Snow is coming, and tows will be running this weekend
Patient skiers and snowboarders will be rewarded with snow forecast to fall to low levels in Southern Tasmania this weekend. After a good start to the season on 20 July there has only been limited snow to top up the good base, but that will all change this weekend with the Bureau forecasting snow to […]
Read More →Open this weekend
The Southern Tassie ski season is entering its third week with the tows operating again at Mt Mawson this weekend. It’s snowing up there this evening (Thursday 10pm), with snow above 1,000 meters forecast for Friday. Looking into the weekend, there is more fresh snow forecast on both days to low levels, please rug up […]
Read More →Tows at Mt Mawson running on Sunday too.
After a good days skiing today volunteers from the Hobart Walking Club and the Alpine Club of Southern Tasmania have advised that they will stay on the mountain to offer skiing to the Tasmanian public again tomorrow (Sunday 28 July). As you can see from the webcams there is still a reasonable base of packed […]
Read More →Skiing is ON at Mt Mawson this weekend
After a brilliant start to the 2019 Ski Season last weekend, the snow has hung in enough for the ski tows to again be operating at Mt Mawson Ski Field this weekend. Whilst the snow has gone from Mt Wellington, there is still enough cover to allow a fun day on the slopes at Mt […]
Read More →Great start to 2019 Ski Season at Mt Mawson
The 2019 ski season in Southern Tasmania kicked off in great style today with a big crowd enjoying mild sunny conditions and great snow at the Mt Mawson Ski Field. Ski tows were operating by 10:30 to welcome the crowd of winter enthusiasts who had walked up from Lake Dobson car park, which was filled […]
Read More →Ski Season Opening 2019
After some excellent snow earlier this week conditions are looking good to get the 2019 ski season underway at Mt Mawson this weekend 20-21 July. The initial deep snow that caused a number of rescues in the Cradle Mt National Park was compressed and consolidated by some rain (very Tasmanian!) to form a good base, […]
Read More →Night Vision
Keen winter enthusiasts across Southern Tasmania have been watching the images from the Mt Mawson webcam with excitement this week, as a good Southerly flow dumped over half a metre of snow on the Mt Mawson Ski Field. A new initiative this year has been the introduction of infrared capability to enable us to view […]
Read More →We have a rope!
The Mt Mawson Ski Field and the new Mt Mawson Day Shelter was a buzz of activity on Saturday as the STSA volunteers tackled a number of important jobs to get the ski field ready for the approaching winter season. It was a superb weekend weatherwise, and lots of visitors were heading out to the […]
Read More →It’s OPEN!
It was an historic day in the history of the Mt Mawson Ski Field at Mt Field National Park yesterday, when the Premier of Tasmania, The Honourable Will Hodgman MHA formally declared open the new Mt Mawson Day Shelter.It was a stunning day on the mountain with clear blue skies, little wind, and small pockets […]
Read More →The Big Reveal
STSA and Friends of Mt Field turned out a football team of 21 volunteers for the big reveal of the new turf on Mawson Ski Run on Saturday. The grass was sown three years ago with seed collected from alpine grass species specifically for the purpose, and covered with shade cloth to enhance growing conditions […]
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