showing similar patterns and SOI (Southern Oscillation Index) readings, what we have seen this year is that we are probably not likely to see a huge maximum snow depth.

There have been good El Nino years like 1991 and really bad

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years like 1982, 1993 and 2006.

Some of these seasons have had good early snowfalls, others have started late and some never really got off the ground.

What we can deduce from this is that there is no real definitive answer as to what will happen in 2014.

One or two good early falls can set up a season and a decent early run of snowmaking nights without rain following, is paramount for early ski and boarding days and this is probably the real positive for the early outlook; plenty of cold nights with low humidity.

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PHOTO: Pete Taylor snowatch.com.au.

Mt Buller gets behind its local talent

AMBASSADOR: Snowboard cross athlete Lauren Staveley is working closely with Mt Buller.

PHOTO: Buller Ski Lifts

MT BULLER is thrilled to expand their ambassador program in 2014 to support developing ski and snowboarding talent.

Mt Buller will provide free access to the mountain for 12 exciting young skiers and snowboarders this season to compliment the hard work and commitment of everyone at Team Buller Riders (TBR) and Transition Snowboarding Camps (TSC).

Buller Ski Lifts communications manager David McNamara said it was a pleasure to play a part in the development of these exciting young athletes and continue the legacy of the ambassador program.

“Mt Buller is blessed with so much young talent and we are very excited to help them develop their promising careers.

“We will be working with all of them through

the current season and will assist with building their media profiles and sourcing PR opportunities for these athletes,” Mr McNamara said.

Mt Buller will also work closely with their Olympic athletes and other professionals who call the mountain home.

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“There really is such a rich vein of skiing and snowboarding talent that calls Mt Buller home and it is our responsibility to ensure they get the support they need to achieve their individual goals.”

Canadian resort offers pre-season training SILVER STAR Mountain Resort is set to be the first Canadian ski resort to offer pre season training for Australian competitions and former Interschools event manager Steve Nelson has been recruited to run the program from 2015.

The four week pre season training program will be specifically designed to meet the needs of promising skiers and snow boarders competing in Interschool snowsports competitions throughout Australia.

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Participants will train on custom built courses and facilities designed to replicate those in Australia and it will be an exclusive opportunity to further develop skills and fine tune techniques prior to the beginning of the racing season in the southern hemisphere.

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Nelson has a long history in the ski industry, conducting snow sport events and programs since 1998.

Mr Nelson also event managed the Australian and Victorian Interschools SnowSports Championships for 14 years with the Victorian Interschools peaking at 6700 entrants during his tenure and Mr Nelson was the program manager of the Interschools Canada Program from Australia since it was introduced in 2007.

“This is such a thrilling opportunity to join the Silver Star Team.

“I look forward to reconnecting with many of the interschools families and other contacts in the ski industry,” Mr Nelson said.

“The position is an exciting and challenging role that fits the skills and experience I have in the industry perfectly.”

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PHOTO: Steve Nelson

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David Morris: silver lining at Sochi

By VANESSA BACON-HALL AAN: Congratulations, what an achievement, how does it feel to be an Olympic silver medallist?

DM: It’s a relief! We all dream that our training, blood, sweat and tears pays off and mine has after 12 years of fighting hard for it.

AAN: Can you let the Australian Alpine News readers know a little about you and how you ended up becoming an aerials skier?

DM: I’ve skied since I was three and been a gymnast since the age of four. I was never fantastic at gymnastics but I had the body awareness needed for bigger skills. Kirstie Marshall walked into my gym one day and saw me tumbling and flipping around when I was about 19 years old and asked me if I’d like to try aerial skiing, as there were no boys in the sport in Australia.

Kirstie offered to train me for free in her spare

time and she introduced me to the right people and backed me since day one.

AAN: Coming in to Sochi did you feel confident and ready for competition and did you feel that you had a good lead in to the games?

DM: I was definitely ready and well prepared to compete in Sochi and had no doubts in my mind that I would perform better than my Vancouver 2010 campaign, where I finished thirteenth.

I was ready to take on the day and I was confident in my ability to perform under pressure, as I seem to be able to do on a weekly basis.

AAN: Take us through that night? Day 10 of competition? It was a long night for us watching back here in Australia, but what was it like for you?

DM: It was a very long night for me too, but luckily I was well prepared on every level; physically, mentally and I had put in the countless hours of training

Mt Baw Baw’s park team consists of two fulltime park builders who are all highly experienced in design, construction and maintenance of all things park. How much park there is to ride, ultimately comes down to the weather and snow conditions. If it looks like snow’s on the way, they will plan to build bigger and as the snow accumulates so does the park count. When a sufficient depth is reached a total of three parks will be built. Whether you’re going to attempt a boardslide for the first time or throw spins off the biggest hit, riding one plank or two, Mt Baw Baw has a park for you. There’s jibs, slides, jumps, walls and lines for everyone.

Hotham has four terrain/rail parks across the resort: the basin rail park, the big D beginner park, the SBX/SX course and the summit terrain park.

AERIALIST: David Morris took out the silver medal in the Men’s aerials final at the Sochi Winter Olympics earlier this year. Still riding the wave of adulation from winning an Olympic silver medal in Sochi, David Morris took some time out to speak with the Australian Alpine News about what it takes to podium at an Olympics

to be there that night.

I landed my first jump (full-doublefull-full, three flips and four twists) and finished equal first in the initial qualification round

2014 will see further investment in rails and boxes and other terrain park features across the resort catering for all abilities of skiers and snowboarders.

The continued commitment to the 5 terrain parks, 2 ridercross courses and 2 halfpipes spread across the resort areas of Perisher and Blue Cow ensures Perisher retains its reputation of providing the best parks in Australia.

Thredbo has a new home for the intermediate terrain park and it is set to be a big one. Located on the lower half of Australia’s longest run, ‘The Supertrail’, it will track from middle slopes along the milk run and finish close to the base of Thredbo. The new look terrain park will give skiers and boarders a longer and more diverse park, providing plenty of room for the park crew to create fun long lines of jib features and sequences of jumps ranging from 15 to 20ft. This park is the perfect playground for intermediate riders looking to transition from the cruiser park.

which put me straight through to the finals.

Anyone who wasn’t in the initial top six then had to jump again in another qualification round, how-

ever, I went inside and lay down, not paying any attention to the rest of the competition, I just smiled and closed my eyes because I’d already achieved a result higher than in Vancouver.

I was an Olympic finalist and anything from here on was a bonus.

AAN: Did you expect such a great result?

DM: I don’t think we can ever expect a result given the nature of the sport, but I do believe I deserved it as I’ve worked hard and put in the time and effort.

I jumped on days when the weather wasn’t great and others stayed inside, I jumped when I was sore and really struggled to be out there and that’s how I earned the silver, over years of doing this and slowly making little gains over everyone.

People ask me what it’s like not to get the gold medal, like I lost it and came second instead, but when the competition started that day, everyone was in last place and no one is

guaranteed a medal, even if you think they will get it.

We’re all in last and have to earn a place in the next round, each time beating people.

I earned silver that day and I was beaten by my friend, Anton Kushnir, who most certainly earned the gold.

AAN: Finally, will you be aiming to head over to South Korea for the next Winter Olympics?

DM: I will take this year off, rest my body and my brain until I am in the right headspace to dedicate myself to another gruelling few years. We have a strong team now and I look forward to watching their progress this year and hope they get the results they deserve and have worked for.

I want to return and I want to get a gold medal, so I will rest and recover and do whatever it takes in order to be able to return and complete that goal.

The sporting world has definitely not seen the last of me.

The freestyle terrain park is for anyone after an extreme experience.

The biggest of Charlotte’s parks, it features jumps, tabletops and rails. Charlotte’s play park is the place for children who want to improve and have fun while they master their new skills.

Mt Buller park (MBP) has something for everyone, whether you like to ride the rails, race on the rider cross course or pull some air off one of the huge summit jumps, the MBP is the place to be for freestyle fun.

Developed to suit all levels, the MBP allows riders to build confidence, practice and improve existing skills in one of the five parks across the resort.

AIR: Charlotte Pass offers new and enhanced terrain this year.

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OLYMPIANS: Phillip Bellingham, Esther Bottomley, Callum Watson and Aimee Watson in Sochi.

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2013/2014 Australian XC Ski Team International Season

BY FINN MARSLAND AUSXC Head Coach

SOCHI AUSTRALIA sent our largest ever Winter Olympic cross-country skiing contingent (XC) to the Sochi games.

The XC and biathlon teams were housed separately to the rest of the snow sports in the Laura Endurance Village, accessible only by gondola, with the racetracks right out the front door.

Despite some reports to the contrary, there was plenty of snow up at Laura, though warm temperatures during the day saw soft, spring racing conditions for a number of events. Our XC skiers put in solid mid-field performances and came away proud of their efforts.

It was inspirational to see aerialist David Morris pull off a silver medal in Sochi.

Aerials is a small sport internationally but to make it onto the podium at the Olympics is an amazing achievement and a testament to the dedication, perseverance and many hours of hard work that one needs to put in. Aspiring winter sports athletes should take the time to read David’s bio on his website: www. aerialskier.com.

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results at the Swedish World Junior Trials and Australia’s best female result at the World University Games.

Casey is part of a great group of young female athletes coming through right now and who will make the step up to the World Cup stage before too long.

WORLD CUP Phillip Bellingham was the outstanding AUSXC skier on World Cup for the second year in a row, edging closer and closer to the elusive top 30 and World Cup points.

He and World Cup coach, August Teague flew solo on a number of events this season while other athletes were ill or chasing points for Olympic selection. At one particular World Cup in Toblach, Phil was just 1.27 seconds outside of the finals.

Phil’s sixteenth place in the freestyle sprint time trial at the World U23 Championships was impressive and unfortunately the eventual silver medal winner tripped him up in his quarter final.

