IT FINALLY felt like summer on the mountain this weekend with sunshine, mountain bikes spinning around the village and hundreds of happy faces as you'd expect – and in a surprising twist – a pop–up terrain park that looked like it had been transplanted from mid–winter onto Bourke Street.

The new summer kick off event, the "Summer Shred Sesh", combined the best of both seasons and drew eager crowds from the biking and snow tribes to the village for a Saturday gathering to mark the official start of summer.

Tyson Pollard and the Mt Buller Park crew built the pop–up terrain park using a huge stockpile of tonnes of snow salvaged from the close of the winter season, "It was fun to get in the cat and push the snow, get some features in place and be out on rakes and shovels shaping snow in December," said Tyson

"The buzz was huge so we wanted everyone making the trip for the Summer Shred to have a great canvas to work on.

"I'm stoked at how well it turned out with two lines of features to session.

"It was amazing to see a long line of great snowboarders and skiers fired up to take laps and be able to say they shredded together up here in summer."

The terrain park brought lots of riders from the local area and as far afield as Jindabyne.

Off the snow the bike community celebrated the official start of riding season with All Terrain Cycles and Blue Dirt both open in the Mt Buller village for business offering rental, skill sessions and shuttles.

Shannon Rademaker from All Terrain Cycles was excited to see riders back in the village and sessioning the big airbag alongside pro–riders Luke Parker and Andrew Nibblet.

"It was such a good vibe having pro riders like Luke and Andrew inspiring everyone and we had our first tour and skills session for the summer head out onto the trails," said Rademaker.

"The new pump track is brilliant and it's a good energy in the village having people and bikes rolling around again."

The November snowfalls have delayed some of the trail openings including Delatite and Epic trails but plenty of the One Tree Hill and Corn Hill trails are open and riding well so far with the eagerly awaited and refurbished Delatite Trail scheduled to open this weekend. The gravity trails and Epic are anticipated to open by Christmas.

The good times on snow at Mt Buller haven't just ended yet for 2022 with free snowplay sessions available every afternoon between Boxing Day and New Years Eve.

Family friendly activities are offered for the kids during this holiday week and it's the perfect way to cool off at the end of a summer day with some snow balls and fun.