Big White Wednesday

[spaz]

morning
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Pink Princess claims there's no school on a snow day, I guess she wont be going to school today. graemlins/snowflake.gif
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[The Frog]

so how much do you reckon is in the village 15cm?

[Tan]

Yay, morning all. +1 is just warming up the truck and I'll be hitting the road! graemlins/woohoo.gif

[Totalyrottn]

Morning snowatchers

[The Frog]

Nice blank canvas again spaz...
http://www.thredbo.com.au/liveimages/VillageSquare01.jpg

[The Frog]

Perisher reporting 22cm.

[Xena]

Originally posted by Tan:
Yay, morning all. +1 is just warming up the truck and I'll be hitting the road! graemlins/woohoo.gif graemlins/woohoo.gif cu soon

[ozgirl]

Yep see you both soon!!

Today is not going to be a fun day at work...

Torture more like!!

[skijacski]

Easy 30cm in at my place, where there are three steps, to a walkway, they have disappeared and there is just snow with no showing of the stairs.

Balconey has snow too, even on my chairs which are so far under cover!

White morning!

[skijacski]

Ozgirl, I make some lovely turns for you today. Will take photo too.

[skijacski]

-17.1 at Thredbo top with windchill.

[ozgirl]

You always look after me SkiJac.

;D

[bdenny4]

Morning

WOW!!!! Wish I was up there already

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[Billy]

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[24]

morning all... ahhh, if only we could be there today. maybe i should ditch work and take mr forester for a run?

[spaz]

My hand is 10cm wide.

> ]VIDEO (http://snocam.com.au/snow_conditions.html)

[Barcoo]

Can we stop talking about how much snow has fallen, it's Killing me.
10cm wide Spaz is that all ;)

[Polaris]

Originally posted by skijacski:
Easy 30cm in at my place, you living at the media department? :confused:

looking at Spaz's video 10-15cm in village going by the tables outside Kebab shop and the stairs outside VT graemlins/snow.gif

[Polaris]

have fun peoples..... those who know, I will hopefully see you in a few hours

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[spaz]

There is a BIG wind drift flowing across the road into Squatters Run.

[D-Dog]

morning workers, welcome back winter, have fun all those lucky enough to ski today

[dilbert]

morning all. Wise man once told me not to hit the cans hard on a school night. Why didn't i listen?

[Mute]

Only way to guarantee lots of snow is to get so ridiculous drunk the night before that you can't physically make it up the mountain.

Whenever I travel overseas with mates, we generally have someone taking a hit (or in this case, copious amounts of shots) for the team.

[The Frog]

120km/h winds at my place at 4am this morning...and it was bin night.

[Barcoo]

Smelly morning in the hood hey Frog.

[finrz]

Morning all....

[Swede]

Morning all, have a good one!

[powderhog]

Morning!

[JSJ]

Morning.. just spoke to hubby on the phone and he said they had snow in Jindy.. he is on his way to Cooma and said there is quite a bit of snow on the ground/road too

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[popshuvit]

hello there peoples of the world wide web.
Enjoy the freshies youse all able to make it to the mtns.

[Legolas]

I think I'm gonna wee I'm so excited! Hey oz. What say we ditch Xena pull the brt out of school blow off work and leave now. We'd still get last lifts!!

[Donza]

Originally posted by The Frog:
120km/h winds at my place at 4am this morning...and it was bin night. Thats at the point though Frog...you reckon it was that windy under the lee of the hill?...
Lucky not for me (bin night)..tonight...
It didn't seem as bad as the other night.

[tammiodo]

YAY snow!
Happy Hump Day everyone!

[foncusmaximus]

b l o wi ning a gal e....................

massive drifts every where

[ozgirl]

Originally posted by Legolas:
I think I'm gonna wee I'm so excited! Hey oz. What say we ditch Xena pull the brt out of school blow off work and leave now. We'd still get last lifts!! I only now read this!! Damn and I drove past your place at 8am this morning we so could have left then....

My boss isn't even in yet - so not sure why I am here!!

[Shorty936]

Woo hoo I am heading down at 2 am tonight so can get 1st lifts tomoz morning

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[Astroboy]

Blowing a gale in Perisher, only the 8 and t-bars are open, the snow drifts are epic though intermixed with ice sheets.

[skijacski]

OMG! I cant believe how deep it was, I even skied the ...... and it was knee deep, so I repeated as the queues got huge with Kozi and Cruiser chairs on windhold and most of the tbars.

So me, myself, I went up Merrits and down again in the powder. Best dry snow of the year and heaps of windblown. No rocks, trees, branches etc, nada!