With such an impressive style, it’s safe to say that there are more sprint finals to come in Phil’s future.

Esther Bottomley raced only two World Cups this season but, has now racked up 41 individual starts since her World Cup debut 10 years ago.

The photo associated that we have of her on the Swissloppet circuit, was her first race back after illness about two weeks out from Sochi.

After the Olympics Esther found good form again in Switzerland with a podium third place in the Swiss Cup in Silvaplana and twelfth place in the Engadin Ski Marathon.

Many thanks to the supporters of AUSXC, in particular Falls Creek which is the National Team Training Centre, Ski & Snowboard Australia and everyone who supported the XC Towards 2014 fundraising campaign.

Look out for XC Towards 2018 activities coming up soon and follow Australian cross-country ski racing at www.ausxc.com and AUSXC on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

JUNIORS: The Junior/U23 Team in Ostersund, Sweden, (back) Alasdair Tutt, Jackson Bursill, Nick Montgomery, Ellie Phillips and (front) Xanthea Dewez, Ash Spittle, Casey Wright and Anna Trnka.

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JUNIORS The Junior/U23 Team was based in Ostersund in Sweden this year, led by the husband and wife combination of Nick and Lescinska Grimmer.

There were a few anomalies with the national team selection and any athlete who qualified for the junior, U23 or University World Championships were invited to train with the team. Unfortunately, it was an unusually bad snow season in Sweden early on, so the team skied plenty of sessions on a small loop of artificial snow.

Junior athlete Casey Wright had a stellar season and was recently named the 2014 Australian Junior Cross Country Skier of the Year.

Racing highlights included finishing just in the top fifty at the World Junior Championship, three top 16

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SNOWBOARD CALENDAR 2014

CROSS COUNTRY CALENDAR 2014 JUNE 28 28 29 29 29 JULY 5 5 5 6 6 9 12 12 12 13 13 13 13 19 19 20 20 20 26 27 27 27 AUGUST 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 6 7 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 16 17 17 17 17 21 23

Lake Mountain Sprint-X Paddy Pallin Junior (F) 0.5-2.5km Fast and Female Cooma Clean Out the Cobwebs (F) 5km Snowgum Wodonga Mini Series 1 (C) 0.5/1.5/2.5 km July Come & Try XC Skiing open day Cooma Clean Out the Waxbox (C) 5km Birkebeiner Classic (C) 2.5/5/10km Fast and Female Amelia Time Trial and Team Sprints Paddy Pallin Junior Shield (C) 0.5/3km ACT Distance Champs (C) 2.5/3/5/10 km Snowgum Wodonga High Plains Tour(F) 2.5/5/10 Snowgum Wodonga Mini Series 2 (F) 0.5/1.5/2.5 km NSW Distance Champs (F) 2.5/3/5/10/15 km YMCA Howmans Gap Vic Relay Champs (C/F) 2.5/5 Junior Sprint X Lake Mountain Mini Series 1 (F) 0.5/1.5/2.5km Vic Junior Sprint Champs (F) Victorian Biathlon Championships – Sprint (F) Victorian Biathlon Championships – Mass Start (F) Vic Junior Distance Champs (C) 2.5/5/10km Cooma Open (F) 10km Aust Jnr Champ’s ** (Events TBC) Aust Jnr Champ’s ** (Events TBC) Bullfight Charge (F) 3.5/8km Lake Mountain Mini Series 2 (F) 0.5/1.5/2.5km

Aust Open Sprint Champ’s (C) */** CC/FIS Australian Biathlon Championships – Individual (F) Hotham to Dinner Plain (F) 12km Aust Open Champ’s 5/10 (F) */** CC/FIS Australian Biathlon Championships – Sprint (F) School Snowsports XC Classic (C) 0.5/1.5/2.5km Lake Mountain Mini Series 3 (F) 0.5/1.5/2.5km City Tatts Nottage Int. Boonoona Open (C/F) 5km Charlotte Pass Open (C) 5km NSW Night Relays (F) KAC X-C Classic (C/F) 8.5km Sundeck Handicap Race (F) 7.5km Snowy Mountains Classic (F) 2.5/7.5/15/30 km Ski de Femme (F) 1/2.5/5km Justoyota Stirling Silver Hill Climb (F) 7.5 km Fast and Female Rocky Valley Rush/Sun Valley Ramble (15/7.5km) (F) Tullicoutty/St Phillack Cup (F) 5/8km Vic Interschool XC Championships Laser Biathlon NSW Races Aust Open Sprint Champ’s (F) */** CC/FIS Aust Open Champ’s 10/15 (C) */** CC/FIS KCros Tour (C) 12km KCros Tour Juniors (C) 4km Snowgum Wodonga Mini Series 3 (C) 0.5/1.5/2.5 km Falls Creek Invitation Night Sprints Kangaroo Hoppet (F) 42km CC/FIS Australian Birkebeiner (F) 21km @ Joey Hoppet (F) 7km @ 26 NSW Interschool Races 31 Canberra X-C Ski Club Kosciusko Tour (C) 18km 31 Snowgum Wodonga Mini Series 4 (F) 0.5/1.5/2.5 km SEPTEMBER 10 Australian Interschool XC Champ 13-14 Perisher Cup

Lake Mtn Perisher Lake Mtn Perisher Fall Creek Perisher Perisher Fall Creek Fall Creek Perisher Charl Pass Perisher Fall Creek Fall Creek Perisher Fall Creek Lake Mtn Lake Mtn Fall Creek Hotham Hotham Fall Creek Perisher Perisher Perisher Lake Mtn Lake Mtn Perisher Hotham Hotham Perisher Hotham Lake Mtn Lake Mtn Perisher Charl Pass Perisher Perisher Perisher Perisher Fall Creek Mt Stirling Perisher Fall Creek Baw Baw Mt Buller Perisher Fall Creek Fall Creek Smiggin Hole Smiggin Hole Fall Creek Fall Creek Fall Creek Fall Creek Fall Creek Perisher Perisher Fall Creek

JUNE 28 JULY 1 2 3 5 5-6 7 7 9 11 11 12 12 13 18 19 19 20 26 30 AUGUST 8 9 9 9 10 10 11-12 12 13 13 14 14 15 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 17 19 22-23 23 25-31 25-27 27 28

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Know/PLC Snowsports Champs SBGS Travelplan Ski Northern NSW Regional Championships SBGS & SBX QLD Interschools SBGS "A La Carte in the Park" Series- Bread & Butters Rail Jam Rails SnowRacer Series GS Scots College Snowsports Championships SBGS Shredlands Cup SS Travelplan Ski Sydney Regional Championships SBGS & SBX Grommets "Shred The Park Day" Park Rossignol Cup GS School Dual- Smoked Trout Dual Knock-out Dual King of the Mountain SBX or PSL Mt Buller Cup SBGS Thredbo Night Rail Jam Rails "MERLIN MAGIC WAND Interschools" SBGS Thredbo Freestyle Series- Slopestyle SS "MERLIN MAGIC WAND Interschools" "A La Carte in the Park" Series- Cheese & Crackered Rail Jam Rails Subaru ACT-Southern NSW Regional Championships SBGS & SBX

Thredbo

Australian Junior Series- Slopestyle SS Australian Junior Series- Snowboard Cross SBX "HOT-HAM" Banked Slalom BS SB Board ABC day - fundraising event for breast cancer. TBC SB Australian Junior Series- Halfpipe HP "A La Carte in the Park" Series- Beer Battered Rider-Cross SBX SSA Futures Camp- SBX SBX FIS ANC Continental Cup SBX- Training SBX FIS ANC Continental Cup SBX- Race #1 SBX SSA Snowboard Festival SBX- Race #1 SBX FIS ANC Continental Cup SBX Race- #2 SBX SSA Snowboard Festival SBX- Race #2 SBX FIS ANC Continental Cup SBX- Weather Day W SSA Snowboard Festival SBX- Weather Day WD Buller King Of The Mountain- SBGS SBGS Thredbo Freestyle Series- Banzai off the Bluff- Freeride RiderCross Free Ride RiderX Buller King Of The Mountain- PGS PGS A "A La Carte in the Park" Series- Cow Hide Free Ride Free Ride SB TRANSFER- Banked Slalom BS Falls Creek Park and Ride TBC Buller King Of The Mountain- SBX SBX Thredbo Freestyle Series- Ridercross SBX World Rookie Fest SS TTR Thredbo Freestyle Series- Big Air BA Subaru Victorian Interschool Snowsports Championships The Mile High SS TBC TTR Amelia McGuiness Memorial Time Trial SBGS & SBX Subaru NSW State Interschools Snowsports Championships SBGS & SBX

SEPTEMBER 1-3 Stylwars SS 7 "A La Carte in the Park" Series- Spring Sessions Sorbet Slopestyle SS 11 Subaru Australia Interschools SnowSports Championships SBGS & SBX

Thredbo Perisher Hotham Falls Creek Perisher Thredbo Perisher Thredbo Falls Creek Hotham Falls Creek Mt Buller Thredbo Hotham Thredbo Hotham Hotham Perisher

Perisher Perisher Hotham Thredbo Perisher Hotham Hotham Hotham Hotham Hotham Hotham Hotham Hotham Hotham Mt Buller Thredbo Mt Buller Hotham Thredbo Falls Creek Mt Buller Thredbo Thredbo Thredbo Mt Buller Perisher Thredbo Thredbo

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ALPINE CALENDAR 2014 July 1 3-5 3 7 8 10-12 19 20 31 31 AUGUST 1 1-2 6-7 8 11 12

Knox-Pymble Championships Travelplan Ski Northern NSW Interschools Championships Subaru QLD Interschools Championships The Scots College Snowsports Championships Redlands Championships Travelplan Ski Sydney Interschools Championships Thredbo: TSRC Cup - GS Thredbo: TSRC Cup - SL Australian National Championships - SX Subaru ACT/ Southern NSW Interschools Championships

Thredbo Thredbo Perisher Perisher Thredbo Perisher Thredbo Thredbo Hotham Perisher

Subaru ACT/ Southern NSW Interschools Championships Australian National Championships - SX Tom Mathias Memorial - SL Tom Mathias Memorial - WTH National Championships - GS National Junior Championships - GS

Perisher Hotham Mt Buller Mt Buller Thredbo Thredbo

13 National Championships Perisher - SL 14 National Junior Championships - SL 22-24 Blue Cow Cup - GS 23 National Children's Series - GS 24 National Children's Series - SL 25-31 Subaru Victorian Interschools 25 National Children's Series - SX 25-26 Australian/NZ Cup - GS 27 Amelia McGuiness Memorial 27-28 Australian/NZ Cup - SL 29 Australian/NZ Cup - WTH SEPTEMBER 6 National Children's Series Finals - GS 7 National Children's Series Finals - SL 8 National Children's Series Finals - SX 9 National Skills Assessment 10 National Skills Assessment 12-14 Subaru Australian Interschool's Championship

Perisher Perisher Perisher Falls Creek Falls Creek Mt Buller Falls Creek Hotham Thredbo Hotham Hotham Perisher Perisher Perisher Perisher Perisher Perisher

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Top tips for investing in

BY DAN FLYNN

Alpine Property

Partner TressCox Lawyers

ADDING an alpine property to your investment portfolio is an attractive concept.

