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Ski resorts welcome 'true winter' snow

July 5, 2008 07:06:00

Ski resorts are preparing for a busy holiday period after recent snow flurries.[MORE]

Tags: lifestyle-and-leisure, travel-and-tourism, sport, winter-sports, weather, rainfall, australia, act, nsw, perisher-valley-2624

Police put Snowy walker's death down to natural causes

November 6, 2007 14:12:00

Police have attributed the death of a woman in the New South Wales Snowy Mountains yesterday to natural causes.[MORE]

Tags: death, police, bega-2550, perisher-valley-2624

Woman dies in Snowy Mountains bushwalk

November 5, 2007 18:24:00

An 80-year-old woman has died during a bushwalk in the New South Wales Snowy Mountains this afternoon.[MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, death, disasters-and-accidents, accidents, australia, nsw, perisher-valley-2624

Ski season extended after snowfalls

October 1, 2007 14:45:00

New South Wales snow resorts will ignore the traditional end of the ski season tonight and stay open for at least another week.[MORE]

Tags: freestyle-skiing, snow-boarding, act, nsw, perisher-valley-2624, thredbo-village-2625

Ski slope safety group gets funds boost

August 27, 2007 14:30:00

There is further help for a volunteer group that maintains safety on the ski slopes in the New South Wales Snowy Mountains.[MORE]

Tags: emergency-planning, perisher-valley-2624, thredbo-village-2625

Ski field reopens after tourist death

August 23, 2007 10:10:00

The Mt Blue Cow ski fields have reopened after a Victorian man died in a skiing accident yesterday while on a holiday in the New South Wales Snowy Mountains.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, accidents, bega-2550, perisher-valley-2624, vic, melbourne-3000, st-kilda-3182

Study finds ski lodges becoming greener

July 27, 2007 14:00:00

This winter's good snowfalls in the New South Wales Snowy Mountains have turned the Perisher resort white, but a new report shows that it is also quite green.[MORE]

Tags: environmental-management, recycling-and-waste-management, states-and-territories, alpine-skiing, act, bega-2550, perisher-valley-2624

Woman hurt in ski mishap

July 9, 2007 07:45:00

The New South Wales Snowy Mountains' ski slopes have claimed another accident victim.[MORE]

Tags: accidents, emergency-incidents, alpine-skiing, act, jindabyne-2627, perisher-valley-2624

Hope cloud seeding trial to grow

July 5, 2007 16:12:00

The Snowy Hydro Scheme says it is lobbying the New South Wales Government over a possible expansion of a cloud seeding program.[MORE]

Tags: states-and-territories, weather-phenomena, rainfall, water, act, perisher-valley-2624, thredbo-village-2625

On the piste - UC ski study

June 22, 2007 06:01:00

A team of researchers from the University of Canberra is trying to determine whether hydration levels affect the balance and cardio-vascular performance of skiers.[MORE]

Tags: alcohol-education, university-and-further-education, medical-research, research, winter-sports, act, jindabyne-2627, perisher-valley-2624, thredbo-village-2625

ACT to be spared worst of wild weather

June 19, 2007 15:32:00

The Weather Bureau says the ACT will be spared the worst of the wild weather forecast to hit New South Wales.[MORE]

Tags: weather, canberra-2600, jindabyne-2627, perisher-valley-2624, thredbo-village-2625

Rain falls on start of Snowy ski season

June 9, 2007 11:13:00

Rain has greeted skiers and snowboarders on the first morning of the New South Wales Snowy Mountains ski season.[MORE]

Tags: sport, winter-sports, alpine-skiing, snow-boarding, weather, perisher-valley-2624, thredbo-village-2625

New plantings boost habitat of endangered possums

April 3, 2007 14:02:00

In the Snowy Mountains of south-eastern Australia, another attempt is being made to restore some of the habitat of one of the area's most endangered species.[MORE]

Tags: endangered-and-protected-species, act, bega-2550, perisher-valley-2624

Funds boost for ski shelter revamp

March 2, 2007 11:38:00

A well-known public cross-country ski facility in the New South Wales high country is to get a major overhaul.[MORE]

Tags: regional-development, act, bega-2550, perisher-valley-2624

Weather forces ski fields to close

September 4, 2006 10:26:00

Poor snowfalls have made things difficult for ski resort operators in the Snowy Mountains this year and yesterday mother nature showed she was not finished.[MORE]

Tags: tourism, storm, travel-and-tourism, act, bega-2550, perisher-valley-2624

Missing NSW woman found

July 24, 2006 14:30:00

Police have found a Murrumbateman woman who went missing on Friday afternoon.[MORE]

Tags: police, canberra-2600, murrumbateman-2582, perisher-valley-2624

New environment protection system installed at Perisher snowfields

July 3, 2006 07:01:00

Researchers from the University of Canberra say new protection measures in place at the Perisher snowfields in New South Wales should result in a dramatic improvement in the quality of nearby streams and rivers by Spring.[MORE]

Tags: environmental-management, canberra-2600, bega-2550, perisher-valley-2624

Perisher ski resorts to get beds boost

March 3, 2006 13:00:00

The NSW Government has approved 500 extra beds for ski resorts in the Perisher Ranges.[MORE]

Tags: tourism, act, bega-2550, perisher-valley-2624

Gales blow off ski lodge roof

July 26, 2005 13:46:00

Wind gusts of up to 120 kilometres an hour buffeted the Perisher Valley ski village overnight.[MORE]

Tags: emergency-incidents, canberra-2600, bega-2550, perisher-valley-2624

Skitube hits the slopes again after derailment

July 4, 2005 21:24:00

The Snowy Mountains Skitube has resumed services after a derailment last night.[MORE]

Tags: rail-accidents, act, bega-2550, perisher-valley-2624

Points mishap derailed Skitube: Minister

July 4, 2005 10:25:00

New South Wales Transport Minister John Watkins says initial investigations into the derailment of the Snowy Mountains Skitube train last night suggest that it crossed the points on the track incorrectly and the wheels left the line.[MORE]

Tags: rail-accidents, act, bega-2550, perisher-valley-2624