Mantas 3 Posted July 27, 2007 Author Share Posted July 27, 2007 Now lets get this thread back on track! Mantas and crew (mantas far left) This photo was taken by Perisher Blue and used on the official web site last week. Damm paparazzi! Never leave me alone Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 Good to see the little ones there. Link to post Share on other sites
ausi ski bum 1 Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 So how good is the season I added an updated report to my web site after an amazing weeks skiing at Falls Creek. http://ausi-ski-bum.com/Falls-Creek-Snow-ReportA.htm I also took a number of photo's and posted them here, enjoy http://forums.asb-alpine.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=62688#62688 Here are a few from that page Link to post Share on other sites
Mantas 3 Posted July 29, 2007 Author Share Posted July 29, 2007 Nice one ASB. I'll check out your web site one day when I have more time. They still do the Falls to Hothem Chopper ay. I did that once when it first started, it cost $49 Link to post Share on other sites
TJ OZ 0 Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 Falls has a great village atmosphere. The terrain is mostly intermediate and it doesn't have a lot of vert but has good access to safe backcountry. I can recommend going there for a good aussie snow experience. Nice pics ASB. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 Reminds me of scotland actually....except for the blue skies hehehehe!! Sadly the last couple of years have saw Scotland's ski industry die on its feet Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 No snowgums in Scotland mate. Even I know that. Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 My worst skiing experience was at Aviemore (no insult meant to the Scots, stout rodent). Overnight Friday bus trip. Saturday was blowing a gale, and pissing with rain. 1/2 hour lift queues. Sunday ditto, followed by an overnight bus trip back to London. The locals were stoic, well disciplined and cheerful. One was skiing in a kilt. I love Scotland. I've skied in Oz too. Prefer the latter, but neither compare with Japan. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 No snow gums, in fact there are no trees of any kind on Scotland's hills, I just meant that the pics kinda reminded me of scotland, with bushes poking through the snow base. Yeah the ski industry is really taking a pounding, mother nature has not been friendly to Scottish Skiers. Aviemore is really the only viable resort in Scotland, it gets a decent amount of snow, its the furthest north and is in the middle of the Cairngoms mountain range. What they need to do is use snow cannons to make the base, the winter temps are more often than not below 0, and wait for the natural snow to hit, then at least there would be a longer season, but won't invest in them for some reason, probably cost. But with the Alps only 1-2 hours away by plane, we won't complain too much!! Link to post Share on other sites
ausi ski bum 1 Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 TB thats sad re the Snowmaking, Falls Creek has investred over 10 Million on snowmaking and they can pump out 220 litres a second of water converting to snow, they can make in excess of 20,000 cubic metres in a 24 hour period, without this comitment in 2006 we would have hardly opened instead we skied the entire season except opening weekend (although on a limited number of runs). It suprises me Scotland does it tough I always assumed they would have had much better snow than us. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 Our mountains aren't really that big, and our prevailing wind direction follows the Gulf-Stream from the Carribean ( a SW wind), this brings warm and wet weather as opposed to the cold weather we would get from a Northerly or Easterly wind. The whole climate change thing is really having an effect on scottish winters, they are becoming milder (but still cold) with less and less snow. Aviemore would be able to sustain more snow days if they had snow making machines. The largest "resort" in Scotland is Glenshee, which is only about 40 mins drive away from my house. Its spread over 3 valleys and when it snows, the skiing can be great. but it only has snow making facilities on 1 run and the access tow. So last year, i had groups of kids up their learning to ski, and the 1 run was fine for them, but I thought that if the cover can be like this on one run, why not invest on a few more runs to widen the available terrain when the weather isn't so good?? Its a mystery!! Link to post Share on other sites
ausi ski bum 1 Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 I guess Scotland being in the Northern Hemisphere has so much competition in Europe it would be hard to justify the expense of infrastructure like snowmaking, Australia has the advantage that there is little competition at that time of the year other than NZ and South Amerca which is very expensive to get to. As the Aussies here know we are the only country in the world that could hyperthetically hold the Summer and Winter Olympics on the same week ( that is if we had some verticle long enough for the couses). When the Sydney Olympics was on we were still skiing on the opening and closing events. Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 Still getting snow asb? Link to post Share on other sites
1 4 Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 Must be, not posting. Come on, give us an update! Link to post Share on other sites
ausi ski bum 1 Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 We have had 15 - 20 cm over the past few days and looking at the web cams looks like a bit tonight. I did not ski this weekend but will the next two. The base is about 120cm at the moment going into peak season Link to post Share on other sites
TJ OZ 0 Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 Oz usually gets most of it's snowfall during August so things are looking good. Keep the updates coming ASB. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 Ace. Wish I was there. Link to post Share on other sites
Mantas 3 Posted August 6, 2007 Author Share Posted August 6, 2007 Now it's our turn to rip it into you J-landers about the snow, as we have to listen about all your exploits all through our summer. Link to post Share on other sites
ausi ski bum 1 Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 Mantas and when our snow melts we will all head to Japan and rip up theirs, 20 days booked this next season Link to post Share on other sites
Mantas 3 Posted August 6, 2007 Author Share Posted August 6, 2007 You lucky sod Link to post Share on other sites
2pints-mate 0 Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 20 days. Not bad. Is that all at once or a few trips. I wish I could have 20 clear days. Link to post Share on other sites
ausi ski bum 1 Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 I am staying at Niseko (well between Hirafu and Higashiyama) and while based there we have a car and will be traveling to other lesser visited resorts as well. We are looking or a full day snowmobile tour and are visiting a few other centres on days off. I have hired a vehicle (4wd Subaru Wagon) but unfortunatly the hire places only have Japanese speaking GPS so I hope I can get around. Link to post Share on other sites
keba 0 Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 We found that a bit of a problem, ASB. Find someone who reads Japanese and speaks English to program it for you, if you can. Otherwise, just get some (paper) maps of where you want to go, and use the maps on the GPS to know where you are, and get where you want to be. We did OK with this method, getting around Hakuba and surrounds (and even into Nagano City, Nozawa Onsen, and Shiga Kogen) earier this year. In a Subaru Legacy wagon, too. Link to post Share on other sites
2pints-mate 0 Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 It's all fun Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 It's worth trying to source paper maps in Oz, ASB. If you buy them here, the place names will all be in Kanji, which can be a bit of a challenge. Excellent choice of wheels btw Link to post Share on other sites
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