With high rental returns and guaranteed accommodation for you, your family and friends.

To help you make the most informed decision, here are our top tips when purchasing alpine property.

of 1Method Ownership

There are various types of property available in the alpine resorts, the most common being private apartments, managed apartments and club memberships.

A common form of ownership is through a company with a shareholding arrangement where ownership of shares is linked with a sub-lease of an apartment.

As a shareholder you are a member of the lessee company with rights of involvement in the management and caretaking of the buildings and improvements.

The share and sublease is your ‘title’ to ownership and in many cases, you may register that interest at the relevant Office of Titles.

You should be clear as to the method of ownership and seek appropriate legal advice where there are any concerns.

Most properties in an alpine resort are sold on a ‘walk in/walk out’ basis with all the mod-cons provided. Having furniture delivered to the property can be difficult during the snow season.

Be careful to ensure that a detailed inventory is included in the contract and check the condition of items at the time of signing the contract. These items should be in the same workable condition on settlement, fair wear and tear excepted.

5Finance

FUTURE INVESTMENT: Seeking the right legal advice when buying alpine property is an absolute must.

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of 2Length Lease

The vast majority of interests in Alpine land come in the form of long term crown leases. The Crown retains ownership of the land, but leases it out for long periods, usually 50 years or more.

When you purchase an interest in Alpine land under a crown lease, you are purchasing a sublease interest for the remainder of that crown lease. While the crown lease is likely to be renewed and the building will remain, there

may be a requirement to upgrade the building before a lease is renewed.

Be sure to confirm the end date of the crown lease and factor the age and condition of the building into your calculations.

3Permitted Use

Do you want to use the property for personal use, rental returns or a combination of both?

Some properties have compulsory management and letting agreements,

some allow combinations and some are simply own your own. We suggest you look for a combination with the right to reserve the premises for your own purposes if you so decide. Alpine apartments can provide great rental returns during and outside of the snow season.

If a compulsory management agreement is required, check for overall management fees, and whether these are inclusive of third party agents and suppliers.

Use of a property as

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a commercial enterprise such as a cafe will likely be restricted by the terms of the lease. Look for commercial arrangements and tenure to suit your business proposal or project. There are restrictions that may need to be negotiated to conduct business operations within the resorts and ski field areas.

of 4Fitout apartment

Is the property fitted out and sold with all the modern conveniences?

Before buying any property you must always be sure of your finance.

The type of leasehold arrangement for alpine property has a significant impact on whether banks are prepared to lend. Registration of alpine leases has made accessibility to finance more readily available.

There are numerous methods of structuring finance and this needs to be examined depending on your use of the premises and your financial circumstances.

The alpine resorts present wonderful lifestyle and business opportunities with the resorts contributing over $1.5 billion to the Australian economy annually.

TressCox Lawyers are able to help and advise with any of your proposed alpine interests and transactions.

F THE O T R A P Y L PROUD NITY U M M O C E N ALPI

Contact: Dan Flynn – Property Partner and Alpine Team Leader Phone: (03) 9602 9465 Email: Dan_Flynn@tresscox.com.au

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Did you know? Alpine Apartments are NOT part of a body corporate

BY TESS HAUSER

Solicitor TressCox Lawyers

WE OFTEN hear people on the mountain referring to their apartment building as a ‘Body Corporate’ or ‘Owners Corporation’. These terms mean

PROPERTY: Body corporates are not so common in the Alpine property market.

PHOTO: istock, Brett Charlton

the same thing, however, Alpine apartment buildings (mostly) are not ‘owners corporations’ under the law.

In essence this means that Alpine apartment managers are not required to adhere to the obligations provided by each state’s owners corporation legislation and it may also mean that owners of individual apartments are not required to comply with legislative controls.

In practice, Alpine apartments behave like owners corporations.

Similar obligations that are

imposed on owners corporations by statute are imposed on Alpine companies (often created for the sole purpose of holding the Head Lease and managing the apartment building) by the Company Constitution or Apartment Rules.

With this said, if you ever have a Body Corporate issue, don’t be fooled into heading for your state’s strata or owners corporation legislations. We can advise or assist with enquiries or disputes concerning Alpine apartments.

Iconic Arlberg stage four is now released

BY MARK ADAMS STAGE four at the Arlberg Hotel Mt Buller has just been released and for the first time investors and skiers can own a piece of the iconic Arlberg from only $145,000.

This will buy you a modern and spacious hotel room which is fully furnished with a renovated ensuite and sleeps four in comfort.

Room 109 is just one of the rooms on offer and has mountain views, a queen bed with a bunk, desk, buffet, bench, wardrobe, fridge and TV. The Arlberg is located on some of the most prime real estate that Buller has to offer and being on Bourke St offers all the convenience for your family to enjoy and while not occupied you can make it available to be rented through the hotel management.

Fixed outgoings are very low at around $2000 a year and with historic gross rentals of around $30,000 just during the winter, the net return after all expenses is over

five per cent and you can still use it even when vacant.

Should you wish to use it more regularly during the busy season, then that’s no problem either as there are no restrictions on use, except that they are not for permanent occupation and could be offered for rent during the ski season on a regular basis.

To top it off the hotel owners and operators for the last 26 years have over the previous three years spent over $5 million building and refurbishing the building, which now includes a new restaurant, roof top deck, sports bar, new Bourke Street Apartments, underground car parking and many more features that will be added in the future.

Open all year and with an excellent management team, you can enjoy the lifestyle of the mountain whether it is bike riding over summer or skiing in winter.

The hotel boasts everything needed for a fantastic family holiday such as a manned

reception, large ski hire and boutique.

For a more casual area the sports bar is able to cater for a friendly game of pool or you can watch sports on the big tellys while enjoying snacks or a glass of wine.

The famous Nookys restaurant now overlooks the Bourke Street Ski Run and is the perfect place for lunch or dinner.

The Arlberg even has a new roof deck bar for those Blue Bird Days, with views that go on forever and it is also the perfect spot to just sit and watch the people come and go on the Bourke Street lift and ski down the run.

Having all these great facilities means the Arlberg Hotel accommodation will always be in demand and your lifestyle investment will always be secure.

For further information and for an inspection on stage four properties, please contact the exclusive agents Mark Adams Real Estate on (03) 9646 4230 or www.markadams.com.au.

ROOM 109: The newly available interior of roo m 109 at the Arlberg.

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TOP SPOT: The Arlberg by night sits high on the Mt Buller landscape.

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alpineproperty.com.au Selling Mount Hotham

“SHAMROCK” 5 Gallows Court

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REFURBISHED ON MOUNTAIN SKI PAD This one bedroom apartment sleeps 4 people comfortably and is located in the lovely Shamrock building. Recently refurbished it’s neat and tidy with nothing to spend.

Hard to find such a nice apartment at such a low price with low outgoings.

“IGLOO @ ABSOLLUT” 9 Hot Plate Drive

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THIS IS AMAZING For snow skiers who want it all, Absollut 9 offers quality, elegance and innovative, contemporary style surrounded by Hotham’s main facilities, with ski runs so close you can spy the satisfied smiles of your fellow powder carvers.

This apartment is located on the ground level of the Absollut building-renowned for its quality build and low maintenance. Bone-weary, burnt out ski legs will welcome the stair free ski in-ski out entry, leading to a dashing foyer adorned with first class finishes-ski storage included.

“CHALET HOTHAM” 1/1 Higgi Drive

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LUXURY SPACE LOCATION The newest 5 star luxurious European style apartments at Hotham Central: Chalet Hotham is located on the best mountain high position. This beautiful apartment has gas log fire, TV’s throughout, DVD home theatre system and is stylishly furnished with top quality appliances.

One of the most spacious living, dining and kitchen area’s all on the ground floor with easy access. The king bedrooms and bathrooms are all on only one level. Large bathroom with double shower and spa bath. Excellent view over the resort from the balcony.

“MORITZ” 10 Great Alpine Road

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2 HEATED GARAGE CAR SPACES Positioned on the ground floor, this apartment is rear facing with a large tiled balcony. Mountain views and surrounded by snowgums, the experience is true Alpine.

Three bedrooms, one with sliding doors that open directly into the central living area. Utilise as an exclusive lounge, children’s play area or media room.

Two master bedrooms, one with a walk through wardrobe and ensuite with floor to ceiling tiles and heated floors, both are spacious and contain rear facing windows.

