Cradle Mountain Snow Reports

[north-north-west]

It's almost cold enough to be snowing down here right now.

[Aztec]

Currently 6 degrees in Hobart CBD

[Overlandman]

Good dump over night,
Hopefully a member will post conditions at Cradle.
The web cams aren't working so possibly no power up there.
Mt Roland & the Tiers are covered.

Currently at Agfest fine, sunny, but very cold 7 degrees
Heard on the radio 11 cm snow at Arthur's Lake

From Tas Police, road conditions for Thursday am

Police advise that there is currently a significant snow coverage on Highland Lakes Road, extending from approximately 20Km South of Waddamana to North of Great Lake. Motorists should avoid travelling on this road unless using snow chains or 4 wheel drive.
Highland Lakes Road at the northern end and Poatina Road at intersection with Highland Lakes Road has snow cover and is accessible by 4WD only with caution

[whynotwalk]

This was just posted on the Parks facebook page:

Just advising that the road from the Ranger Station / Interpretation Centre to Dove Lake at Cradle Mountain is currently open to 4WD vehicles only due to snow.

cheers

Peter

[Nuts]

Woohoo!! (it's exciting! )

[Overlandman]

Story on todays Advocate website.
Plus a couple of photos

http://www.theadvocate.com.au/story/306 ... umn/?cs=87

INLAND parts of the North-West froze on Wednesday night, turning landscapes into winter wonderlands yesterday morning.
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Kentish Mayor Don Thwaites said by 6pm on Wednesday snowflakes began falling on the the windscreen of his car in the Sheffield area.

At Cradle Mountain, Peppers Cradle Mountain Lodge employee Danielle Mitchell said snowfall hit "probably a little bit earlier than normal".

"It's been light but pretty constant all day," she said.
"It started around eight o'clock last night (Wednesday) and there is still drifts of snow coming through at the moment (4.30pm yesterday)."

The Great Lake and its surrounds had snow falling as early as 7pm on Wednesday.

Tasmania Police said there was significant snow coverage on Highland Lakes Road, extending from about 20km south of Waddamana to north of Great Lake.

Motorists were to avoid the area unless using snow chains or four wheel drive vehicles.

Even at 10am yesterday morning police recommended drivers avoid Highland Lakes Road due to snowfalls. Website Snow Forecast estimated between 10 and 25 centimetres had fallen in the area. However, all that white powder is set to disappear as a heavy rain continues.

"Any snow at Lake St Clair is going to be well and truly gone with that rain," Tasmanian Bureau of Meteorology spokesperson Malcolm Riley said.

He said the snow was a bit early in the year, "but once every 10 years you'll get one at this time of the year.

"The real story for Tasmania as a whole is that the rain that we've had over the last couple of days and the rain that is expected in those Western parts should be in combined totals of 150 millimetres," Mr Riley said.

Snow in southern parts of the state fell as low as 200 metres.

By afternoon the height of snowfall rose to about 600 metres, and tomorrow will climb to 1000 metres.

[Overlandman]

More Snow overnight for Cradle Mountain, Central Plateau & surrounds.
Forecast is down to 300 metres on Wednesday.
Regards Overlandman

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[north-north-west]

Whatever happened to autumn?

[Lophophaps]

Whatever happened to autumn?

Federal and state government cutbacks.

[icefest]

Whatever happened to autumn?

Federal and state government cutbacks.

[Overlandman]

Another dump of snow overnight, from the Great Lake Web Cam, nice & white up on the Plateau.
Dove Lake Web cam is frozen over.

10:15 webcam is now working & the Dove Lake car park is white.

Visible from the coast Black Bluff & the Tiers are White.
Roland is not, so not as low as last weeks snowfalls.
Looking at Tasmania Police Road Closures, roads are clear.
Regards Overlandman.

