Thredbo was first developed as a resort in the early 1960s and the Club was lucky enough to obtain one of the largest and best located sites available. Near the Thredbo Alpine Hotel and on the same level, it offers easy access to both the lift terminal and other valley floor facilities.

The present Lodge, designed by David Jackson, was built in 1988 and is of three storeys and sits just behind the Thredbo Hotel car park. It is an open "C" shape design to follow the contours of the site and afford the best possible views of the mountain, whilst offering a variety of accommodation. The current lease is to 2007 with a further 50 year option.

On the top floor is club style accommodation, known as the "Club", with 5 twin-bed rooms and the "Dormitory" room containing 5 beds, suitable for children or casual accommodation. The Dormitory may be booked in conjunction with any other section of accommodation. There is a central kitchen and dining room/living area, which contains a log fire and opens onto a balcony with views of the mountain.

There is a communal games room on the top floor, which is available to all members staying in the Lodge. On the middle floor there are two apartments; "Snowgums" with four twin-bed rooms, two and a half bathrooms, kitchen, lounge/dining room; and "Meritts" with three twin-bed rooms, two bathrooms, kitchen, dining/living room. Both have wood-burning combustion stoves and access to a balcony with a barbecue and are completely self-contained. The ground floor accommodation consists of the "Chalet" being a self-contained two twin-bedroom apartment and the Caretaker's unit. Also on the ground floor is a spa, sauna, small bathroom, a ski room, drying room, laundry and workshop.

The new Lodge has been laid out so as to offer a variety of types of accommodation to appeal to all skiers within the Club. Thus, there is the traditional "club" type of accommodation for a large group with shared facilities, much the same as the original 12-bed Lodge, and then a number of self-contained units of varying sizes to allow members to conveniently arrange the size of their party. The Caretaker is not a manager but performs minor maintenance work and distributes keys to members on arrival.

The Lodge stands between Diggings Terrace and Friday Drive and there are a set number of designated parking bays for each of the units and two loading bays for the loading and unloading of supplies.

As Thredbo continues to expand and with the Ski Tube Terminal a few miles down the Valley, the Thredbo Lodge will be providing quality accommodation for skiers intending to ski both at Thredbo and at Perisher/Blue Cow for more than 50 years to come.

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