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alpineproperty.com.au Selling Mount Hotham

“SCHNAPPS” 6/8A Hot Plate Drive

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IMMACULATE with EXCELLENT VIEWS This apartment has been lovingly maintained by the current owners to a high standard. Spacious 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom apartment on high floor with great views overlooking the ski slopes and the mountains.

Has been used for private use only but these apartments are sought after rental properties.

“ABSOLLUT” 3/A3 Hot Plate Drive

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MATCHLESS, IDEAL, ABSOLLUT ‘Absollut’ meaning ‘without limits’ is so superbly named - Modern, sophisticated and adorned with every luxury and convenience any snow lover or investor could want for, this property is found in the sought after location of Hotham Central- and in a ski in- ski out position!

The Absollut building is one of the newest in Mt Hotham and built to only the highest standards, with its exterior never needing to be painted. It is also home to one of only three elevators in Mt Hotham that will take you and your luggage to and from your front door.

“AUSTRALIA DRIFT” 202 Great Alpine Road

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EXPRESSIONS OF INTREST BY 14th of JULY 2014 Mount Hotham’s highest ski in ski out free standing chalet in the best location right on the Village Ski Run. Renovated 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms including onsite car space at the front door.

Excellent panoramic views across the Resort, Ski Runs and Alps. Further development and or extensions are possible with the land size of 206.71 sqm with extension plans included.

“LOT 1” 71 Great Alpine Road Cobungra

LAND SIZE: 52.89HA (130.70 ACRES)

$180,000

VERY RARE LAND RELEASE There are only two parcels of land this size for sale between Dinner Plain and Omeo and this is one of them. This high country land is at an altitude of 1,100 meters with panoramic views across the high plains, Mount Kosciusko and the NSW Alps.

Some excellent cleared area’s for a house site as well as heavily treed sections. Farming zoning means you can also graze cattle or grow crops. There is a picturesque yabbie filled spring fed dam to supply all your water needs.

Direct access off the Great Alpine Road.

Jo Winter 0408 789 274 | jowinteralprop@icloud.com

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alpineproperty.com.au Selling Dinner Plain

“BRANDY APARTMENTS” 17A Big Muster Drive READY FOR 2015 SKI SEASON

1

1

1

$195,000

BUY OFF THE PLAN AND SAVE STAMP DUTY There are only 3 brand new apartments available at this price.

Each top floor residence has views across the Alpine reserve and snow gums. Fitted out to a modern 5 star standard and can be purchased with a fully furnished package.

Ideal location in the restaurant and cafe centre of the village. One car space is included on the title.

“WHISKEY FLAT” 1/17C Big Muster Drive

JOHNNY WALKER BLACK

1

1

1

$218,000

LOCATION & VIEWS This is a spacious 1 bedroom apartment on the top floor has views overlooking Dinner Plain and towards Mount Hotham. Positioned in the best location to enjoy the restaurants and bars.

One double bed and a set of bunks. Sleeps 4 people.

Excellent rental history.

“RETAIL SPACE” 17A Big Muster Drive

BEST RETAIL LOCATION

37.89sqm $245,000

BUY OFF THE PLAN AND SAVE STAMP DUTY This is the only brand new Retail Space available at this price.

Located next to the Alpine Shire Information Office, Supermarket and Alpine Property Real Estate Office.

The space of 37.89sqm is suitable for a cafe, take away food, medical centre, art gallery, bakery or anything else that Dinner Plain needs.

Prime position and access with bi fold door alfresco area opening onto Big Muster Drive.

“HUGGINS” 14 Crystal Creek Lane

LOW OUTGOINGS

2

1

1

$279,000

TRUE ALPINE CABIN Located just behind the main strip of Dinner Plain, and with easy pedestrian and vehicle access to this Alpine Cabin, the enjoyment begins as soon as you arrive.

The minute you walk through the entry, you will experience the high peaked exposed timber beams and warmth from the large open fire place. A well equipped cosy kitchen, single bathroom with two toilets, are perfect for a small family or couple preferring a little more space.

Jo Winter 0408 789 274 | jowinteralprop@icloud.com

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Paul Englisch 0419 379 388 | penglisch@me.com

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alpineproperty.com.au Selling Dinner Plain

“TRIGGER PLANT” 4/40D Halter Lane

WRAP AROUND BALCONY

2

1

2

$329,000

SPACIOUS & FRESH Positioned on the top floor, this apartment has high ceilings, modern decor and appliances, great views and in a quite centrally located area of Dinner Plain.

Parking is right at the front with space for two cars. The entry is large enough for all your ski gear to dry out.

The master bedroom downstairs has a queen size bed and is adjacent to the oversized bathroom.

Upstairs the second bedroom accommodates a split king size bed and the loft with can be used as another bedroom, study, rumpus or movie room.

“CATHERINE” 4 Sugarmat Lane

SPACIOUS LOFT

2

2

2

$360,000

BRIGHT & MODERN This funky freestanding, freehold two bedroom chalet will accommodate 6 people very comfortably with an additional loft area which can cater for a further 2 persons at the busiest of times.

Located near the reserve in the higher area of Dinner Plain.

Outdoor balcony with hot tub. High ceilings and plenty of parking available.

“NUMTIJAH” 2 Scrubbers End

$16,000 NET INCOME

3

2

2

$368,000

FULL 5 STAR RENOVATION This freestanding chalet has been totally renovated inside and out to a new modern design. With high quality fixtures and fittings the feeling is airy and light filled. Located near the corner of Big Muster Drive and Halter lane, there is ski out access to the Dinner Plain ski run.

The north facing decking, dining, lounge and kitchen keeps the chalet warm all day.

“WELLKUMINN” 2/4 Morning Star Lane

PRIME LOCATION

2

2

2

$369,000

SEXY REFURBISHMENT Wellkuminn was already a premium property before the recent refurbishment. It’s location is excellent being only 100 meters approx. from Dinner Plain’s gourmet restaurants and cafes.

With a very spacious two bedrooms and bathrooms including high ceilings and timber lined paneling walls. The living, kitchen and dining area downstairs is oversized compared to most properties.

Excellent long holiday rental history. Be quick as this property is priced to sell.

Jo Winter 0408 789 274 | jowinteralprop@icloud.com

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Paul Englisch 0419 379 388 | penglisch@me.com

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alpineproperty.com.au Selling Dinner Plain

“BEINN BHREAGH” 41 Big Muster Drive

LARGE CHALET LARGE LAND

3

2

6

$428,000

BIG PRICE DROP $121,000 OFF This traditional over engineered chalet built in the 80’s with timber cathedral ceilings throughout and natural stone feature fireplace.

The layout of 1 bedroom downstairs and 2 bedrooms upstairs allows for privacy and the convenience of a bathroom on each level.

There is plenty of parking in the driveway plus a garage. The land is a huge above average 505 sqms suitable for extensions.

AT THIS PRICE ONLY 30 DAY UNCONDITIONAL OFFERS WILL BE ACCEPTED

“CHINOOK” 18 Halter Lane

$18,000 NET INCOME

4

2

4

$435,000

LOCATION! SIZE! CHARACTER! Chinook is a well built solid timber traditional Dinner Plain style chalet on one of the largest blocks of land available (421sqm) and borders on the reserve. With above average size bedrooms and a very large loft this property will sleep 12 people comfortably.

Spread out over 3 levels with spacious living area’s, full size fully equipped kitchen, one of the largest deck area’s in Dinner Plain plus the unique features of a sauna.

More parking than your average Dinner Plain property is available from the full street frontage access and long driveway. Fully furnished.

“QUOKKA” 5 Cuff n Collar Lane

SUN FILLED ALL DAY

3

2

3

$479,000

THIS IS VERY NICE Well presented three bedroom house with great views from the upstairs living area. Great for families who want a bit of space, inside and out. There is a drying room off the large entry foyer.

All bedrooms are on the ground floor as is the main bathroom, separate toilet and laundry in a cupboard.

The main bedroom has a queen bed and an ensuite.

The second bedroom has a queen bed, while the third bedroom has 2 sets of bunks.

Upstairs is a well appointed kitchen, large living area with extensive window seats, and a large dining table.

There are large glass doors opening out onto the large deck, there is an electric BBQ for use on the deck.

“COLORADO” 25 Halter Lane

LARGEST LIVING AREA

3

2

3

$479,000

THREE MASTER BEDROOMS As you enter Colorado the foyer is big enough for 10 people to take off their ski gear at the same time.

The drying room can accommodate large families comfortably.

All three bedrooms are as large as master bedrooms in this chalet. Two bathrooms and a separate laundry are also on the ground floor.

The top floor has panoramic views around the resort and is one of the largest living area’s on offer in Dinner Plain. The outdoor balcony is north facing and their is parking for three cars.

Jo Winter 0408 789 274 | jowinteralprop@icloud.com

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Paul Englisch 0419 379 388 | penglisch@me.com

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alpineproperty.com.au Selling Dinner Plain

“IRONBARK” 69 Big Muster Drive

LARGE LAND SIZE 435sqm

4

2

3

$488,000

OVER ENGINEERED TRADITIONAL CHALET One of Dinner Plains most traditional chalets. Featuring large kitchen living lounge area with beautiful log fire place, 3 good size bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, plus a loft, large drying room with ski storage and garage.

Constructed of cedar weatherboards and natural stonework, colourbond roof, timber flooring, double glazed windows and natural stone fireplace and entry.

The property also features a large outdoor deck entertainment area, garage and parking for 2 vehicles.

“GLENCOE” 10 Drovers Lane

GOOD AS NEW

3

2

2

$519,000

IMMACULATE CONDITION Glencoe Sleeps 10 people comfortably and is nestled amongst the snow gums, 4 bedrooms including a large loft spread over 3 levels plus separate kids retreat or second lounge area or 5th bedroom.

Large open living, kitchen and dining area. The lounge area has a wood heater providing warmth and ambience through the entire chalet. The main bathroom has a large corner spa with a separate toilet.

