Mount Buller, Victoria
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- For the mountain see Mount Buller (Victoria)
| Mount Buller Village Victoria |
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| Population: | 2,933 |
| Elevation: | 1,805 m |
| Location: | 150 km from Melbourne |
Mount Buller ( ) is a town in Victoria, Australia 150 km from Melbourne on the slopes of Mount Buller (elevation 1805 metres AHD).[1] Primarily a resort town, Mount Buller is popular with snowsports enthusiasts in winter due to its close location to Melbourne.
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[edit] Mt Buller Village
The town with a population of 2933 has around 7000 beds available in accommodation facilities, the most of any Victorian ski resort.
La Trobe University had a minor campus at Mt Buller. The campus facilities included a public cinema, gym and indoor sporting facilities. It has since been closed.
Mt Buller is also the home of the National Alpine Museum.
[edit] Mt Buller Ski Resort
The ski area around the town has a network of 25 lifts, capable of moving more than 40,000 people per hour - the highest capacity in Victoria. The highest lifted point is 1780 m at Grimus Chairlift and the base altitude is 1375 m at the Chalet Creek loading station on the Horse Hill chairlift / gondola. The lifts are owned by Groset, a part of the Grollo group of companies.[2]
Before 1984, Mt Buller was serviced by two lift companies that involved the skier needing to purchase two lift tickets to ski the whole mountain. In 1984, the two lift companies merged, allowing skiers to ski the whole mountain with one ticket. Today, Mt Buller is serviced by 25 lifts covering a wide range of terrain. In 1998, with an increasing number of visitors, the ski resort built a new quad chairlift called Wombat Lift on the skiers right of Little Buller spur to relieve the traffic on Federation triple chairlift. The most recent addition to the lift network was the construction of the Northside quad chairlift in 2005 (marked Emirates lift on the trail map due to sponsorship deals). The next lift to be constructed would most likely be an efficient detachable lift to replace the aging Blue Bullet chairlifts, with possible higher capacity.
There are around 80 km of groomed trails spread over 263 hectares of terrain. 25% is beginner terrain, 45% intermediate and 30% advanced. There are also 9 km of cross-country trails accessible from the village. These trails also connect Mt Buller with Mount Stirling. Australia's first resort-wide wireless internet service is available in the village, operated by technology company Snowsports interactive.
Mt Buller hosts two International Ski Federation Aerial Skiing World Cup events every year in September. Every Year Mt Buller also hosts the Victorian Snowsports Championships, which has with over 3000 competitors.
The area between Mount Buller and Mount Stirling is the primary catchment for the Delatite River.
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