page_title: Blue Cow Mountain
section_title: Skiing
hierarchical_section_title: Blue Cow Mountain / Skiing
caption_attribution_description: English: Perisher Ski Resort: view to Mount Blue Cow Terminal, from top of Ridge Quad Chair, July 2011.
context_page_description: Blue Cow is a ski resort that is part of Perisher located in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales, Australia, within the Snowy Monaro Regional Council. The resort is situated within the Kosciuszko National Park and is administered by the NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service. During winter months, the only access to the village is via the Skitube underground railway. In summer, access is via off-road only. Blue Cow is one of the four resort bases within Perisher, Australia's largest ski resort.
  Also known as the Blue Cow Mountain, Mount Blue Cow or The Blue Cow, the mountain lies within the Main Range of Snowy Mountains, part of the Great Dividing Range. Blue Cow Mountain has an elevation of 1,901 metres above sea level.
context_section_description: The last establishment of a major skifield in New South Wales came with the development of Mount Blue Cow in the 1980s. In 1987 the Skitube Alpine Railway opened to deliver skiers from Bullocks Flat, on the Alpine Way, to Perisher Valley and to Blue Cow, which also opened in 1987. The operators of Blue Cow purchased Guthega in 1991, and the new combined resort later merged with Perisher-Smiggins to become the largest ski resort in the Southern Hemisphere. In 2009 Perisher had 48 lifts covering 1,245 hectares (3,080 acres) and four village base areas: Perisher Valley, Blue Cow, Smiggin Holes and Guthega.
  Blue Cow has nine ski lifts:
  Ridge Quad Chair
  Summit Quad Chair
  Early Starter Double Chair
  Terminal Quad Chair
  Brumby T-Bar
  Pony Ride Rope Tow
  Pony Rope Tow
  Snowsports School Rope Tow (Snowsports School only)
  Pleasant Valley Quad Chair
caption: Looking back from summit of Ridge Quad Chair towards Blue Cow Terminal.
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