Rare separate laundry and large entry and drying room. This chalet has been kept in immaculate condition, no money to spend.

“MILKY WAY” 47 Big Muster Drive

DRIVE THROUGH ACCESS

3

2

3

$549,000

CORNER LOCATION With Three bedrooms (plus loft), two bathrooms, a modern kitchen, a well-appointed living room with an open fireplace and an outdoor spa Milky Way can accommodate two families comfortably.

This property has been maintained in excellent condition so there is nothing to spend. The corner location makes access easy with drive through driveway and plenty of parking.

“WHITE MOUNTAIN LODGE” Halter Lane

THE BIG ONE

6

7

3

$615,000

COLOSSAL CHALET This is the largest residental Chalet for sale in Dinner Plain. Fully renovated throughout with an immense living area and king-sized bedrooms each with their own private bathrooms.

The chalet towers over the reserve which the land backs onto creating an extended back yard/ entertainment area. To by the land and build a property this size today would be well in excess of $950,000.

Could be used as a Bed and Breakfast or a holiday rental property.

Jo Winter 0408 789 274 | jowinteralprop@icloud.com

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Paul Englisch 0419 379 388 | penglisch@me.com

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alpineproperty.com.au Selling Dinner Plain

“BLUE ICE” 10 Tabletop Fork

WINNER OF HIA AWARD

3

2

2

$549,000

This luxurious alpine chalet built by a multi award winning melbourne builder was inspired by the natural colour palette of the surrounding mountains and snow gums. Built over three levels, this architecturally designed chalet’s exterior is made up of stonework, corrugated iron, spotted gum timber panelling, shadow cladding, and is painted in tones complementing the landscape. Inside, pitched windows and natural colours evoke a warm, calm feeling.

The stylish kitchen has stone bench-tops and stainless-steel appliances. Other features include heated floors, panel heating, a double-sided gas jetmaster log fireplace, luxurious wool carpet in the bedrooms and lounge, polished timber staircases, large ceramic floor tiles throughout, storage cupboards and ski/snowboard racks in garage, large drying room with winter entry, cedar timber blinds, Bosch s/steel appliances, Fisher Paykel dual dishwasher & refrigerator both in s/steel, Fisher & Paykel washing machine & dryer, fully tiled bathrooms with quality fixtures and concealed toilet cisterns, tiled flush floor shower bases with frameless shower screens and includes all furniture, artwork & crockery (fully furnished). Located right next to the Dinner Plain Onsen Retreat and Spa.

“HEAVENLY” 12 Tabletop Fork

MODERN VOGUE LIVING

3

2

2

$560,000

This chalet built by a multi award winning Melbourne builder blends in perfectly with its natural surroundings and gives holidaymakers an experience they’ll never forget. Built over three levels, this architecturally designed chalet’s exterior is made up of stonework, corrugated iron, spotted gum timber panelling, shadow cladding, and is painted in tones complementing the landscape.

Inside, pitched windows and natural colours evoke a warm, calm feeling. The stylish kitchen has stone bench-tops and stainless-steel appliances. Other features include heated floors including heated balcony flooring, panel heating, a gas Jetmaster log fireplace, luxurious wool carpet in the bedrooms and lounge, polished timber staircases, large ceramic floor tiles throughout, storage cupboards and ski/snowboard racks in garage, large drying room with winter entry, cedar timber blinds, Bosch s/steel appliances, Fisher Paykel dual dishwasher & refrigerator both in s/steel, Fisher & Paykel washing machine & dryer, fully tiled bathrooms with quality fixtures and concealed toilet cisterns, tiled flush floor shower bases with frameless shower screens and includes all furniture, artwork & crockery (fully furnished). Located right next to the Dinner Plain Onsen Retreat and Spa.

Jo Winter 0408 789 274 | jowinteralprop@icloud.com

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Paul Englisch 0419 379 388 | penglisch@me.com

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King & Heath

Twenty five minutes from Dinner Plain this 23 acre picturesque state of the art property offers open plan living, views from every angle and a modern kitchen to behold.

Triple insulated, with double glazed windows ensures the home stays comfortable all year round. Each level features a spacious bedroom with the added bonus of the bottom level being self-contained, with a kitchen and bathroom, making it suitable as a separate rental, very handy for the ski season.

Outside the property features a four bay shed ideal for all your storage needs. There are 5 x 40,000 litre concrete water tanks ensuring plentiful water supply. The property also has two dams one of which is utilised for grey water.

There is minimal work required to complete this dream. Here lies your opportunity to purchase a slice of high country heaven.

AUCTION:

Inspect by appointment.

Hilton South Wharf 11am 23/08/2014 2 Convention Centre Place Melbourne VIC 3006

Ring: James Counihan First National King & Heath Bairnsdale 0402 289 307 | 03 5152 3311

Terms 10% deposit and the balance in 30/60 days. j/51d01977/26-14

125 Main Street Bairnsdale

www.kingheath.com.au

5152 3311

cross country

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OLYMPIC PREPARATION: Gold medallist in the 50km event at the Sochi Winter Olympics, Alexander Legkov, in action at the 2013 Kangaroo Hoppet.

PHOTO: Matt Hull

SWISS TIMING: Switzerland’s Valerio Leccardi leads the 2013 Kangaroo Hoppet from Mt Beauty based Australian Winter Olympian and 2014 Australian Cross Country Skier of the Year Phillip Bellingham, about 500 metres after the start of the 2013 Hoppet. Eventual Hoppet winner, Alexander Legkov, who went on to win the Gold Medal in the 50km cross country event at the Sochi Winter Olympics, is in third place.

PHOTO: Top Shots Falls Creek

Ski calendar favorite returns to Falls Creek RENOWNED international cross country ski race the Kangaroo Hoppet, returns to Falls Creek on Saturday, August 23.

The Hoppet is Australia’s premier long distance cross country ski race, and a member of the prestigious Worldloppet series of 16 international cross country ski events.

Worldloppet is a union of the most famous cross country ski races in the world attracting over 135,000 skiers annually. Worldloppet races are held each year

in Austria, Italy, Germany, Japan, Canada, USA, Finland, Sweden, Switzerland, France, Norway, Estonia, Poland, the Czech Republic, Russia and Australia.

Whether you take two hours or six hours, the Kangaroo Hoppet provides a unique opportunity to ski the Bogong High Plains of Victoria’s Alpine National Park on a well groomed trail with six food stations.

For those who do not feel up to the challenge of the 42km event, there are the shorter 21km Aus-

tralian Birkebeiner and 7km Joey Hoppet events starting shortly after the main event.

More than 1000 skiers from all around the world will be arriving at Falls Creek in the last weeks of August to take part in this year’s event.

Among them will be more than 150 international skiers, most of them being ordinary skiers who have travelled to Australia with the aim of completing another event to count towards the 10 events required to gain the coveted World-

loppet Master award.

This is not to overlook the elite competitors lining up at the start of the field where Australia’s best skiers get to test themselves against high quality completion from Europe, North America and Asia.

While all eyes will be on the elite skiers leading the pack in the main event competing for the podium places, a highlight of the event for junior and under-23 skiers are six AGL Energy in Action scholarships valued at $500.

These are awarded to the first U18 and U14 in the 7km Joey Hoppet, first U23 in the 21km, with a further two $500 awards to the first Australians in the 42km main event.

This is the seventh year of involvement with the event for major sponsor AGL Energy, owner and operator of the Kiewa Hydro Electricity Scheme and Australia’s largest retailer of renewable energy.

For more information, go to www.hoppet.com.au.

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resorts

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Selwyn: the place to learn park

PLACE TO LEARN: Selwyn has a range of dedicated park lessons and tickets designed for those wanting to learn â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;parkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.

PHOTO: Selwyn Snowfields

A NEW addition to Selwyn is the See Me Ski Program.

This is a special private lesson with one of SelwynĂ&#x2022;s professional instructors for children between the age of two and four.

Using the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;hook-easeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, which is a system that allows the instructor to control the childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s skis with their poles, the instructor can provide guidance on how to stop and turn on the slopes.

Also in 2014 is the park program for little terrors on snowboards.

They will have the chance to try out this dedicated terrain park lesson, which involves learning how to jib the many features in Selwynâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mini terrain park under the care of professional instructors.

The park program is available for $110 for one day and includes a lift

ticket, board hire and three hour lesson.

With the success of the mini terrain park over the past years, Selwyn are aiming to expand the park and are providing many more small sized features to ride on.

This park is designed for novice park riders and is a fun and exciting place for all ages to start small and learn how to ride the park.

Other additions to Selwyn include an entirely new online booking system, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a very easy process that allows guests to book accommodation with their Selwyn booking.

There are also some new additions to the snowmaking system each year, and this year improvements to the favorite Snowflake Tube Park have been made and it now requires less snow to open.

Mt Baw Baw - the preferred destination MANY visitors find the unique appeal of Mount Baw Baw to be the closeknit village atmosphere that is akin to a European style resort where everything is nearby.

The general store, pub, restaurants and cafes are all within a snowballâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s throw of each other and your accommodation.

As the closest downhill ski resort to the majority of Victorians, Baw Baw stands out as the preferred destination for those just starting out on their snow sport odyssey, or for those returning to the snowfields after a few years off the snow.

Perfect for skiers and snowboarders (and especially those wanting to learn), Baw Baw also offers two toboggan parks and of course a beautiful snow covered playground thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just under three hours from Melbourne.

Backing up the range

of on mountain offerings is the fact that Mount Baw Baw boasts the cheapest lift ticket prices in Australia; with mid week day passes at $50 and ski and snowboard lessons starting from $60.

A day trip to the snow has also never been easier, with visitors to Mount Baw Baw able to pre-purchase resort entry online via a secure, quick and easy payment system.

Numberplate recognition at the gate means an instant pass through and that equates to less time in the car and more time out enjoying the snow.

