Perisher is fantastic for all ages and groups, but especially wonderful for families with young children and toddlers. There are plenty of safe areas where you can pull over and let the kids enjoy the snow, build snowmen, and play without being near the crowds. It made the whole experience stress-free and so much fun. A perfect family snow holiday!

Absolutely an amazing place. I am from Canada and was so happy to see white snow and beautiful blue sky on top of a snowy mountain 🏔️ in Australia. Wonderful experience and want to go back. Be prepared for warm spring like skiing and snowboarding with icy bits in morning and evening and heavy snow in mid day heat. Love every minute of it!!!

Perisher has it's PROS and CONS. My trip was medium, but EXPENSIVE, so if your unprepared to hand over your wallet. DO NOT COME. CONS : The food is ridiculously OVERPRICED, The parking SECTION is HELLFIRE if you arrive 5 or more mins late. Rough and hard track if your lifting skis. Bathrooms are well-maintained, but fewer stalls, leads to a HUGE QUEUE. Dining tables, are pre-occupied, due to the crowd. PROS : Staff members are very exclusive and friendly, especially the lifts. Plenty of stores to purchase from. Hotel is located next to ski resort, but arguably expensive due to location. OVERALL : Amazing experience, considering the climate and season was snowy, and longer lasting this year. Just wouldn't give a 5 star remembering how costly this trip was. Spent over 5000.

The worst skiing experience. They had many unfair contract terms and would not refund their customers under many circumstances such as not being able to get a parking or closures of chairlifts due to adverse weather (they will keep their t-bars running to make sure they're still in operation). Some of the chairlifts around the green slopes do not slow down before people get off and it's very dangerous coz people keep falling down and block the path. I've seen a few preventable injuries due to this ill operation and talked to the staff about it but it seems like the management refused to spend extra effort to deal with it. It seems to be the users fault at this resort all the time.

My experience at Perisher was unfortunately the worst I’ve had at any ski resort. I had pre booked my snow gear (board and boots) online, yet I still had to wait in the same queue as everyone else, with no dedicated line for online bookings and an insufficient number of staff at the pick up counters. This completely defeats the purpose of booking ahead and reflects poor service management. Additionally, I’ve never been to a ski resort where the lifts have no leg rests. This felt unsafe for both children and adults, especially as the safety bars kept lifting unexpectedly. Having to carry the snowboard attached to my foot caused significant knee pain, which lasted for days.

Visited Perisher valley, Smiggin Holes.. Which is a ski resort before Perisher. It's best for beginners as it has a few tracks which are not steep and then more for intermediate and more challenging ones as well. Will be back here soon. Snow was great and they were allowing tobogganing on the far right on an empty hill with lots of snow.

We do the skiing once a year during the last 9 years, never experienced the full capacity (due to the parking). When we arrived at 12pm on Saturday, we got advised by the police that it was full. We heard the situation is based on one car out followed by one car in. I can see many cars were leaving Perisher Valley Resort, but no car was allowed to go in. I was so frustrated with the situation as I have already bought the lift tickets for the whole family. We went to the restaurant near the checkpoint for lunch and resting. At around 2pm, suddenly it was allowed to go in. We were lucky to be in the first group to drive in. When we arrived at the Perisher Valley Ski Resort, it was so easy to find parking, inside the rest area where people eat and rest, it was less busy as well. I struggle to appreciate the reasoning of denying the access for a few hours. Totally unnecessary. In the past the ski resort was much busier, never denying people for access. I tried to email Perisher Ski Resort to check if it was possible to transfer the lift pass from day time to evening time, unfortunately no response. On Sunday, we deliberately got there early just in case of denied access due to the full capacity. Luckily I didn't see the police checkpoint. When arrived at Perisher Ski Resort, it was very difficult to find parking. It took me over 35 minutes. Overall I did enjoy the beautiful moments on the snow, but not a good experience in terms of denied access on Saturday.

Found the staff to be rude and unhelpful. Waited 40 minutes for a board repair the day after we picked it up, then had to go back again to have the bindings fit correctly because that wasn’t done correctly at the time of repair. Wouldn’t recommend as it wasn’t a pleasant or easy experience.

The workshop guys in this shop are fantastic and really know their craft. After another shop botched adjusting my skis to my new boots to the point that they were unusable, these guys did some MacGyvering and had me on the snow in 5 minutes.

brother delivered my Apple Watch—left in a pocket—all the way back to Sydney within 5 days. This is a true place of legends

Absolutely Fantastic, helped out after no Ski gear at Perisher, would use Smiggins first up now. Really helpful staff.

Great store, with everything you need for a day on the mountain. Staff are very knowledgeable and friendly.

What a team today, hey? The worst one was the “lady”, she had no customer service skills

Friendly, knowledge, and helpful staff. The go to place for my trips to the snowy mountains.

Perisher is fantastic for all ages and groups, but especially wonderful for families with young children and toddlers. There are plenty of safe areas where you can pull over and let the kids enjoy the snow, build snowmen, and play without being near the crowds. It made the whole experience stress-free and so much fun. A perfect family snow holiday!

Absolutely an amazing place. I am from Canada and was so happy to see white snow and beautiful blue sky on top of a snowy mountain 🏔️ in Australia. Wonderful experience and want to go back. Be prepared for warm spring like skiing and snowboarding with icy bits in morning and evening and heavy snow in mid day heat. Love every minute of it!!!

