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workshop with the athletes        snowboarding this season.
                                            about becoming a pro and          Epic Australia Pass holders
                                            succeeding at the highest         can head to the Front Valley
                                            level. There will also be a       every Tuesday and Saturday
                                            signing session, a sausage        from 6pm to hit the slopes
                                            sizzle, live music, and heaps     under the lights. Night skiing
                                            of giveaways and prizes. A        season runs from 17 June
                                            number of crowd favourites        until 19 September. If you’ve
                                            are also returning to the         got kids with you, head to
                                            line-up, including Thredbo        Smiggin Holes for free kids
                                            Ridercross, the ninth annual      night skiing. Harry’s and
                                            Transfer Banked Slalom,           Herman’s carpet will be
                                            and the Bush Doof, hosted         open on Wednesday nights
                                            by Australian snowboarder         from 6pm to 8pm, beginning
                                            Tess Coady, as well as a wide     28 June and ending on 20
                                            range of community and            September.
                                            school race events.                  More competitive younger
                                              Some of Mt. Hotham’s best  skiers can enter the Scots
                                            excitement this year comes        Race, which is open to all
                                            off-trail, with a range of        students from kindergarten
                                            attractions lined up for the      to grade 12 from any school,
                                            season. One of the highlights  so long as they can carve the
                                            will see Steph Graham from        event racecourses safely and
                                            Melbourne’s iconic Donovans  in control. Skiers can enter
                                            restaurant join the team at       the giant slalom, while the

                       ©Perisher Resort     Zirkys’ a la carte restaurant     snowboard cross discipline is
                                            for winter, where she will        available for snowboarders.
                                            lead an exciting new menu.        Entries close on 4 July, with
                                            Degustations and wine nights  racing beginning on 9 July.
                                            will be some of the culinary         For those who haven’t
                                            highlights of the season,         quite mastered a jump turn
                                            while there will also be ‘Beer  or a snowplow, the PEAK
                                            & Bites’ nights, which will       Musical Festival is back
                                            serve medieval-style tapas        again this year. Dubbed
                                            in conjunction with Bright        the “coolest festival in the
                                            Brewery in the Ovens Valley.      Snowy Mountains", this
                                              Elsewhere in Mt Hotham,         year’s PEAK will begin on 9
                                            town favourite Miss Mary’s        June, kicking off the season
                                            is expanding, with a new          and coinciding with the
                                            bar overlooking Heavenly          opening weekend on the
                                            Valley and Mt. Feathertop.        slopes. This non-ticketed
                                            Hoff Hut will also deploy a       event will take place across
                                            new smoker for delicious          all three days of the long
                                            on-trail treats. Don’t forget     weekend and will feature
                                            to also keep an eye out for       some of the biggest names
                                            cafe Frankie’s family-friendly  in Australian music, such as
                                            silent discos, which will take    Boo Seeka, The Regime, and
                                            place throughout the season.      Shantan Wantan Ichiban,
                                              For those who prefer to be      representing a celebration
                                            on-trail after dark, Perisher     of Australia’s return to the

 ©Mt Hotham Resort Management  ©Mt Hotham Resort Management  is offering night skiing and   slopes.




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