Hi there,
Well I'm pleased to say that the huge snowfall
I reported on last time did continue all through the
week.
I
arrived in Thredbo last Thursady night to find it
dumping in the village for the first time. Friday
the sun came out and stayed all weekend for what was
described as "the best weekend in 23 years"
according to my reliable sources...(a guy in Cooma
ski hire who wouldn't have been born 23 years ago).
Conditions
certainly were the best I've experienced here with
decent off-piste for the first time and even light
powder to be found in places! Apparently Aussie
powder is even rarer than Scottish powder so I feel
very lucky to have experienced it.
This
weekend sees the Australian University Alpine Championships
(their equivalent to BUSC)
kick of in Victoria's Mt Hotham. Whilst not
on quite the same scale as BUSC with about 500 students
attending, it still promises to be quite an event,
even if the organising committee are promoting 'a
responsible attitude to alcohol consumption' (can
you imagine a BUSC committee saying that??)
I
see that NZ has finally got some snow too, better
late than never guys........
James
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