The managing body of Victoria’s six alpine resorts says it is reviewing operations at Mount Stirling, which has been “operating at a financial deficit for many years”.<\/p>\n
Mount Stirling is a 3,000-hectare resort with 68 kilometres of cross-country trails, located 35km south of Mansfield in North Eastern Victoria.<\/p>\n
In winter, visitors can access skiing, snowboarding and tobogganing, while summer activities include four wheel drive tracks, bush walking and mountain bike trails.<\/p>\n
Alpine Resorts Victoria’s general manager for Mt Stirling Alan Arthur said the statutory authority had no plans to close Mt Stirling Alpine Resort but was “consulting with staff and volunteers in relation to proposed operational changes”.<\/p>\n
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Mount Stirling Resort has been running at a financial deficit, according to Alpine Resorts Victoria. (Supplied: Victorian National Parks Association)<\/p>\n
Mr Arthur said the proposed changes could affect “guest-facing and operational services at Mt Stirling during winter”.<\/p>\n
“There will be no change to summer operations,” he said.<\/p>\n
“Mt Stirling has been operating with a financial deficit for many years and the aim of any potential changes is to maintain Mt Stirling as a nature-based destination, while reducing running costs and ensuring greater financial sustainability.”<\/p>\n
Bluff Spur Hut at Mount Stirling is used for shelter by skiers in winter. (Wikimedia Commons: Bluff Spur Hut<\/a> \/ Shogun <\/a>\/ CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a>)<\/p>\n Mr Arthur said those impacted by any change were being consulted with.<\/p>\n “ARV’s priority has been to first consult with the staff and volunteers who could be directly impacted,” Mr Arthur said.<\/p>\n “Once we have a clearer view of the options available, we will determine what wider consultation may be appropriate.”<\/p>\n The state government has also been contacted for comment.<\/p>\n ‘Unique winter environment’<\/p>\n The resort’s winter services are used by a number of school groups from Melbourne and the local area.<\/p>\n Mansfield Steiner School has used the mountain as a hub for cross-country skiing for four decades.<\/p>\n In a statement, principal Glenn Hood said the resort offered “a unique winter environment” that gave users “an experience of the natural (relatively undeveloped) alpine environment”.<\/p>\n “Mansfield Steiner School, along with schools all over the state, has used Mt Stirling in winter as a hub for cross-country skiing since its inception, and we greatly value its role in experiential and environmental education for all Victorians,” he said.<\/p>\n Mansfield Steiner School’s students have visited Mt Stirling regularly over the years. (Supplied: Mansfield Steiner School)<\/p>\n Mayor of Mansfield Shire Steve Rabie said he hoped any changes would not “impact the bottom line” of Mansfield’s visitor economy.<\/p>\n The High Country town of Mansfield is home to a number of ski shops and is en route to Mount Buller and Mount Stirling.<\/p>\n “We wish them all the very best in their endeavour to save taxpayer money,” Cr Rabie said.<\/p>\n Mount Stirling received 7,919 visitors in 2024 (YTD), a seven per cent decrease from the previous year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The managing body of Victoria’s six alpine resorts says it is reviewing operations at Mount Stirling, which has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":233493,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[140209,64,63,99,140210,140211,140212,140208,66146],"class_list":["post-233492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-alpine-resorts-victoria","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-business","tag-financial-deficit","tag-mansfield-council","tag-mansfield-steiner-school","tag-mount-stirling","tag-winter-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/p>\n