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18 months after one of Victoria’s biggest ever landslides, Falls Creek Alpine Resort has announced that two-way traffic is set to be reinstated on the Bogong High Plains Road as of late next month.

The reopening of the two lane access road will be a significant milestone for winter season access to Falls Creek Resort after almost 18 months since the landslip occurred.

Standing 70 meters tall and 100 meters wide, the slip has been marked as Victoria’s largest in over 40 years, beginning after the heavy rainfall event in late 2022.

Major Road Projects Victoria (MRPV), working closely with East Gippsland’s Whelan’s Group Investments have undertaken a tremendous amount of work in the past 18 months, removing over 600,000 tonnes of material from the slope safely and completing essential works to prevent another occurrence at the site. After working around the clock to ensure single lane access by winter 2023, Falls Creek are extremely grateful for their hard work in ensuring a delay-free drive for our winter guests in 2024.

Now just sevent weeks from season opening, Falls Creek Alpine Resort and the village stakeholders have been extremely busy preparing for the 2024 winter season. The resort’s significant investment in new infrastructure aims to enhance the visitor experience. The resort is nearing completion of a new overnight car park with 200 spaces located at Roper’s Saddle on Bogong High Plains Road.

Welcoming this, Falls Creek Chief Operating Officer, Stuart Smythe “with increased visitation, we’ve had to close the resort on several occasions over the last few years due to car park capacity limits.

“One of the few positives to come from the landslip, was the ability to utilise some of the offtake as infill for new parking bays. In addition to those spaces add last year, an additional 200 overnight spaces have been created at Ropers Saddle.

“This will help to ensure the resort can meet forecast demand.”

Falls Creek Developments
Developments for the winter season has seen the Cloud 9 building at the top of Halley’s Comet Chairlift undergo a major makeover, wrapping up stage two of their three-stage development plan to improve the establishment. Renovations include a huge new deck overlooking the Spion Kopje and a stone-clad ramp-style entrance, dramatically improving accessibility for disabled skiers, snowboarders and sightseers.

At least two new bars and restaurants will make their debut this season including the Chophouse team’s new venture, ‘The Little Chop Italian Shop’ located in the historic Nelse building.

Images: A panoramic view of the landslip face (top, credeit: Major Road Projects Victoria) and snow sports at Falls Creek (below, credit: Falls Creek Alpine Resort).

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