Snacks and Snowballs
A couple of the STSA crew are on the mountain and planning to open the ticket office for snacks, later tomorrow morning. If you’re tossing a few snowballs around, go and say hi and grab a drink and snack.
Read More →Snow Gear
Looking for snow gear to purchase or hire or perhaps tuning for your skis or snowboard? Martin at Launceston Surf & Surf & Snow can help you out. “On the retail side of things we stock all clothing, snowboards, skis, boots, poles, snow travel bags, waxes, tuning tools, gloves, goggles, helmets, pretty much anything you […]
Read More →Snowsafe
With snow falling around the state and excitement building for some fun in the snow, Ski Patroller Paul Vince forwarded this timely and helpful link: snowsafe.org.au Time and time again we see visitors to Mount Mawson arriving poorly equipped and unaware of the dangers inherent to the mountains. With some basic knowledge and preparation, you […]
Read More →Tow Managers Training
A small band of dedicated folks gathered on Mt Mawson last Saturday in the near-freezing (1-degree) and drizzling conditions. Our task was to review the tow operating procedures in anticipation of the ski season. Both Mawson and Uni tows were set up and run, complete with running the ropeways. […]
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Warner Canyon
While it’s across the world, and also has a chair lift and groomer, Warner Canyon in Oregon is still surprisingly like Mt Mawson. A local ski hill run with dedication and loved by volunteers and locals alike.
Read More →TasPow
Minus temperatures and fresh snowfall = happy faces this morning! Real powder snow is a rarity on Mt Mawson due to our lower altitudes a relatively warmer conditions. However, this mornings -3 temps combined with fresh snow produced some lovely, silky powder runs down the more protected Jeep Trail.
Read More →Snow is falling and settling
2.20 pm Sunday. We’ll guys the snow has come up here. Lovely blizzard conditions and fat flakes falling and settling at Oldina.
Read More →The Unique Nut Cracker
Do the Nut Cracker! by Klaaske Greenwood https://www.klaaske.com.au/
Read More →Our Turn!
After the mainland resorts hogging all the snow this season, will it finally be our turn! This week will see a break in the patterns that have been sending all the snow to our northern neighbors. Snow is forecast over several days this week and it has the potential to set up a good base […]
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