About Thredbo
Thredbo is Australia’s best snow resort and premier year-round alpine destination and has been voted Australia’s Best Ski Resort in the prestigious World Ski Awards for six years running, Best Australian Resort at the 2022 Snowsports Industries of Australia Awards and Best Australian Ski Resort for families in the Out & About with Kids annual Readers’ Choice Awards for 2021 & 2022.
In winter, Thredbo is home to the country’s longest runs, almost double the amount of vertical than any other resort and Australia’s only alpine Gondola. In summer, the resort boasts Australia’s only lift accessed mountain bike park with over 35km of trails and is the gateway to the highest hikes in the country, including the tallest peak in Australia, Mount Kosciuszko.
What makes Thredbo really special is its picturesque European style village home to over 30 places to relax and dine, plenty of shopping options, and a year-round events calendar including kid’s festivals, unique on-mountain winter experiences, iconic ski and mountain biking events and some of the biggest live entertainment in the country.
Winter
In winter, Thredbo provides the ultimate snow experience. With Australia’s highest ski mountain providing a huge amount of snow terrain for all abilities and ages, a dedicated beginners area, Australia’s only alpine gondola, a range of amazing lessons and programs to help you get your snow feet, tons of events and activities to enjoy and a beautiful vibrant village right at the base of the mountain with a range of accommodation, restaurants, bars, cafes and retail shops, it’s easy to see why.
Summer
Come summer, Thredbo transforms into the ultimate playground for alpine adventurers, boasting some of Australia’s most scenic hiking trails, longest gravity biking trails, fishing and much more. Topped off with a world-class event schedule, Thredbo in summer offers something for everyone to enjoy.
Events
Thredbo is famous for its huge year-round events and entertainment calendar. Enjoy on-mountain events, live music, festivals, kids school holiday activities, unique on-mountain experiences, plenty of dining options and more…there’s something for everyone to enjoy.
Thredbo Ambassadors
Meet the stack of stars making up our ambassador team. In the snow world, there’s Olympic bronze medalist Tess Coady, Valentino Guseli, Jarryd Hughes plus more! On our mountain biking team, we have girl boss Sian A’Hern, Jackson Frew, Tim Eaton, Kye A’Hern and a stack more.
Thredbo is stoked to support some of the country’s best athletes as they achieve their dreams on the snow and mountain bike trails. Keep an eye out and you might even run into one of the crew.
Jobs
Thredbo isn’t just a job; it’s being part of a like-minded community who enjoy sharing the experience and lifestyle that our beautiful mountain has to offer.
Adaptive Snowsports Guide
Thredbo Resort, together with Disabled Wintersports Australia, offers the ultimate mountain experience for individuals of all ages with disabilities or adaptive needs.
Thredbo Development
Winter 2022 will see an enhancement to our snowmaking capabilities on Friday Flat plus the replacement of the Easy Rider T-Bar increasing load capacity by up to 35%. Thredbo also launched Australia’s only alpine gondola, Merritts Gondola in 2020 replacing the historic Merritts double chairlift.
Environment
Thredbo Resort is committed to preserving, protecting, and prioritising our unique alpine environment. Thredbo’s resort operations are powered by 100% renewable energy and in 2021, Thredbo was awarded a Gold EarthCheck Certification in the world’s leading environmental certification and benchmarking program for the travel and tourism industry. We take pride in our long list of environmental initiatives and embrace the opportunity to lead our industry and our community through our shared passion of the mountains towards a more sustainable future, today.
Thredbo Foundation
The Thredbo Foundation is a not for profit organisation dedicated to providing a more localised community based approach to charity within Thredbo.
The Foundation is both a philanthropic and staff workplace-giving organisation.
History
Thredbo, located within the Kosciuszko National Park, boasts some of Australia’s highest mountains between 1365m to 1930m above sea level. Thredbo was originally used by graziers when, in 1955, Tony Sponar had a great vision to transform the mountains into a ski hill. Sponar had been a ski instructor at the renowned St. Anton resort in Austria from 1941 to 1948 and saw Thredbo as the Australian equivalent, with good vertical terrain and buzzing ski village atmosphere.
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Thredbo sits on the traditional land of the Monero – Ngarigo people who have looked after this land, water and community for over 60,000 years. We thank them for all they have done and continue to do to look after their country, a special place which we all love and respect.
