Overview
Skiing is about confidence, and it's a cold hard fact that we’re better more cocky skiers after a few drinks in a cosy mountainside bar. Luckily, the good folk at champagne house G.H. Mumm also know this and are bringing the legendary La Folie Douce snowfield parties to Thredbo (so you can really work on your slopeside confidence) in conjunction with Thredbo’s 25th ToptoBottom weekend (August 6-9).
La Folie Douce, running over Thursday, Friday and Saturday night, has been styled after the decadent European snow holiday blow-outs from whence their fame springs (those Europeans really know how to party in the snow, so you know it’ll be good). La Folie Douce translates approximately to 'sheer madness' and we think that’s kind of fitting. The free main event is being held at Thredbo’s Alpine Resort Poolside Terrace and will feature a cabaret and street theatre-style performance, singers, dancers and DJs. Think a modern Gatsby party, but in the snow.
There’s a tonne of free events happening up and down the mountain and most of them revolve around champagne (hallelujah!). As well as free parties at the poolside terrace, you can book yourself into one of Mumm's champagne and caviar masterclass with chef Josue Lopez from Brisbane’s GOMA or pop into a champagne degustation (translation: drinking champagne). And if by this point you haven’t had enough champagne to down a buffalo, stop by the Mumm pop-up champagne bar at Kareela Hutte for more confidence juice and then have a whack at Australia’s longest run at an altitude of 1810m.
La Folie Douce is coming to Thredbo Alpine Village, August 6-9. Visit La Folie Douce for more details.
Image: La Folie Douce Meribel.