Mount Buller is a ski resort in Victoria 220 km from Melbourne. Mount Buller is popular with skiers due to its close location to Melbourne. Currently, Mount Buller has 25 chairlifts / t-bars spread over the resort. This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Melbourne is the state capital and largest city in the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-largest city in Australia (after Sydney), with a population of approximately 3. ... A chairlift in Bad Hofgastein, Austria A chairlift, also known as a fixed-grip chairlift, is a type of aerial lift, which consists of a constantly moving loop of steel cable strung between two end terminals and generally over intermediate towers. ...

The lifts are:

• 3 High-speed Quad Lifts
  • Horse Hill
  • Blue Bullet 1
  • Blue Bullet 2
• 6 Quad lifts
  • Wombat Lift
  • Summit Lift
  • South Side Lift
  • Bull Run lift
  • Howqua Lift
  • Emirates Lift (Built in 2005)
• 4 Triple Lifts
  • Burnt Hut Lift
  • Grimus Lift
  • ABOM Lift
  • Federation Lift
• 1 Double lift
  • Chamois Lift
• 5 T-Bars
  • Tirol T-Bar
  • Skyline T-Bar
  • Boggy Creek T-Bar
  • Koflers T-Bar
  • Spurs T-Bar
• Bourke Street Carpet for beginners
• Bluff View Rope Tow for beginners

Run difficulties: 25% Green (Beginner), 45% Blue (Intermediate) and 30% Black Diamond (Expert)

Weather

Alpine locations in Australia like Mt Buller can have some of the harshest and most rapidly changing conditions. Although it isn't as harsh as the European or American mountain weather, it is sometimes hazardous. Fog is one of the common hazards that occur at Mount Buller as the sight distance can be reduced to 5 metres or sometimes worse. Other than fog, other weather extremes don’t occur very frequently during the daylight hours (i.e.: blizzards or strong winds), mostly during the night. In general, weather may be mild on Mount Buller most of the time, but can change rapidly (even in 1 minute) from clear fine day to a foggy, blizzards and windy day.

Dining Out

Other than skiing, Mount Buller has an excellent night life with many pubs, restaurants and bistros to dine at. Food quality is good, comparable to many existing eating places in Melbourne. Black Cockatoo at the Chalet Hotel (adjacent to Blue Bullet 1 Terminal) is one fine example. Dining at Mount Buller, however can be expensive since most of the restaurants are only open during the snow season in winter. A public house, usually known as a pub, is a drinking establishment found mainly in the Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and other countries influenced by British cultural heritage. ... A typical restaurant in uptown Manhattan A restaurant is an establishment that serves prepared food and beverages to be consumed on the premises. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...

Other shopping on the mountain can be very expensive due to lack of commercial competitios, so shopping in Mansfield is a popular option for the money conscious travellor. Mansfield is located in the foothills of the Great Dividing Range in the high country of Victoria, Australia. ...

Getting there

Most common access to Mount Buller is by car (generally driving from Melbourne) using highways like the Hume Highway, Goulburn Valley Highway and Melba Highway. As most resorts the final streth of road can be treacherous due to ice and wind in poor conditions. The Hume Highway (also known as the Hume Freeway) is one of the most important roads in Australia, linking the countrys two largest cities - Sydney and Melbourne. ... The Goulburn Valley Highway / Freeway (M39/A39/B340) is located in Victoria, Australia and the section north beyond the Hume Freeway is part of the Melbourne to Brisbane National Highway (together with Hume Freeway) and is the main link between these two cities as well as a major link between...

External links

• Mt. Buller official website
• Ski.com.au - Snow reports/forums/News