Head to the website www. alpineeasyaccess.com.au to find out more.

Baw Bawâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s instructors and facilities have been developed to cater to every level of skier confidence and the mountain terrain itself is perhaps the biggest drawcard.

SNOWSHOE: Mt Baw Baw has a range of snow based activities that are all within an easy three hour drive from Melbourne.

PHOTO: Mt Baw Baw

The mountainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gentle slopes means that beginners are learning in a safe and friendly environment, and those who have had a few years off the snow can refresh their skills with confidence.

WELCOME TO ALZBURG RESORT AT THE GATEWAY OF RESORT. Alzburg Resort is the perfect ski holiday destination offering a range of accommodation styles including motel room, hotel spa room, deluxe apartments and 3 bedroom penthouses.

Resort Facilities include Dining Room & Bar, Heated Indoor Pool, Sauna and Spa, Kids Playground, Tennis Courts, Games Room & Off Street Parking

For non-skiers and families, there are plenty of extra activities to enjoy while friends and family are on the slopes. Offerings include husky dog sled tours, tobogganing, snowshoe

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tours and there is even the option to hop in the cab of one of Baw Bawâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s advanced technology snow groomers for a totally different perspective of the mountain at night.

Those looking to

head up to the mountain should check out www. mountbawbaw.com.au for the latest news and upcoming events.

Whether it be Saturday night skiing under lights, challenging yourself at the mountainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s weekly terrain park competitions for beginners, admiring the sunset above the clouds from the restaurant or on the back of a husky dog sled, Mt Baw Baw offers boundless options this winter, be it for a day, a weekend or a week-long stay.

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Family Discover Package

2 nights in Frosti Lodge 2 x adult mid-week Lift Tickets 2 x child mid-week Lift Tickets 1 Hour Private Group Lesson

$699

*

$50 Midweek Lift Tickets!

2 adults + 2 children

www.mountbawbaw.com.au

Short drive from Melbourne

Couples Ski Away

Package

2 nights in Alpine Flashpackers 2 days mid-week adult Lift Tickets 1 hour Rock Pool Spa session 2 course dinner + glass of wine 3 day Resort Entry Pass * Mon-Fri only, subject to availability

$499

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2014 RESORTS GUIDE LIFT TICKETS

LIFT/LESSONS

Day

Half day

5 day

Season

adult child family

adult child

adult child

adult child

Child age

EQUIPMENT HIRE*

Day

5 day

adult child

adult child

skis, boots, skis, boots, board, boots, jacket pants poles 1 day poles 5 days 1 day 1 day adult child

adult child

adult child

adult child

NSW Charlotte Pass 99 Perisher

62

n/a

TBA TBA

n/a

n/a

n/a

470

294

1295

660

U14

176

130

689

492

84

60

175 114

84

60

44

30

TBA TBA

541

296

1549

849

U15

TBA TBA

583

414

78

55

166 100

89

67

41

39

Selwyn

85

47

n/a

72

40

344

188

630

505

U16

116

81

441

327

41

25

97

51

47

32

28

19

Thredbo

110

64

n/a

99

57

508

277

1449

899

U18

164

111

678

458

68

48

160

98

78

55

49

37

Falls Creek

113

57

n/a

102

51

468

234

1549

859

6 - 14

178

119

712

521

69

50

184 132

69

50

51

39

Mt Baw Baw

75

55

230

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

299

299

6 - 13

110

110

n/a

n/a

50

32

100

77

55

40

35

25

Mt Buller

113

63

321

96

54

477

267

1499

749

Yr 12

168

153

726

658

60

48

145 113

60

48

43

38

Mt Hotham

113

57

n/a

102

51

468

234

1549

859

6 - 14

178

117

712

510

69

50

184 132

69

50

51

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VICTORIA

*on mountain indicative prices only NB: Prices above are high season but many resorts offer a range of discounted tickets eg for children under 5 years, students and seniors. At some resorts children U5 and seniors 70 and over can ski free.

Charlotte Pass

Perisher

Selwyn

Thredbo

Mt Baw Baw Mt Buller

Falls Creek

Lake Mountain Mt Stirling

Mt Hotham

Nearest town

Jindabyne

Jindabyne

Adaminaby

Jindabyne

Warragul

Mansfield

Mount Beauty

Marysville

Mansfield Harrietville

Distance from

40

33

45

33

61

46

35

22

41

34

On-mtn car spaces

n/a

1840

512

2855

700

4800

1800

1600

320

1500

Village height

1765m

1720m

1550m

1365m

1564m

1600m

1600m

1383m

1240m

1750m

Day entry charge

$27

$27

$27

$27

$40

$40

$45

$53

$40

$50

Cross-country trails

varies

100km

45km

varies

10km

9km

65km

37km

60km

35km

Downhill skiable area

50ha

1245ha

45ha

480ha

33ha

263ha

450ha

458ha

1500ha

320ha

Longest run

3.5km

3km

800m

5.9km

680m

2.5km

3km

2km

varies

2.5km

Getting there Charlotte Pass Drive – About 6 hours from Sydney and 7 hours from Melbourne by car to Perisher.

Skitube – The only way in to Charlotte Pass during the snow season. When you arrive at the Skitube Terminal at Perisher Valley, go to the Charlotte Pass Oversnow counter.

Falls Creek Drive - 4.5 hours from Melbourne, 1 day from Sydney. Chains must be car-ried.

Drive and buss - Park your car at Mt Beauty at the base of Falls Creek and travel up to the resort in a bus.

Train and bus – From Sydney or Melbourne, catch a train to Albury and connect with coaches.

Bus - Coaches from Melbourne, Albury or Mount Beauty.

Fly - Fly - From Sydney or Melbourne to Albury Airport then by coach to FallsCreek.

Private flights are available to Dinner Plain, near Mt Hotham.

Lake Mountain Drive – 2 hours from Melbourne. Take the Maroondah Highway through Healesville and turn off to Marysville.

Bus – A shuttle service operates from Marysville.

Mt Bulller Driive – 3 hours from Melbourne, 9.5 hours from Adelaide, 10 hours from Sydney.

Coach - Melbourne Airport to Mt Buller with Mt Buller Ski Express 1800 800 905.

Driive and coach - Daily return services from Mansfield and Mirimbah to Mt Buller, Mansfield-Mt Buller Bus Lines (03) 5777 6070.

Fly – Helicopter flights from Melbourne to Buller (03) 9580 7177.

Mt Buffalo Drive - 3.5 hours from Melbourne. Take the Hume Highway to Wangaratta then turn off to Bright.

Mt Hottham Driive – 4.5 hours from Melbourne. Hume Highway to Wangaratta then Great Alpine Road via Bright and Harrietville.

From Gippsland, Princes Highway to Bairnsdale and Great Alpine Road via

www.martinsgarage.com.au LMCT 11105.

Perisher

Bus – Coaches depart daily from Melbourne’s Spencer Street Coach Terminal and Melbourne Airport.

Train - The XPT between Melbourne and Sydney connects with coaches at Wangaratta.

Fly - QantasLink has direct flights from Sydney to Hotham and private flights operate from Melbourne.

There are also commercial flights from the capital cities to Albury where a bus service operates to Dinner Plain and Hotham.

Drive - 5.5 to 6 hours from Sydney; 7 hours from Melbourne. Chains must be carried.

Bus– A year-round service operates from Canberra to Jindabyne. Weekend bus services operate from Sydney and Canberra. Daily coach services operate between Canberra and Cooma.Shuttle – A free shuttle service operates between Perisher Valley and Smiggin Holes.

Fly - Canberra Airport is a 2.5 hour drive from Perisher and a 40 minute flight from Sydney. Several regional airlines operate regular services.

Mt Baw Baw Drive - 2.5 hours from Melbourne. Take the Princes Highway and turn off at Moe. Snow chains are compulsory.

Selwyn Drive - 1 hour from Cooma, 2 hours from Canberra, 500 km from Sydney and 550 km from Melbourne. Follow the

Hume Highway to Gundagai then turn off to Adaminaby.

Thredbo Drive - 2.5 hours from Canberra, 6 hours from Sydney and Melbourne. The roads are clear for most ofthe year, but when big snow-falls hit, chains may be required.

Chains can be hired in Jindabyne and Khancoban.

Bus - Daily coach services between Canberra and Cooma. A number of companies provide regular weekend services from Sydney and Canberra to the snowfields.

Fly - Most major airlines service Canberra Airport from major Australian cities and there are shuttle transfers to and from the resort.

Further details on transport services are available on resort websites, tourist bureaux in all major cities and from advertisements in Australian Alpine News.

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PHOTO: Perisher Ski Resort

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OVER the past eight years Perisher has invested over $30 million in major resort improvements and these investments have greatly enhanced the grooming fleet, summer slope grooming and snowmaking, ensuring that Perisher has the best snow conditions in Australia.

Add to this a brand new chair, the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Freedom Chairâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, and Perisher is the mountain with the biggest developments being rolled out for the 2014 winter.

In recent years Perisher has invested over $22 million in snowmaking upgrades across the resort and this investment continues in 2014 with another five new Techno Alpin TF10 fan guns being added.

Perisherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s snowmaking team â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The Ghosts of Perisherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; are out in the sub zero temperatures in the middle of the night working hard to ensure the best possible conditions each morning for all skiers and snowboarders and their nightly exploits can be checked out at: http://youtu.be/ fglXpmZ03yg.

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New slope grooming works in 2014 include The Road Run in Blue Cow which has been widened, making the access to the base of the Terminal Chairlift easier and ensuring there is more room for all guests.

Planning a snow holiday comes with a lot of questions including where to stay and whether it is on snow or off.

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Big savings and snow play at Thredbo this year A NEW dedicated snow play area has opened up at Thredbo this year and new snow guns in the area will ensure that there is always a fresh supply of the white stuff when snowmaking is possible.

