Any Skiers/Snowboarders in Aus?
Nov 14th 2007 | 8:27 am
#16
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Re: Any Skiers/Snowboarders in Aus?
I know that Buller opens it's lifts up for mountain bikes in the summer.
Nov 14th 2007 | 9:55 am
#17
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Re: Any Skiers/Snowboarders in Aus?
Am I right saying that there isn't really such a thing as 'ski-to-from-door' accomodation in either Aus or NZ?
A bit of a side-track, but - does anyone know if these lifts run through out the year? ie. gear up for biking etc during the summer as most european resorts do?
A bit of a side-track, but - does anyone know if these lifts run through out the year? ie. gear up for biking etc during the summer as most european resorts do?
Never skied in Victoria but I think some of their resorts have ski-in/ski-out accommodation.
It's NZ where you have to travel to the snow. I'm pretty sure that none of their snow fields have accommodation on-site - you always have to travel in from the nearest town.
Thredbo in NSW has a thriving summer season: http://www.thredbo.com.au/thingstodo/summer/index.asp
Nov 14th 2007 | 2:44 pm
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Re: Any Skiers/Snowboarders in Aus?
I did most of it myself, I love the DIY holiday!
flight I went with Qantas as it was direct to Tokyo ( I used Frequent Flyer points which was a major bonus) I think otherwise flight would of been around $1300-$1400.
I reasearched the resorts etc myself, had initially wanted to do a two centre type thing and get up to Niseko on the north island but it was to much travelling around in the timeframe we had, so that for next year
So the plan is fly into Tokyo and land at about 9am, train into Tokyo, spend 4 nights there and see what thats about, booked hotel directly went with the Park hotel about $190pn. Then take the bullet train out towards Nagano and are staying in the Mominoki Hotel in Hakuba(Happo-one) for 8 nights, I booked this through a really helpful guy at Ski-Max (I think owned by Qantas) this was $1700 for bed and breakfast for both of us in a superior room.
Full area lift pass is about $375 each for 7 days.
top line ski/boot hire is about $250 each
After skiing we're checking out Osaka and Kyoto for a few nights (again decent'ish hotel about $200pn)
then train back to Tokyo and fly home.
Havent booked the train options yet as this is a little more complex, but have it pretty much planned out.
Costs when your there are considerably cheaper than I imagined, beer/food seems a lot better than I expected.
Havent been in Aus, but from the research I did the slight saving on flight will be eaten away by the rest of the costs, add in the snow issue and size of resort etc, it seems a no brainer, I cant wait!
flight I went with Qantas as it was direct to Tokyo ( I used Frequent Flyer points which was a major bonus) I think otherwise flight would of been around $1300-$1400.
I reasearched the resorts etc myself, had initially wanted to do a two centre type thing and get up to Niseko on the north island but it was to much travelling around in the timeframe we had, so that for next year
So the plan is fly into Tokyo and land at about 9am, train into Tokyo, spend 4 nights there and see what thats about, booked hotel directly went with the Park hotel about $190pn. Then take the bullet train out towards Nagano and are staying in the Mominoki Hotel in Hakuba(Happo-one) for 8 nights, I booked this through a really helpful guy at Ski-Max (I think owned by Qantas) this was $1700 for bed and breakfast for both of us in a superior room.
Full area lift pass is about $375 each for 7 days.
top line ski/boot hire is about $250 each
After skiing we're checking out Osaka and Kyoto for a few nights (again decent'ish hotel about $200pn)
then train back to Tokyo and fly home.
Havent booked the train options yet as this is a little more complex, but have it pretty much planned out.
Costs when your there are considerably cheaper than I imagined, beer/food seems a lot better than I expected.
Havent been in Aus, but from the research I did the slight saving on flight will be eaten away by the rest of the costs, add in the snow issue and size of resort etc, it seems a no brainer, I cant wait!
