We did it! Great day in the snow at Mt Mawson
After much anticipation Sunday 26th September dawned with a beautiful blue sky and snow well down the Lake Dobson Road. A big crowd of snow enthusiasts headed for the ski field, and were rewarded with a beautiful sunny day and the prospect of a rare Spring ski after an unseasonally warm winter. After a […]
Read More →Spring Skiing is ON – tows to run tomorrow!
There have been quite a few skiers and boarders trying out the fresh snow up at Mt Mawson Ski Field today and enjoying a rare Spring ski. This has enabled the STSA volunteers on site to get a good look at the snow conditions, and they have made the call that there is just enough […]
Read More →The Waiting Game
The forecast snow has started falling at Mt Mawson Ski field in Mt Field National Park, and it won’t be long before the landscape is once again transformed with a beautiful white cover. It is going to be spectacular in the mountains, and there is no doubt lots of people will wish to enjoy the […]
Read More →Still a Chance…
Midway though the first month of Spring, and it seems that Winter is not done with us yet. The weather forecast for this week includes two separate dumps of snow – and if we are lucky there might even be enough snow to run the ski tows at Mt Mawson this season after all. […]
Read More →Spring Snowfall
It’s been a frustrating winter season for snow enthusiasts in Southern Tasmania, as whilst there have been regular snowfalls they have been interspersed with quite warm weather. In fact the Bureau of Meteorology have confirmed that the winter season just completed was the warmest in 31 years, and the second warmest since records were begun! […]
Read More →Just Not Enough! (Facebook repost)
Plenty of Tasmanians have been doing snow dances to get the ski season underway, and with Covid closing all ski fields on mainland Australia and in New Zealand we were all hoping that Mt Mawson might have the unique distinction of being the ski resort open in Australasia this weekend. Unfortunately this season the weather […]
Read More →Just not enough!
Plenty of Tasmanians have been doing snow dances to get the ski season underway, and with Covid closing all ski fields on mainland Australia and in New Zealand we were all hoping that Mt Mawson might have the unique distinction of being the ski resort open in Australasia this weekend. Unfortunately this season the weather […]
Read More →Rodway Run
A very stable period of high pressure systems centred over Tasmania has lead to some beautiful sunny days, and some very low temperatures. No precipitation to get our ski season underway, but great weather for being on the mountain. Accordingly an enthusiastic band of STSA volunteers headed up to Mt Mawson on Sunday 11th July […]
Read More →Autumn Tones
With a continuation of superb Autumn weather there was a big crowd of visitors to Mt Field National Park over the weekend to view the last of the fagus display for 2021. STSA volunteers also headed out to Rodway, but their focus was on improving the appearance of the Rodway tow hut. Volunteers Liz […]
Read More →Joined Up
Significant progress was made today towards getting the Mt Mawson Ski Field ready for the coming winter, with the completion of the outstanding splice to complete the new rope on the University Tow. A dedicated team took advantage of the beautiful Autumn weather to travel to Mt Field to splice the Uni rope, as well […]
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