The new snow play park, located in the base station area of the village is where visitors can now slide on a toboggan, ride a snow tube, build a snowman, make a snow angel and just generally play in the snow.

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Super deals at Hotham Alpine Resort HOTHAM Alpine Resort is Victoria’s highest alpine village and to make it easy to sort out your winter ski escape, Hotham has a range of hot new deals and packages available in 2014.

The favorite Snow Pass is once again available this year allowing visitors to get on the snow in no time with the Hotham and Falls Creek Snow Pass which is a convenient fully automated RFID access card for all ticketing, lesson and hire purchases.

Scanning gates at key resort lifts also mean less time in queues and more time in the snow and passes can be reloaded online and if snow passes are registered this way, pass holders will be eligible for discounts on lift tickets and much more. See www.snowpass.com.au.

DEEP: When the snow is on, Hotham delivers enviable options for those wanting deep and steep pow. PHOTO: Steve Cuff

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New at Buller in 2014 MT BULLER has completed the automation of their snowmaking infrastructure on the northern side of Bourke St, following the purchase of six new fully automatic SMI Puma snowmaking guns.

These new snowmaking guns will produce eight times more snow than the previous guns they replaced, with the five original snowmaking guns relocated to the Baldy and Kofler’s areas which will significantly improve the reliability of snow conditions on these parts of the mountain.

Mt Buller has also installed a new mid

load on the Tirol T-Bar and this upgrade will help improve skier and boarder access from the north side precinct, down to the village.

Other big news at Buller is the refurbishment of the village day centre.

The former Cow Camp plaza day facility in the village square has undergone a complete renovation and refurbishment.

A mezzanine level has been added which will double the seating and dining capacity in this area and visitors to the resort will be able to enjoy a fresh new look and feel, with plenty more space to relax, wait for friends or enjoy a ski break.

PERFECT: More snowmaking at Buller means more snow and that means more guaranteed snow time.

PHOTO: Andrew Railton

Charming Charlotte Pass 2014 sees yet another expansion of the Kosi Kids Club which is an all day kids ski program.

Charlotte Pass will now be offering a morning half day and afternoon half day option along with the all day option.

The Kosi Kids Club is designed to get young kids comfortable on the snow.

Expanded private lesson offerings are also a new feature this year with the introduction of a one and a half hour private lesson in place of the one hour private lesson.

The ski school can tailor a lesson to focus on the particular needs and wants of those participating, such as focusing on technique for racing or tackling the terrain parks.

Making it easy for the whole family to come to Charlotte Pass, children four and under ski for free and the resort is asking families to bring proof of age in order to receive an all mountain lift pass for free.

There’s nothing like a bit of fun to make the snow even more enjoyable and this year Charlotte Pass is introducing, ‘Onesie Wednesday’.

Guests are invited to join in the fun with the lifties this season and dress in their favorite onesie, so don’t be surprised if you see elephants, giraffes and tigers skiing and boarding on Wednesdays.

Whilst the big kids have fun each Wednesday, the little kids can enjoy a free snow cone ev-

ery Monday afternoon.

Nothing is more refreshing than the taste of flavoring on crushed ice and the snow cones at Charlotte Pass are definitely the sweetest.

And for the snow bunnies, if natural snowfalls allow, 2014 will also see more ‘enhanced natural terrain’ grooming.

Because of the wide-open pistes on the mountain the resort will use its innovative grooming approach to enhance existing natural features such as ‘roll overs’ and ‘natural drops’.

This means that if you want to explore the mountain and still enjoy a little air under your feet, be on the lookout for the new ‘enhanced natural terrain’ features during the 2014 season.

FREE: This year Charlotte Pass is allowing children who are four and under to ski for free, making the resort perfect for the whole family.

PHOTO: Charlotte Pass Snow Resort

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BY BRIONY ABRAHAM Director, Mecca Travel Co

CORDUROY: An early skier on a blue bird day chases a run down a perfectly groomed slope.

PHOTO: Dan Campbell, Ski Utah

WITH 11 resorts that are less than an hour from Salt Lake City (SLC) International Airport, visitors to Utah that want snow, spend more time on the slopes (and apres ski) and less time in the car and that can only be a good thing.

Boasting 14 ski resorts in total, Utah offers ski experiences to suit any beginner, intermediate and professional.

There are amenities and services that cater to lodge bunnies, foodies and children alike.

These include tubing, snowmobiling, luxurious spa treatments, award winning restaurants and some of the world’s best ski and snowboard instructors.

Let’s take a look at some of the major resorts in the Utah region.

Park City Utah’s resorts consistently deliver awesome snow and thanks to tourist friendly transport links, it’s easy to try different ski spots without breaking your budget or wasting valuable slope time.

If you want to stick close to the buzz of Utah’s Park City, I can’t say that I blame you and this is one of North America’s top ski towns.

Park City boasts three world class resorts: Deer Valley, Park City Mountain Resort, and The Canyons all of which offer excellent off slope entertainment and an array of shops and galleries.

If you happen to be travelling to Park City with kids in tow then Park City Mountain Resort has so much to keep your brood amused.

Once the lifts shut down, it’s time to make family memories on the alpine coaster, through the sky on the zip line, or enjoy an old-fashioned horse drawn sleigh ride.

If you prefer to holiday at ski only resorts, then it’s time to try Deer Valley on for size.

With a limited number of daily tickets sold, you’ll spend your precious time skiing, not queuing, plus, nothing beats the feeling of bottomless powder turns into an expertly-gladed Aspen forest, believe me, nothing, beats this.

Park City’s Canyons Resort is home to over 4000 skiable acres and 182 runs. If it’s diverse terrain that you’re

after, then you have come to the right place and once you’ve tackled the perfectly groomed runs, amazing tree skiing and pristine bowls, it’s then time to unwind with world class amenities and that all important tailored spa experience.

Big and Little Cottonwood Canyon Are you happy to forego the shopping and apres ski scene on your Utah ski adventure?

Then point your skis towards the Cottonwood Canyons.

The towering peaks of Big and Little Cottonwood Canyon are visible from downtown Salt Lake City and are home to the spectacular resorts, Alta, Snowbird, Solitude and Brighton.

They are located within 40 minutes of SLC Airport and 50 minutes of Park City, each ski resort features picturesque scenery, legendary terrain and cozy villages.

If you’re eavesdropping on Utah chat, which frequently makes mention of ‘deep and steep’, chances are the talk is about none other than Alta Ski Resort.

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From page 32 The no frills, skier’s only destination features challenging off piste terrain, spectacular views, and plenty of snow. If your party is a mixed bag of ski skills, you’ll be pleased to learn that there’s loads of terrain for beginners and intermediates too.

Snowbird Resort offers intense intermediate and advanced runs that put you through your paces and leave you begging for more.

Just like starring in your very own Warren Miller film, this beautiful location with loads of snow will ruin you for other ski destinations.

Solitude Resort features diverse terrain and deep powder, all in a family friendly environment. Say goodbye to lift lines and quickly find your ski bliss. Off the slopes there’s a fun park, games room and a charming European style village.

Brighton Resort is a lowkey ski destination that’s big on personality and with everything from beginner to expert runs, it’s the perfect spot for adventures with both friends or as a family. For the more advanced skiers, there’s the cliffs, trees, terrain parks,

and awesome backcountry to tackle and thanks to illuminated runs you can even hit the slopes at night.

In And Around Ogden Just 35 minutes north of Salt Lake City sits Ogden, a quirky town with plenty in the way of shopping, eats, and live music. Plus, there’s the breath-taking views of Wasatch Mountain Range.

Ogden is a mere 20 minutes drive from two unique Utah ski resorts, Snowbasin and Powder Mountain and each features diverse terrain, un-crowded slopes and inspired skiing.

Snowbasin Resort is home to 3000 acres and 3000 vertical feet and even on a ‘busy day’ you will share the slopes with a mere 3000 skiers and that means un-crowded access to superb terrain, meticulously manicured groomers, and plenty of steeps and deeps.

Utah’s Powder Mountain has next to no crowds also and with 7000 skiable acres, it’s hardly surprising.

The no frills resort offers hassle free slope time in the shape of endless powder, untouched corduroy, cost effective cat skiing and zero lift lines.

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Are you a fan of big mountain skiing? Tackle the steep and deep that both Snowbird and Alta resorts have to offer.

On bluebird days, choose Canyons Resort or Snowbasin and if you’re not afraid of a little leg burn, tackle the 400 metre long natural half pipe, Canis Lupus.

For terrain park junkies, try the superpipe over at Park City Mountain Resort. Scott’s bowl and the McConkey’s also offer good steep pitch and tight lines.

Migrate over to Deer Valley Resort in the days immediately after a storm, as it’s these days where you’ll find plenty of powder off the beaten track.

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Board boots

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Each year the hard goods get more and more technical, extreme and are designed to make your boarding and skiing experience second to none. Take a look at some of these new 2014 additions.

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The flagship of Giro’s innovative soft shell category, the Combyn delivers an exciting new helmet for freestyle riders. Combining the patent-pending, impact-absorbing dual density vinyl nitrile (VN) liner with a proprietary, flexible outer shell results in an ultra-durable, flexible and comfortable helmet for high and low-energy impacts.

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RACING: Jack Abbott from Haileybury competes in the Alpine GS.

PHOTOS: Fun Photos

Vic Interschools steadily growing

THE 2014 Subaru Victorian Interschools Snowsports Championships will be held at Mt Buller for the 57th consecutive year this coming August.

Last year’s championships involved 160 schools and received 5800 event entries across the cross country, alpine skiing, moguls and snowboard events.

The cross country events will be held on Sunday August 10 and all ski and snowboard events will be held at the end of the month from August 25 to 31.

For the second year running the multiclass event will be hosted on Wednesday, August 27 for children with special needs and this inaugural event in 2013 attracted over 20 participants and is expected to grow even further this year.

