Unfortunately the rest of Canberra decided to do the same thing.
Traffic through Jindabyne was a nightmare, and we didn't get on snow til 9:50am :(
But there was indeed a *heap* of fresh snow. In fact more than I've ever dealt with before, so I actually found it a bit tricky! Nothing like Australian snowy mountains to have completely different conditions every time I go skiing!!
I stuck with my mission to continue to try new runs and lifts for the GPS track. I did Mount P for a good chunk of the morning (too much powdery snow - hard!). Did Guthega and Bluecow in the afternoon, heading back to finish up at Smiggins - staying til last lifts on Burke at 5pm.
We stopped for pies in Jindy (it's tradition!), dumped out stuff at Cooma, and made it home around 8:30pm.
Was surprised to see the mountains coming into Jindabyne - was actually expecting clouds to be covering them
So much snow! Dainer's Gap
The crowds! Perisher was full when this was taken at 9:14am. Good thing we were planning on stopping at Smiggins anyway!
Peter and me riding Link T-bar. Probably the only lift we rode together all day!
So much snow! On Link T-bar
Pretty Valley chair
I made it back to Mount P after a several year absence
You can't really see it, but the cars are parked all the way back along the road!
Lunch - pizza pie!! and a vanilla malt milk
I love this view from Bluecow terminal
Heading over to Guthega I was following these borders, and passed a sign that said skiiers/borders left, snow vehicles right. I was following the borders to the right. Whoops. I think this was the "middle traverse" which I'd gotten onto by mistake in 2007. So when the borders headed left off the track down to the lower trail I followed them. And nearly died! Those two feet of fresh snow? They were right there. Untouched. Soft and waiting to be fallen into. Fortunately I managed to stop myself without stacking it before regaining control and just going straight ahead to the lower trail.
My pole sunk a good foot into the soft snow, and when I pulled it out it had a core sample attached
I never get tired of this view of the main ranges from Guthega
I followed the home trail at Guthega, and got to go up another lift I'd never been on - the carpark lift
Another view from the carpark lift at Guthega
It was starting to cloud over in the afternoon, so couldn't see Kosciuszko
Border jumping at Pleasant Valley
Empty - it was after 5pm after all!
And here's my GPS track of the day.
Made it to all sections of the resort this time.
25 lift/t-bar/carpet rides. Didn't bother to count the blue vs green - since a couple of the runs turned into each other. But did go to a few new places and runs that I'd never done before. The only repeats were the t-bar at Guthega, Pleasant Valley Quad, and Cook J-bar and Burke T-bar at Smiggins at the end of the day. Otherwise I basically didn't repeat anything! Gotta love that about Perisher! :)
So a pretty awesome day really :):)
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