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Thredbo, Australia - New South Wales

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Thredbo summary

A relatively upmarket alpine resort in NSW; it hosted the only World Cup race ever to be held in Australia. It has over 650 m of vertical drop and it has a lot to offer both on and off the piste. Runs are lined with gum trees and varied. Experts should seek out the Funnel Web; the steepest run on the mountain. Queues are kept short by the high speed lifts, although it can get busy at peak times. Off the hill the town is lively and in true Aussie style there are plenty of places to wet your whistle. The town is up-market in places but affordable accommodation can be found it you look around.

Resorts close to Thredbo include: Charlotte Pass (8 km), Perisher Blue (15 km), Selwyn Snowfields (68 km), Falls Creek (101 km), Dinner Plain (111 km),

	Trails (Pistes): 45	Halfpipes: 0
	Summit: 2037 m	Toplift: m
	Beg: 16% Int: 67% Adv: 17%	Terrain Parks: 4
	Vertical Drop: 672 m	X-Country: -
	Lifts: 14(12 chair lifts, 2 surface lifts)	Snowmaking: 25%
	Gondolas / Cable Cars: -	Slopeside accom.: Y
	Restaurants: Y	Acres of ski: 480ha
	Bars: Y	Nearest Airport: Cooma
	Nearest Train: Canberra	Info phone: +61/2/64594100 \| Thredbo Resort Info Website

Visitor Reviews of Thredbo

Liza Brooks from UNITED KINGDOM writes:

Must say having been spoil by the french alps in my snowboarding time the snow here wasn't exactly as good as l hoped but l was reliably informed winter 2005 was terrible at the start which was when l visited. The runs were like solid hard pack.

Also the grading of runs is a little crazy a Ozzie instructor told me that they don't get graded on difficulty they get graded on what they think will bring more people into the resort. I went on one 'green' which was nails! would ahve been a hard red in France, it was possibly made worse by the ice though.

Another thing l would warn people about it the lack of etiqute in the lift queue with regards to other peoples equiptment. According to people in my group 99% of people hire so no one cares if they step on your board or skis and they are happy to skewer them with a ski pole. But this is apparently more because everyone hires and not that anyone is trying to be evil like what happens in france.

One thing l loved about the resort was the beginners board park! it was great, l have never been in the park before and as the resort was in bad shape l thought l'd try my hand at some tricks. Everyone speaks english and the morral between everyone is great and they all cheer you on to try something new and look out for each other.

One thing europeans will find odd is they make you take off your board on most of the chair lifts! something which is banned in france as l found out when l had to ride a lift which my board hanging off a sprained ankle cos the liftie wouldn't let me carry it.

Food wise BARGAIN! I stayed in Jindy and there was a $6 snitzel place to all english people the snitzle is a piece of chicken in bread crumb and shallow fried. We also found a LUSH!!!! Pizza shop that delivered! The best pizza l have ever had IN THE WORLD!!!! it was located near the chinese and supermarket.

2005-12-21

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Thredbo Pro Am: 16-17 August 2008.
Thredbo Freeride Series - Rip Curl Australian Freeride Pro: 19-21 August 2008.
Thredbo Freeride Series - Slopestyle: 2 September 2008.
Thredbo Freeride Series - Big Air Grand Final: 6 September 2008.

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