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• Ski Season Starts Early In Aus Ski Season Starts Early In Australia - Perisher To Open June 2

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    Australia's Perisher resort has announced it will open Saturday, June 2, thanks to the heavy early snowfalls, low temperatures and continued snow-making.
    
    One week ahead of the official opening; Perisher plans to open Front Valley for skiing and snowboarding, making it the first Australian resort to kick off the 2012 winter season.
    
    Following the success of last year's pre-season opening, all the proceeds from the ticket sales from the 2nd and 3rd of June will be donated to the local community, with the aim of smashing the $20,000 raised for various charities in 2011. In 2011, Perisher made the donations after its Facebook fans voted where they would like to see the money go.
    
    "We are really excited for a great 2012 winter season and we can't wait to share all of the improvements we've made to the resort with our guests. We're also really happy to be supporting the local community by, once again, donating Saturday and Sunday's ticket proceeds" says Perisher's CEO Peter Brulisauer.

    

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• News: Australia's Perisher Val News: Australia's Perisher Valley To Kick Start Southern Hemisphere Ski Season Friday

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    From ABC News Australia:

    Perisher will open one ski run on its front valley on Friday and Saturday.

    That is three weeks ahead of the official start to the ski season on June 10.

    Perisher's Neil Thew says man-made snow has boosted the 20 centimetres of natural snow which fell last week.

    "We've had about 40 to 50 snow-making guns blasting away since last Tuesday and that's produced about another 30,000 cubic metres of man-made snow," he said.

    "So there is a good cover on front valley and we thought let's go, let's do it.

    "It's the earliest that I know of skiing in Australia. It is very exciting."

    Mr Thew says the weather is great for skiing.

    "We've had very, very cold overnight temperatures and it's been getting up to about 8 or 9 degrees," he said.

    "So it certainly won't be uncomfortable for skiers and boarders.

    "Overnight when it gets to sub-zero we can make more snow and top up the runs.

    "And there's another front coming through early next week, so hopefully that brings us some more snow..."

    "...We're just opening tomorrow and Saturday. And then we'll see what this front does and we might open again next weekend."

    He says they are donating this weekend's lift ticket proceeds to charity.

    "We're going to be charging $30 for an adult, $15 for children per day and all the money that we raise through the lift ticket sales will go to charity," he said.

    The resort's first snow report:

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