Perisher has it's PROS and CONS. My trip was medium, but EXPENSIVE, so if your unprepared to hand over your wallet. DO NOT COME. CONS : The food is ridiculously OVERPRICED, The parking SECTION is HELLFIRE if you arrive 5 or more mins late. Rough and hard track if your lifting skis. Bathrooms are well-maintained, but fewer stalls, leads to a HUGE QUEUE. Dining tables, are pre-occupied, due to the crowd. PROS : Staff members are very exclusive and friendly, especially the lifts. Plenty of stores to purchase from. Hotel is located next to ski resort, but arguably expensive due to location. OVERALL : Amazing experience, considering the climate and season was snowy, and longer lasting this year. Just wouldn't give a 5 star remembering how costly this trip was. Spent over 5000.

The worst skiing experience. They had many unfair contract terms and would not refund their customers under many circumstances such as not being able to get a parking or closures of chairlifts due to adverse weather (they will keep their t-bars running to make sure they're still in operation). Some of the chairlifts around the green slopes do not slow down before people get off and it's very dangerous coz people keep falling down and block the path. I've seen a few preventable injuries due to this ill operation and talked to the staff about it but it seems like the management refused to spend extra effort to deal with it. It seems to be the users fault at this resort all the time.

My experience at Perisher was unfortunately the worst I’ve had at any ski resort. I had pre booked my snow gear (board and boots) online, yet I still had to wait in the same queue as everyone else, with no dedicated line for online bookings and an insufficient number of staff at the pick up counters. This completely defeats the purpose of booking ahead and reflects poor service management. Additionally, I’ve never been to a ski resort where the lifts have no leg rests. This felt unsafe for both children and adults, especially as the safety bars kept lifting unexpectedly. Having to carry the snowboard attached to my foot caused significant knee pain, which lasted for days.

Visited Perisher valley, Smiggin Holes.. Which is a ski resort before Perisher. It's best for beginners as it has a few tracks which are not steep and then more for intermediate and more challenging ones as well. Will be back here soon. Snow was great and they were allowing tobogganing on the far right on an empty hill with lots of snow.

We do the skiing once a year during the last 9 years, never experienced the full capacity (due to the parking). When we arrived at 12pm on Saturday, we got advised by the police that it was full. We heard the situation is based on one car out followed by one car in. I can see many cars were leaving Perisher Valley Resort, but no car was allowed to go in. I was so frustrated with the situation as I have already bought the lift tickets for the whole family. We went to the restaurant near the checkpoint for lunch and resting. At around 2pm, suddenly it was allowed to go in. We were lucky to be in the first group to drive in. When we arrived at the Perisher Valley Ski Resort, it was so easy to find parking, inside the rest area where people eat and rest, it was less busy as well. I struggle to appreciate the reasoning of denying the access for a few hours. Totally unnecessary. In the past the ski resort was much busier, never denying people for access. I tried to email Perisher Ski Resort to check if it was possible to transfer the lift pass from day time to evening time, unfortunately no response. On Sunday, we deliberately got there early just in case of denied access due to the full capacity. Luckily I didn't see the police checkpoint. When arrived at Perisher Ski Resort, it was very difficult to find parking. It took me over 35 minutes. Overall I did enjoy the beautiful moments on the snow, but not a good experience in terms of denied access on Saturday.

If you are looking for your first ski experience, you can't go past Perisher Resort and Smiggins, the facilities are wicked, the instructors first class. Book yourself some lessons, you won't regret it, nice mix of slopes as you progress, just try and ignore the 3 year olds as they ski past you effortlessly,also check out the night skiing and fireworks if you are there on the right night. It's hard to find a holiday that ticks all the boxes as we have teenage kids and this smashed it out of the park, I've never seen our kids so tired but smiling from ear to ear !! Stayed at The Station, great value for money. Eat at The Man from Snowy River, great food and relaxed atmosphere. As we know we will go back, next time we will stay on the mountain as means we can just be there with no travel to think about.

This is place the best destination for families, newbies and intermediate skiers, The same location so it's easy to keep track of your group great facilities and food options is here. You can using quick bus ride to Perisher if you're up for something more challenging. Small place but we can try every thing we need. we will come back here! We have a new discovery for my children!

Extremely poor experience for beginners – Smiggin Holes Ski School should not advertise beginner lessons if they don’t support first-timers. I booked a beginner group lesson at Smiggin Holes (Perisher), which included a mandatory lift pass. I received no instruction, no help, and the instructor didn’t take us to the lift. As a first-time skier, I was completely lost and left alone. When I asked staff why we weren’t taken to the lift, they told me it was because I didn’t ask. That response is completely unacceptable — how is a beginner supposed to know what to ask for? I couldn’t use the lift pass, didn’t receive a lesson, and was denied a refund. I didn’t even get a receipt, and all complaints were handled verbally with no accountability. Staff said they weren’t responsible for the instructor — shocking. This felt like a scam. I paid a lot of money for nothing. If you’re a beginner, do NOT go to Smiggin Holes Ski School. They are absolutely not prepared to support first-timers.

Surprising good runs and facilities. Smiggins doesn’t have the big ticket black runs of Perisher but it does have a far more relaxed atmosphere! The runs are green and blue more suited to beginner and intermediate skiers, but in truth, my wife and I enjoyed being here today more than the hustle and bustle of Perisher. Lines for lifts and t-bars are short, runs aren’t huge but your never too fussed as you can just use the lifts etc to get back up the mountain in minutes! Somewhere I would definitely bring the kids. And if you get bored it’s two t-bars and a run back to Perisher!!!

Great place for beginners and gentle slopes for skiing 🎿

the woman that was working at Snowear at smiggins on the morning of 26th July 2025, was very rude. I put my a bag of my belongings on top of the store’s basket cause my paper bag ripped into pieces, I couldn’t hold the items together so I asked her if I could have a plastic bag, she said no cause apparently I have to buy one of her items first which is fine, but does she have to grab my stuff & throw it onto the floor?

Wonderful view, good to learn on how to ski and snowboard, friendly staff and private lessons , bring lots of money for lift, food etc…