Two state-run, financially-challenged snow resorts are not for sale, a state government says as it prepares to tender their operating rights. or signup to continue reading Alpine Resorts Victoria, which has overseen Lake Mountain and Mount Baw Baw since 2022, has called for expressions of interest from commercial operators after failing to turn profits at the snowfields. Victorian premier Jacinta Allan flatly denied reports it amounted to a sale.
"The reporting that these beautiful locations are being sold is just wrong," she told reporters on Thursday. State agencies with landowner responsibility often partnered with commercial organisations to deliver services, she said. The move was about asking market leaders what they wanted to see and contribute to the resorts, tourism minister Steve Dimopoulos said.
"It might be part of the resort," he said. "It might be a business within the resort. It might be a partnership with the state government.
" According to Alpine Victoria, the will run until the end of January for qualified operators to propose management solutions for one or both resorts, "in their entirety". Lake Mountain, about 120 kilometres from central Melbourne, includes 37 kilometres of cross country trails, tubing and tobogganing. Mount Baw Baw, with its shorter tree-lined runs and snowplay areas, is known as the "nursery" of Victoria's alpine industry, where about half the state's snow lovers got their first taste for the white stuff.
Both locations also host summer.
