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Perisher Ski Resort

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Perisher (known as Perisher Blue until 2009) is the largest ski resort in the Southern Hemisphere. [1]

34 relations: ABC News, Alpine climate, Alpine Way, Australian Height Datum, Banjo Paterson, Blue Cow Mountain, Bogong moth, Bullocks Flat, Chairlift, Charlotte Pass, New South Wales, Guthega Dam, Guthega, New South Wales, Köppen climate classification, Kosciuszko National Park, Oceanic climate, Paweł Strzelecki, Perisher Valley, New South Wales, Rack railway, Random House, Ski lift, Ski resort, Skiing in Australia, Skiing in New South Wales, Skitube Alpine Railway, Smiggin Holes, New South Wales, Snow grooming, Snowmaking, Snowy Hydro, Snowy Mountains, Snowy Mountains Scheme, Southern Hemisphere, Surface lift, The Man from Snowy River (poem), Vail Resorts.

ABC News

ABC News is the news division of the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), owned by the Disney Media Networks division of The Walt Disney Company.

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Alpine climate

Alpine climate is the average weather (climate) for the regions above the tree line.

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Alpine Way

The Alpine Way is a rural road located in the Snowy Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia.

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Australian Height Datum

The Australian Height Datum is a geodetic datum for altitude measurement in Australia.

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Banjo Paterson

Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, (17 February 18645 February 1941) was an Australian bush poet, journalist and author.

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Blue Cow Mountain

Blue Cow is a ski resort that is part of Perisher located in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales, Australia, within the Snowy Monaro Regional Council.

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Bogong moth

The bogong moth (Agrotis infusa) is a temperate species of night-flying moth, notable for its biannual long-distance seasonal migrations towards and from the Australian Alps, similar to the diurnal monarch butterfly.

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Bullocks Flat

Bullocks Flat (or Bullock's Flat) is a flat portion of the Thredbo Valley adjacent to the Thredbo River, located in the Snowy Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia.

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Chairlift

An elevated passenger ropeway, or chairlift, is a type of aerial lift, which consists of a continuously circulating steel cable loop strung between two end terminals and usually over intermediate towers, carrying a series of chairs.

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Charlotte Pass, New South Wales

Charlotte Pass (often erroneously referred to as Charlotte's Pass), elevation, is a location, snow resort and village in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales, Australia.

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Guthega Dam

Guthega Dam is concrete gravity dam with an uncontrolled spillway across the Snowy River in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales, Australia.

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Guthega, New South Wales

Guthega is a ski village and the site for a hydro electric dam located in the Kosciuszko National Park, on the upper reaches of the Snowy River, on the western face of Mount Blue Cow, Snowy Mountains of New South Wales, Australia.

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Köppen climate classification

The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.

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Kosciuszko National Park

The Kosciuszko National Park is a national park and contains mainland Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko, for which it is named, and Cabramurra the highest town in Australia.

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Oceanic climate

An oceanic or highland climate, also known as a marine or maritime climate, is the Köppen classification of climate typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, and generally features cool summers (relative to their latitude) and cool winters, with a relatively narrow annual temperature range and few extremes of temperature, with the exception for transitional areas to continental, subarctic and highland climates.

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Paweł Strzelecki

Sir Paweł Edmund Strzelecki (24 June 17976 October 1873), also known as Paul Edmund de Strzelecki, was a Polish explorer and geologist who in 1845 also became a British subject.

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Perisher Valley, New South Wales

Perisher Valley, commonly called Perisher, is a valley formed below Mount Perisher, a mountain that is located in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales, Australia.

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Rack railway

A rack railway (also rack-and-pinion railway, cog railway, or cogwheel railway) is a steep grade railway with a toothed rack rail, usually between the running rails.

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Random House

Random House is an American book publisher and the largest general-interest paperback publisher in the world.

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Ski lift

A ski lift is a mechanism for transporting skiers up a hill.

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Ski resort

A ski resort is a resort developed for skiing, snowboarding, and other winter sports.

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Skiing in Australia

Skiing in Australia takes place in the high country of the states of New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania as well as in the Australian Capital Territory, during the southern hemisphere winter.

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Skiing in New South Wales

Skiing in New South Wales takes place in the high country of the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales during the Southern Hemisphere winter.

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Skitube Alpine Railway

The Skitube Alpine Railway is an Australian standard gauge electric rack railway in the Kosciuszko National Park in New South Wales.

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Smiggin Holes, New South Wales

Smiggin Holes is a village in the ski resort area of Snowy Mountains of New South Wales, Australia, in the Snowy Monaro Regional Council.

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Snow grooming

Snow grooming is the process of manipulating snow for recreational uses with a tractor, snowmobile, piste caterpillar, truck or snowcat towing specialized equipment.

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Snowmaking

Snowmaking is the production of snow by forcing water and pressurized air through a "snow gun," also known as a "snow cannon", on ski slopes.

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Snowy Hydro

Snowy Hydro Limited is an electricity generation and retailing company in Australia that owns, manages, and maintains the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Scheme which consists of nine hydro-electric power stations and sixteen large dams connected by 145 kilometres (90 mi) of tunnels and 80 kilometres (50 mi) of aqueducts located mainly in the Kosciuszko National Park.

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Snowy Mountains

The Snowy Mountains, known informally as "The Snowies", is an IBRA subregion and the highest mountain range on the continent of mainland Australia.

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Snowy Mountains Scheme

The Snowy Mountains scheme or Snowy scheme is a hydroelectricity and irrigation complex in south-east Australia.

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Southern Hemisphere

The Southern Hemisphere is the half of Earth that is south of the Equator.

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Surface lift

A surface lift is a means of cable transport that transports skiers and snowboarders, in which riders remain on the ground as they are pulled uphill.

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The Man from Snowy River (poem)

"The Man from Snowy River" is a poem by Australian bush poet Banjo Paterson.

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Vail Resorts

Vail Resorts, Inc. runs five ski resorts in Colorado (Vail Ski Resort, Beaver Creek Resort, Crested Butte Resort, Keystone Resort, and Breckenridge Ski Resort), three in Lake Tahoe (Heavenly Mountain Resort, Kirkwood Mountain Resort, Northstar California), one in Utah (Park City Mountain Resort in Park City), two in Vermont (Stowe Mountain Resort, Okemo Mountain Resort), one in New Hampshire (Mount Sunapee), one in Minnesota (Afton Alps), one in Michigan (Mount Brighton), one in Wisconsin (Wilmot Mountain), one in New South Wales, Australia (Perisher Ski Resort), one in British Columbia (Whistler Blackcomb), and a summer resort in Wyoming.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perisher_Ski_Resort

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