For advanced skiers and boarders wanting fresh runs, down groomed slopes with steep terrain, such as the Accelerator run, forget it.
If you are lucky they can open at 9am, providing it hasn’t been snowing. If it has been snowing they have to “de-ice” the chair, which they can’t apparently do before they open. Thredbo opens top to bottom at 8.30am regardless of snow fall.
Of late, the Accelerator run is used by “athletes” to train before 9am, so by the time it opens the run is tracked out.
If you want to go off-piste you’ll find that Ski Patrol has already completed many laps of the best slopes.
You would think that for $122 a day, Perisher might consider you, guess not.
You are left with a feeling that Perisher wants to extract as much money from you as they can while providing the minimum amount of service.