Perisher 12+

As with any App. There are pros and cons. But let’s face it. This is not claiming to be an App that your life depends on. It has all the stats that I need so at the end of the day after a cold beer or rum I can check out what I did. The photos on that jump are awesome and more of that stuff would create a better user experience and interaction. Weather could be a bit more detailed and less promotional. Overall tho. I spend my time snowboarding and having fun. The app simply makes my experience more fun and if you don’t rely on an app as an influencer of your satisfaction level then it’s well worth it.

Spent the last week of the 2020 season at Perisher with myself (father), two young adult children plus one of their friends, one teenage child and one 10 year old. We were lucky with a snow dump of 50 cm the day before we arrived and 4 days of excellent weather with the other days being OK weather wise. Mountain is well set up, ski lifts in excellent condition, snow making second to none. We had great skiing and snowboarding. I found the mountain to be run to high professional standards. A real standard out though was the staff. From the ski instructors (we booked about 10 personal lessons across our group), the cafe staff, the ski lift staff, to the ski hire and ticket office - friendly, helpful, knowledgeable, seemed happy in job and also offered discounts where possible. Very impressed. Parking was easy too. Only gripe is that unlike Europe and New Zealand you can’t take teenage kids for a beer and educate them about drinking responsibly - instead the bar staff are very focussed on the age of people consuming alcohol at their premises. This is a shame as it robs parents of being able to spend one on one time with their teenage children showing them responsible drinking. But this a gripe with Australia’s liquor laws not Perisher which, as said, we were very happy with.

We were at Perisher mid-August 2020. This season they no longer have paper trail maps. This means you need to get your phone out, turn up the brightness, gloves off etc to see where you are. It’s far more serious to drop your phone from the chairlift than a paper map. Using it more often, plus the location tracking, means your battery won’t last a full day. That, in turn, means you can’t then ring friends to catch up.
It’s difficult to find out a detailed weather forecast too. There is a 2-3 word summary but knowing what is going to happen weather wise is important.
The lift report also never worked. It always showed 0 lifts open. No amount of phone restarting or re-installing the app helped. Others in our group had the same issue. Ironically it is working now I’m back home.
Generally usability of the app is poor with one going around in endless circles.
Try to find a phone number to ring Perisher? Forget it. You need to send an email and they respond 7 days later