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 […]
Read More →THE GREAT ANNUAL SKI SWAP
Talaria Ski Club (Ben Lomond) will be holding it’s annual ski swap on Sunday the 9th June at Site 2 – Waterworks Reserve starting at 11am. We usually take a couple of snags to throw on the BBQ but that is of course an optional extra 😉 If you haven’t been to one […]
Read More →Windy and Wild Anzac day Weekend
Yes it was a windy and wild Anzac day weekend up at Mt Mawson. I was surprised at the number of visitors around despite the inclement conditions. We had driving rain, high winds and low temperatures up on top and then we finished up with snow showers on Sunday – you know, a typical weekend […]
Read More →Looking good, but it’s a “No” call for Saturday
Snowfall yesterday has improved the cover considerably on mountain. Unfortunately the Tow Manager for this weekend has decided that it’s still too marginal to run safely tomorrow. We hope to have someone on the mountain to inspect the cover properly on Saturday, so this assessment may change.
Read More →Snow person reappears
Hooray! the snow person has reappeared. It’s good omen for Mount Mawson, but we still need one big dump to get us rolling. Forecast for the rest of Sunday Cloudy. Showers and the chance of thunderstorms. Snowfalls developing to 400 metres. Winds westerly 50 to 70 km/h. Monday 6 August Cloudy. Scattered showers with possible […]
Read More →Chance of snowfall this weekend
The B.O.M. is forecasting snowfall from Friday through to Sunday this weekend. Looking further ahead, there is a projected fall of snow on the mainland resorts commencing around Saturday 4th August. Whether that makes it to us or not is unknown at this point, but keep an eye on the reports next week and your […]
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