Father’s Day Special – bikini ski?
Its forecast to be warm for Father’s Day (Sunday 1st September) so why not celebrate with a ski at Mt Mawson? A great way to celebrate the first day of spring, and give Dad an outing to Mt Field. THE TOWS ARE GOING TO BE RUNNING AT MT MAWSON ON SUNDAY – BUT COME EARLY BEFORE THE […]
Read More →Last dance…..last chance?
We intend to run the tow tomorrow (Saturday). This could be our last chance for a ski given the deteriorating conditions. So come on up and have a spring ski! We’ll assess conditions at the end of Saturday and decide if we’re able to run again on Sunday, at this stage it doesn’t look promising […]
Read More →A busy Saturday
We had a great turn out of skiers and boarders at Mt Mawson today (Saturday 24th August 2013) for the second weekend of downhill tow operation this season. There is a very good cover of snow on the ski runs, and it took a while to dig out some big drifts on the the University towline path […]
Read More →First day of skiing 2013
The Mt Mawson ski season got underway on Saturday with a small band of skiers on the Mawson Run, and a big group of scouts making igloos and snowmen on the Uni Run. A good base of snow to get everyone going.
Read More →2013 Season Opening
The snowbase is building at Mt Mawson (at least on the top half of the mountain) and so we plan to open this weekend 17-18 August. Conditions are likely to be marginal at first, but snow is forecast Saturday and Sunday (and into next week). The Hobart Walking Club and the Alpine Club of Tasmania […]
Read More →Winter tease
Another snowy weekend at Mt Mawson has delivered a foot or more of clean powdery snow on the ski field, and a pile of slush around Lake Dobson! There was nothing on Friday, and then it has snowed steadily since. A few snowboarders and cross country skiers have been out, but after the warmest […]
Read More →A promising start, but no tows yet
We had some good snow falls last weekend and the cold nights have done a great job of firming it up into a nice base. We just need a little top up to get the season going – unfortunately it won’t be before this weekend. Fingers crossed for some more snow next week.
Read More →2013 winter snow arrives
An active Southwesterly weather pattern has brought snow to low levels in the Mt Field National Park. The Snow plough worked hard on Saturday morning 6th July and the road was opened to 4wd traffic at 1:20 pm. Coverage is deepening on the Mawson ski field, but will need to settle and form a good […]
Read More →New Gallery
Congratulations to Greg and Rachel Power on the launch of their new wilderness photo gallery at Waterfall Café at Mt Field. This is a wonderful collection of photographs of Mt Field and the Southwest National Park, and definitely worth calling in on your way up the mountain. The cold weather has arrived too – now […]
Read More →Slope Work
Report from our roving President, Peter Davis: Work is underway to improve the lower section of the Mt Mawson ski tow. The work is being undertaken for PWS by the same excavator driver who so skillfully removed Sitzmark Lodge earlier this year. The work involves the removal of the two piles of rock and spoil […]
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