BULLER AT
A GLANCE
LOCATION AND ACCESS
TERRAIN
– Easy 3 hour drive from Melbourne
(248km north-east of the city)
– Over 300 hectares of skiable terrain
– Closest major alpine resort to any international airport
– Season opens Saturday, 11 June to Sunday,
25 September 2016
– Terrain mix: 20% beginner, 45% intermediate,
35% advanced
– Longest run – Little Buller Spur 2.5km
– Three Frank Freestyle Mt Buller Terrain Parks
– Average ski season – 128 days
A TRUE ALPINE VILLAGE
– Most on-mountain beds in Victoria - 7,000 beds
in the alpine village
– Wide range of accommodation types from hostels
and lodges to luxury hotels and private chalets
– Over 30 cafes, bars and restaurants ranging from
easy take-away to fine dining
LIFTS
– Victoria’s largest lifting system with a network
of 22 lifts
– Capacity to move 40,000 skiers per hour
– One high-speed six seater (ABOM Express)
– Two detachable quad chairs (Blue Bullet Express
and Northside Express)
– 14 rental and retail outlets
– Seven quad chairs (Fox, Wombat, Summit, Howqua,
Southside, Bull Run and Bonza)
– 180 seat cinema - the highest movie theatre in
Australia
– Two triple chairs (Grimus, Federation
– World-class ski and snowboard school, with
250 certified instructors
– Four T-bars (Koflers, Skyline, Boggy Creek, Tirol)
– Yoplait Petit Miam Buller Kids Centre, catering
for children from just 3 months old
– Day spa, sled dog tours, snowshoe tours,
helicopter flights and more
– One double chair (Lydia’s).
– One rope tow (Canyons)
– Four carpet lifts (Bourke Street, Cattleman’s
Carpets, Happy Feet and Gliders)
SNOWMAKING AND GROOMING
ELEVATION AND SNOWFALL
– Summit altitude – 1805m
– Village altitude – 1600m
– Highest lifted point – 1780m Grimus Chairlift
– Base altitude – 1375m Chalet Creek load station
– Snowline – 1200m
– Lifted vertical drop – 400m
– Average cumulative snowfall – 2.42m
– Average snow depth – 1.1m
06 2016 Winter Media Guide
– 244 snowmaking guns across the resort capable of
pumping 400 litres of water per second
– Snowmaking boosts cover on more than 78 hectares
and 19kms of trails
– Fleet of 16 grooming machines including two
specialised terrain park groomers, two winch cats,
two dedicated toboggan park groomers and a
cross-country track setter