Resort Information
| Perisher Statistics | |
| Open | June 5 to October 5 |
| Mountain Characteristics | |
| 7 Mountain Peaks | Mt. Perisher (2,054m) Mt. Back Perisher (2,014m) Mt. Piper (1,830m) Mt. Blue Cow (1,994m) Rocky Knob (1,900m) Guthega Peak (1,924m) Mt. Blue Calf (1,905m) |
| Village Heights | Perisher Valley 1,720m / 5,643ft Smiggin Holes 1,680m / 5,512ft Guthega 1,640m / 5,381ft Blue Cow Terminal 1,890m / 6,201ft |
| Summit Height | Mt. Perisher 2,054m |
| Lifts | |
| Total number of lifts - 48 |
1 8-Seat High Speed Chairlift 6 Quad Chairlifts (including 2 high speed) 4 Double Chairlifts 2 Triple Chairlifts 21 T -Bars 2 J-Bars 2 Platters 6 Ski Conveyors 4 Rope Tows |
| Other lifts not included in lift count | Skitube Alpine Railway (4 trains) 2 Snowtube tows |
| Highest Lifted Point - Mt Perisher Double Chair | 2,034m / 6,673ft |
| Lowest Lifted Point - Base Ridge Chair | 1,605m / 5,266ft |
| Lift Capacity | 53,252 skiers lifted per hour |
| Terrain | |
| Grading of Runs | Beginner 22% |
| Intermediate 60% | |
| Advanced 18% | |
| Skiable Area* | 1,245ha / 12.45sq kms / 3,076acres |
| Vertical Metres Skiable** | 355m / 1,165ft |
| Longest Run | Approx. 3 kms |
| Halfpipe*** | 1 Superpipe |
| Terrain Parks | 6 |
| Cross-country | Over 100kms of marked trails for all standards. |
| Night Skiing and Boarding | Tuesday (all season) and Saturday (July and August) evenings. |
| Snowmaking | |
| Snowmaking | 53.4ha / 131.95acres (a 10.86 ha increase in 2009) |
| Snow Guns | 271 (68 new guns in 2009) |
| Grooming Machines | 19 Machines: (including 2 machines new to the fleet in 2009) |
| Other | |
| Snow | The recognised natural snow line is at 1,650 metres. Over the past 15 years, the average maximum snow depth throughout the Resort has been about 1.9m. |
| Temperature and Weather | Average minimum temperature during winter is -3.7°C degrees Celsius. The percentage of fine weather days during winter is 70%. |
| Length of Season | From the NSW June Queen's Birthday Long Weekend to the NSW October Labour Day Long Weekend. |
*In 2002, Perisher voluntarily excluded 5 ha from its skiable terrain by removing the Rough Rider area at Blue Cow in order to better protect the habitat of the endangered Mountain Pygmy Possum. |
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