[greyim]

So pleased to see this advocate report on Scott & Kilvert
http://www.theadvocate.com.au/story/308 ... edy/?cs=87

[Lophophaps]

Thanks for posting that. I had no idea about the background to SKH. Hopefully people learned from this. Maybe not. My earliest recollection of a Tassie bushwalking fatality is Glen Matters, 1971, also on the OLT. See
http://bushwalk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=6878
The group was too big, and became very strung out. There was significant Victorian media coverage of this death.

[Overlandman]

The rain has gone, Overnight Snow settled on the Ground at Cradle Valley & the Central Plateau
Regards Overlandman

[Overlandman]

First day of Winter, white up at Cradle & the Plateau.
White Om the Coast as well (frost).
Tasmanian Police have issued warnings for Roads on the West Coast, a car has crashed into a log truck stuck in the snow.
Caution is required on West Coast, Highland Lakes Roads with snow forecast down to 300m
Regards Overlandman

[north-north-west]

... snow forecast down to 300m

Nice. Hope it doesn't last too long.

[Overlandman]

From the Advocate with a few photos

http://www.theadvocate.com.au/story/312 ... ets/?cs=87

From ABC with a few photos

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-01/s ... ection=tas

[Overlandman]

Snow settled overnight at Cradle Valley & the Central Plateau,
Very picturesque

Regards Overlandman

[Aztec]

Snow settled overnight at Cradle Valley & the Central Plateau,
Very picturesque

Regards Overlandman

Must be a heap sitting on the P&W Webcam... can't see anything!!

[Nuts]

That's coz nobodys getting down there yet to wipe a finger over lol:

This was us turning back this am:

[Aztec]

That looks drivable... just...

[Nuts]

Yeah, 4wd, awd, trac control perhaps. 2wd might have the parkies frowning Apologies for carrying on a bit abt the night driving the other day, not at all pointed at you.. someone ran over a wombat on the road (in this pic) the the previous night. Iv'e been stopping to say g'day to this particular wombat, now and then for a few years now, and it was just such a predictable, sad end.. at the end of the day.. there is little good reason for night driving.

[north-north-west]

.. at the end of the day.. there is little good reason for night driving.

At this time of the year, if you finish work at 5pm, you're driving home in the dark.

[Nuts]

Altitude, NP's, tourists (like us all in our leisure time). Possibly staff heading home late, though unlikely.

[Aztec]

Well, finally the snow has fallen off the webcam...

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Looks fun!!!
No idea how windy it is though from that image...

[north-north-west]

Anglers' Alliance webcams show some interesting conditions at some of the lakes today. Everything from ongoing snowfall to clear skies.

[Nuts]

And.. gone again. lol. I recall (without bothering to check) that there wasn't much forecast.

[Overlandman]

Just came through the Vale, tricky in the Xtrail, helped a lady out in a 2wd,
Snow was falling, it will be very white tomorrow
Sorry about your Wombat Nuts.
I viewed 1 crossing the road, East of Murchison Highway around 4.00pm

Regards Overlandman

[corvus]

Yeah, 4wd, awd, trac control perhaps. 2wd might have the parkies frowning Apologies for carrying on a bit abt the night driving the other day, not at all pointed at you.. someone ran over a wombat on the road (in this pic) the the previous night. Iv'e been stopping to say g'day to this particular wombat, now and then for a few years now, and it was just such a predictable, sad end.. at the end of the day.. there is little good reason for night driving.

Knew that same Wombat ,it was a big attraction in that area ,at low speed in that road section it could have been avoided I believe.

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[Nuts]

Yeah, 4wd, awd, trac control perhaps. 2wd might have the parkies frowning Apologies for carrying on a bit abt the night driving the other day, not at all pointed at you.. someone ran over a wombat on the road (in this pic) the the previous night. Iv'e been stopping to say g'day to this particular wombat, now and then for a few years now, and it was just such a predictable, sad end.. at the end of the day.. there is little good reason for night driving.

New that same Wombat ,it was a big attraction in that area ,at low speed in that road section it could have been avoided I believe.

Yeah mate, exactly. It was just outside the slow zone towards Black Bog but they are easy to avoid (and expect), especially in daylight hours.