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snow at Mt Field - Mt Mawson

Postby maja » Mon 13 Jul, 2009 1:32 pm

can anybody tell me if the snow was good - enough for skiing - at Mt Mawson last w/e??? :?: cheers!
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Re: snow at Mt Field - Mt Mawson

Postby dee_legg » Mon 13 Jul, 2009 3:23 pm

There was about 30cm average on the 4wd track on thursday. Thats all i know.
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Re: snow at Mt Field - Mt Mawson

Postby maja » Mon 13 Jul, 2009 10:38 pm

thanks!!! will have to check it out next weekend perhaps.... :D
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Re: snow at Mt Field - Mt Mawson

Postby stepbystep » Tue 14 Jul, 2009 9:59 am

Hi maja,

was up at Mt Field on the 9th. No fresh snow for several days, and I suspect very little since.
Driving down Scotts Peak Road on Friday there was very little snow on the peaks considering the temp :)
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Re: snow at Mt Field - Mt Mawson

Postby Azza » Tue 14 Jul, 2009 11:09 pm

Your best bet is to check out the snow cam at the bottom of the Mawson tow..

http://ski.com.au/snowcams/australia/tas/mawson1.html

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If its looking okay then chances are the back country will have something to offer.
As you can see - right at the moment its a bit of a non-event.

Otherwise the ski club posts details on http://www.ski.com.au about whether the tows are running.
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Re: snow at Mt Field - Mt Mawson

Postby maja » Thu 16 Jul, 2009 1:22 pm

yeah thanks guys.... i was frantically looking for a snow report or web cam for the mt field area - i managed to find the web cam site on ski.com i think, but it wasn't current for some reason. just washed footage of blurry weather with patches of rain on the lens. it stayed like that all week - i'm not sure how often the cam gets updated but it wasn't current. anyway checked it out jus now and there was some snow!! not great, but i think footage must have been recent!!!! so thanks!!! might have to wait a couple more weeks though for some good snow fall... :)
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Re: snow at Mt Field - Mt Mawson

Postby stepbystep » Thu 16 Jul, 2009 5:57 pm

Yeah, temp has dropped and it's raining in Hobart, so I'm sure this w/end will be good for X-country at least.
I'm working 10 days straight so can't get up there as I'd hoped this w/end.

If you go let me know conditions.

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