PERISHER visitors should be excited to ride the new $26 million Mt Perisher 6-seat high-speed chairlift this winter. The new Doppelmayr D-line chairlift is state-of-the-art technology and ready for the 2025 season opening.

The summer build has gone flawlessly, courtesy of exemplary weather from October 2024 to May 2025.

“Ten years plus of planning and the 18 months of frantic building, and then the transformation of the hill. It’s just a smooth, quiet, clean ride, and it’s a big step forward for Perisher,” said Shaun Turner, Doppelmayr Australia’s General Manager.

Perisher removed the old double chair during the 2023-24 summer and completed initial top station foundation works before winter 2024. This early start was required due to the size of the build. Work this summer has been non-stop finishing the chair, and a huge shout out to all the staff on site for completing the project on time.

“It's gone to plan,” said Michael Fearnside, Perisher’s Operations Director.

“I've got to say that with all teams, everyone involved, not an opportunity has been missed in this construction program, not a day has been wasted, it’s been really successful.”

Mt Perisher 6 Chair Opening Winter 2025 - Snowy Mountains Magazine