Event manager David Speirs said that the biggest snow sports event in the southern hemisphere is looking forward to some big changes this year.

“We are very much looking forward to another bigger and better Subaru Victorian Interschools Snowsports Championships in 2014.

“We have been busy over summer improving areas around our cross country event planning with a dedicated technical delegate, as well as implementing new

COMPETITION: Harry Hart from Penbank competing in a snowboard event.

volunteer management systems into our online entry system,” Mr Speirs said.

“Our Mogul events will see a top ten final that will deliver an exciting show similar to our Ski and Snowboard Cross finals format and we believe that the event is the best of its type in the world and we are committed to continually improving every aspect through surveys and stakeholder feedback.”

WINNER: Moorina Bonini, Victorian interschools event manager David Speirs and Alessia Riccio.

PHOTO: VIC interschools

VCE student takes out interschools art competition GENAZZANO FCJ College student Alessia Riccio has won a competition giving students the opportunity to design artwork for the 2014 Subaru Victorian Interschools Snowsports Championships.

Thanks to her creative hand, Ms Riccio will not only see her artwork adorn all Subaru Victorian interschools collateral and merchandise, she is also the happy recipient of a 2014 Mt Buller season membership.

Mt Buller has hosted the Victorian Interschools Snowsports Championships since 1958 and will once again host the event this August.

Ms Riccio, who is currently studying VCE Art, has been skiing since 2005 and will be competing in her sixth Victorian interschools this season.

TOP DESIGN: The winning art submission.

Fellow Genazzano student and interschools competitor, Moorina Bonini, assisted her.

Victorian interschools event manager David Speirs said that Genazzano had been a part of the interschools event for close to 20 years.

“It is great to see the

type of long term love of the snow and interschools that Alessia and Moorina both possess,” Mr Speirs said.

2014 marks the first year of the artwork competition and while a number of high quality entries were received, Alessia’s submission was a clear standout.

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Snowsports ACT has a Easier & Safer busy winter planned way to Stay Dry SnowSports ACT

BY WENDY OLSEN Executive Officer

THE ACT was cheering loudly on February 14 when Laura Peel, ACT aerialist, made her Olympic debut in Sochi.

Laura finished in 7th place after qualifying for the final and narrowly missing out on the super top 4 final.

The Olympics were inspiring and we look forward to seeing the next crop of athletes aiming to compete in the next Olympics in South Korea.

Ahead of the local season, SnowSports ACT ran a dry land training program for junior athletes and held the annual Ski and Snowboard Sale and Expo, where the community could buy or sell new and second hand equipment.

All profits from the event went towards scholarships for up and coming athletes.

SnowSports ACT will be holding many events this season.

The ‘come and try’ cross country skiing day on July 5 at the Perisher trails is a free event for anyone wanting to learn the basic skills required for cross country skiing.

Professional coaches will take you through a two hour lesson followed by a barbecue lunch. Participants will need to hire their own equipment.

After the success of the inaugural event last year, the Ridercross Cup is back and will be held at Thredbo on July 27.

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and Snowboard Cross race for all ages. Competitors can enter as an individual and/or part of a team of three.

Entrants can either be a team of mixed gender or the same gender in either discipline.

The race involves a seeded run before finals, where two racers will be on course at the same time in their age group. The first across the line progresses to the next heat until a final two is left.

The Subaru ACT-Southern NSW Interschools Championships will run from July 30 to August 1 at Perisher and around 760 participants are expected to compete from across 70 schools.

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The ACT Schools Cup on September 7 at Perisher is for Canberra school students and continues to grow each year, with 200 competitors expected to enter this year.

The ACT School Cups are on offer for the overall school that earns the most points from the team results.

Radford College and St Clares College were the winners in 2013, who will be the winners this year?

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Australian Masters Championship to return to the slopes of Perisher Masters Skiing

BY DAVID TAYLOR & STEPHEN McKITTRICK Australian Masters Skiing Association

OUR BIG event every year is the Australian Masters Championship, which is again being held at Perisher, on August 28 and 29.

The championship is open to all Masters Alpine skiers, aged 30 years and above.

We schedule a Super G, a Giant Slalom and a Slalom race for the event, which is categorised into both Men’s and Ladies categories, with groups of five years receiving medals for first, second and third.

There is also an overall award based on an age handicap, which can see some of the more senior Masters who put down some good times being ranked quite highly in the overall awards.

SLOPESIDE: AMSA competitors Ray Killen, Marg FrankeWilliams, Michael Wilson and Stephen McKittrick in race mode.

PHOTO: AMSA

The annual general Meeting of the Australian Masters Skiing Association (AMSA) is always held at the same time as the championships, with the venue again this year being the Guthega Alpine Inn, who are an ongoing sponsor of AMSA. The AGM will be held immediately after the last race on the Friday.

In the past 12 months, AMSA has been working with Ski and Snowboard Australia to integrate

Masters skiing into the SSA Athlete Pathway.

It is recognised that after retirement from active FIS competition, many athletes would like to keep up their competition skills and Masters racing provides just this opportunity.

One of the tasks within this integration process was to find out exactly how many people there were in Australia actively participating in a structured Masters skiing program at each of the five resorts in Australia.

The distinction was made between those programs designed for specific Masters race training and those that concentrated on recreational and skill improvement training.

The results were quite a surprise and very encouraging.

It was found that 51 persons participated in Masters race training and 118 persons participated in recreational training in 2013, across the five major ski resorts in Australia.

As always, the aim of AMSA is to introduce as many people as possible into Masters race training and participation, as the experience of everyone who has been involved up to now is that it is a chance to dramatically up-skill one’s skiing.

The association also provides a great social scene, while giving the chance to be as competitive as one likes.

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Cross country at Mt Stirling

BY CRAIG JONES Stirling Experience

THE STIRLING ski school will have four Estonian ski racers to lead the junior squad and train interschools competitors on Mt Stirling this season.

Cross country (XC) ski coach Varhur Teppan will be returning for another winter in Australia after successfully setting up his own training squad and ski school in Estonia during the northern winter.

Also returning is Siim Eilo and we are also happy to welcome for the first time, Ave Ansper and Joosep Tammemae who are all national XC racers and graduates from Tartu University and the Otepaa Ski Academy.

The Mt Stirling XC ski school is proud to employ a number of Estonian national and international XC ski racers, as these elite skiers have university degrees that specialise in outdoor education with an emphasis on XC ski instructing and race coaching.

While the emphasis on Mt Stirling is more towards ski touring, we will be reinstating a junior race squad for the 2014 season to provide local youth and secondary colleges, hoping to field a strong team in the interschools snowsports competition.

The race squad will give the racers the opportunity to take advantage of the latest technical knowledge, training schedules and special skills associated with the sport of XC ski racing.

The squad will meet every Saturday afternoon for a skills based clinic and students are encouraged to bring along their own race skis as time will be set aside to

TRACKS: Mt Stirling is the perfect alpine environment to learn cross country skiing.

discuss race tuning, with the opportunity to prepare skis for racing.

The program will commence from the first Saturday in July and will run every Saturday at a cost of $25 per student for each three hour session.

XC race tuition can also be booked with the Mt Stirling XC ski school by ski clubs or school groups at other times for groups of six or more participants and all bookings made include complimentary snow shuttle transport between the Nordic Centre at TBJ and the snow line.

For more information on snow conditions and XC lessons, please visit the Stirling Experience website, www.stirlingexperience. com.au.

Esther Bottomley talks of her Olympics, and beyond

Experience the crisp mountain air, natural environment and some fun, affordable healthy exercise at the Mt Stirling Alpine Resort this winter.

IN her own words, Mt Beauty cross country skier Esther Bottomley (pictured) speaks about her Olympic Games in Sochi earlier this year.

STIRLING EXPERIENCE Ski & Toboggan Hire, Ski School and Mountain Bistro located on the mountain at Telephone Box Junction offer affordable snow packages including mountain transport. Looking after your Family Snowplay, tobogganing, snow shoeing, cross country skiing or ski touring requirements.

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CROSS COUNTRY: Ave Ansper and Joosep Tammemae skiing in Estonia before leaving for Australia.

PHOTOS: Craig Jones

A WORLD Cup in Toblach, Italy, with a fabulous Aussie cheer squad led into the flight to Sochi - it was Olympic Winter Games time.

The Olympics were fabulous.

There were three villages, cross country and biathlon were the only two sports in our hotel, which will become a five-star resort.

Needless to say, huge rooms, massive bathrooms, chandeliers, indoor/outdoor pool, spa, saunas and 24-hour buffet, we certainly had a win here.

Gorgeous sunny warm weather made it perfect for spectators.

Gorgeous sunny warm weather also made for some interesting skiing conditions - or more to the point made you question the 2pm start times – European TV was the answer - for our events.

Everyone kept saying, “This is great, you guys should be used to skiing in these conditions”.

Well we do get a lot of beautiful warm sunny days in spring, however, everyone knows that you need to finish up skiing by 11am and then not go back out until it starts to freeze at 4pm so you don’t end up skiing in deep slopping glue.

The ‘salted’ (firm) uphill and very much not salted (deep slop) downhill made for an interesting sprint, which I felt quite good in.

My skis were not quick, and not because of the wax or ski choice, just because I didn’t have great skis for those conditions.

The 10k classic was my first of the season, but one that would be by far the toughest race course I have ever raced on.

I was really pleased to get around and had a surprising amount of fun.

Post Olympics I thought I would hang up the race skis for FIS races for the season, until my partner Valerio entered two Swiss Cup races and I figured I might as well race.

I ended up 11th with 103 FIS points in the 5km Classic - happy with that - and the next day I raced a 10k skate mass start and was very surprised to come in third with new best European distance FIS points of 81.

The following weekend was the Engadin Ski Marathon, where I placed fourth in the night sprint and 12th in the marathon.

That was the season that was.

See you on the snow.

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