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Ski Report Sat 4 July 2009 - 5:28am


Falls Creek Snow Update 3rd July 2009

Great skiing today. Eagle and Monkeybar opened yesterday. Towers, Drovers and Mouse Trap have very good skiing and boarding. All home trails to the village are now open. The Toboggan Full Report

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  • FallsCreekAust: Ruined Castle and Scotts Chair have opened at Falls! 7 hrs ago
  • FallsCreekAust: Another 24cm in the last 24 hours, in addition to yesterdays 28cm. Wow! Monkey Bar and Eagle Chair opened today so now 8 lifts spinning! 1 days ago
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mooka 03 July 2009
Wow what a difference a couple of days and a couple of feet make! Beautiful out there today even on the limited areas with the best skiing being off quartz ridge if you picked you spots well and back down to the express chair.

Scott and Ruined are due to open over the weekend and that will give lots more options.

Snow is beautiful and dry and more than welcome after the rain earlier in the week!
mooka 16 June 2009
Really only Drovers and Towers open at this stage. They are groomed and in fairly good nic but no-where near enough cover to get any turns between them. Home trails are OK but a bit patchy in places. OK for an hour or two but needs more open to keep you out there longer than that.
currawong 21 September 2008
It's not over till it's over. Great day of spring skiing today.

By all accounts Saturday was slush city, but the overnight temperature dipped into the negative and we were back in action. Blue sky, cool wind and the extremes of hardpack and soft snow.

Decided to go straight over the back: Scotts was very firm and fast, but just soft enough to get an edge in. Ditto Shadow Ridge and Scotts Race Course. The wind late last week brought in a layer of pink dust. This stuff absorbs more heat than clean snow and melts it away. However today it was our friend. The pink ungroomed snow was starting to soften by 10-ish. Rain pocked and pink, but great corn none-the-less. We chased corn for the next few hours and had a ball.

Moved on to darkside, quartz ridge and rapunzels. Some of these were still frozen crud and not very pleasant, especially where covered with frozen traverse tracks. But there were a few very nice lines.

International and Boardwalk are closed but everything else was still running. Cover over the back is still very good: no rock hopping required. Inter has had it, but you could pick your way down if you wanted to.

Run of the day: vertigo valley

Beginners: looked very good
Drovers: didn't ski
Towers/Lakeside: didn't ski
Northside: didn't ski
Home Trails: good
Ruined Castle/Scotts Area: very good spring conditions
Summit Area: didn't ski but looked ok with a few bare patches and obstacles
International Groomers: poor, didnt ski
The Maze: poor, didn't ski
Off-piste: faces exposed to direct sun were softening by 10-ish, especially the dust effected areas. Some areas, eg dark side were still frozen crud at lunchtime. Lots of nice lines to enjoy.
Last Edit: September 21, 2008, 21:41:10 by currawong  
currawong 09 September 2008
Report for Monday
Big freeze, blue sky and cold wind early

Warmed up on village and inter. Very firm on top, but quite soft down low.
Over the back for some hardpack heaven. The groomers were sensational for fast cruising. By mid afternoon there were some scraped patches, but runs around scotts and ruined were still very firm.
Decided to go looking for some smooth corn, preferably north facing. Had some lovely runs with not too much walking involved.
Finished the day with a run towards the Ys, but crossing onto summit and some some nice slush.
Cover is still great everywhere except Maze and some other northfacing bits.

Run of the day: out of bounds corn

Beginners: looked very good
Drovers: didn't ski
Towers/Lakeside: didn't ski
Northside: didn't ski
Home Trails: didn't ski
Ruined Castle/Scotts Area: very good spring conditions
Summit Area: didn't ski but was told it was great in the morning
International Groomers: good-very good, softening early. zipper only fair
The Maze: didn't ski
Off-piste: north facing was great. Otherwise you really wanted a smooth face to make the very firm conditions enjoyable. not much of that left inbounds
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