Falls Creek
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S 36° 51.926 E 147° 16.424
55H E 524398 N 5920021
Falls creek is a ski resort located in the Victorian Alps.
Waymark Code: WM6G31
Location: Victoria, Australia
Date Posted: 05/28/2009
Views: 9
Falls Creek Alpine Resort is 356km from Melbourne in North East Victoria on the edge of the Bogong High Plains in the East Kiewa River catchment. The resort area covers approximately 1,500 ha. It is surrounded by undulating mountains and abuts the Rocky Valley Lake. The lake is used for water sports during the summer months.
Falls Creek Village is at an elevation of 1,500m. To the North East of the village is the Frying Pan Spur (rising to elevation 1,750m) and to the South, running East to est is the Ruined Castle Ridge (elevation 1,760m). (Kinhill et al, 1989). The southern side of the resort is known as Sun Valley and overlooks Rocky Valley Lake (elevation 1,600m). The snowline is usually about 1400-1500 metres.
The Falls Creek Alpine Resort has a ski area 450 ha, with 145ha groomed for downhill skiing and snowboarding. Nineteen lifts service 90 runs which comprise of 17% for beginners, 60% for intermediate and 23% for advanced skiers.
There are 15.1km of groomed cross country ski trails within the resort connecting with a further 17.7km of trails outside the resort area in the Alpine National Park, making a total of 32.8km of groomed trails.
Village roads are closed in the Snow Season and transport is via oversnow vehicles
Skiing: yes
Snowboarding: yes
Snowmobiling: yes
Cross-Country Skiing: yes
Cost of lift ticket: 97.00 (listed in local currency)
by - ROAD: yes
by - TRAIN: no
by - PLANE: no
TYPE of FACILITIES: a VILLAGE
Dates of Operation: From: 06/06/2009 To: 10/01/2009
Website -URL: [Web Link]
WEB-CAM URL: [Web Link]
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