First run I did for Ozgirl, and it was like a virgin! Oooh! Turned right off the Snowgums chair, no one else was going that way, no one had been, passed the poor guy digging out Black Sallees, he was not hip deep, not waist deep, but rib deep. Had to stop twice as the wind was whipping up snow and blowing more into where I was skiing - no definition in the open sections. Bushranger was sweet, and the falls have heaps of snow. And did I stop for a photo? NO, sorry forgot, just got carried away as I was by myself. Just got earlier photos of the village.

The snow through this section was windblown and had filled in so much that there was no ice, rocks nada showing.

Ok so now I am in and I can remember the fab runs, have a sore lower back and am enjoying the memory.

Kozi chair has been on a promise all morning, but the long slow rides are a bit cold now as you have to wait in a queue for too long and get cold if you want Snowgums - which is also getting bucketted around by the winds.

They seem to be running the Kozi cables but very slowly. Winds are still huge!

Photos coming.
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[ 26. August 2009, 12:46 PM: Message edited by: skijacski ]

[skijacski]

Originally posted by Polaris:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by skijacski:
Easy 30cm in at my place, you living at the media department? :confused:

looking at Spaz's video 10-15cm in village going by the tables outside Kebab shop and the stairs outside VT graemlins/snow.gif </font>[/QUOTE]Poor Macca had to dig out the stairs today, I do not envy him, one of the big dumps and the KT staff were playing with the snowblowers and big boy toys.

Photos coming.

[popshuvit]

I am already jealous skijacski & will be even more envious when you post photos.
Also looking forward to spaz's video of his first run of the day.
Just remember all of us stuck in an office or at work while you guys get to play in boot/knee deep aussie pow. graemlins/snow_cool.gif

[spaz]

Somehow today I lost my rhythm and was caught up in the crowds. Did one run from G'barrel to VT and then decided to wait for Kosci or tomoz (video coming). At least I had the forethought to hand a camera to ski patrol, that should provide a new perspective.

Off to lunch with the family.

Oh, it's still snowing. graemlins/snow.gif

[Shorty936]

Sounds awesome cant wait till tomoz

Me and a mate were thinking we both have not been to thredders before as normally have a week lift pass for PB,

As our pre booked lift pass doesnt start until friday thinking of heading out to thredders for a day and checking it out

[skijacski]

Originally posted by popshuvit:
I am already jealous skijacski & will be even more envious when you post photos.
Also looking forward to spaz's video of his first run of the day.
Just remember all of us stuck in an office or at work while you guys get to play in boot/knee deep aussie pow. graemlins/snow_cool.gif But I did not take photos of my lines, as I was alone - the no friends day!

Just the before and after photos of the village.
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There are stairs there somewhere and also you can see a snowman someone built, just.
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From one of my little entry windows, most snow I have ever seen on it, looking down the road.
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These stairs are undercover, at least 10cm.
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Spaz in his hole, lots of snowatching! Getting his gear ready to go out for the day.

This should be in Show us your Snowatch!
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Looking back at the bridge walkway.

A few other boys toys photos coming.

[skijacski]

The other photos from today.
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You know where it is.
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Toy - with Spaz just hidden behind it.
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Another toy, which allows one to get to the places the lift does not.
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Biggest toy seen today.

Still snowing, Kozi chair seems to have ski patrol only on it - don't know what is happening there.

KT's website is again offline.
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[ozgirl]

Looks great!

Very rare to see the village covered in that much white!

'My" run sounded sweet. Thanks again.

Is that Moose I spy up there?? Did you leave him out again?? You know he doesn't like the cold!

[skijacski]

Richi of Richards Report, just tweeted that it is the day of the season, largest snowfall.

http://twitter.com/richardsreport

Keep an eye on his report that should come out tomorrow or Friday.

[ShellFish]

Oh wow... that just looks divine !!!

[skijacski]

Wait for Spaz' snocam report! It is going to be awesome.

[skijacski]

Originally posted by ozgirl:
Looks great!

Very rare to see the village covered in that much white!

'My" run sounded sweet. Thanks again.

Is that Moose I spy up there?? Did you leave him out again?? You know he doesn't like the cold! Moose had his cover on last night, very well covered and in his stall.

Remember that tree line we went into off South Ramshead - the snow was about 200% better than that! And deep - should be absolutely skiriffic tomorrow!

[ozgirl]

Oh man - and that run we did was AMAZING!

Cant wait til tomorrow. This afternoon is dragging.

I will do a run for you at PB tomorrow.

[ozgirl]

Oh but I am at Thredbo next weekend :)

[skijacski]

Originally posted by ozgirl:
Oh man - and that run we did was AMAZING!

Cant wait til tomorrow. This afternoon is dragging.

I will do a run for you at PB tomorrow. I have not really skied Perisher, so that will be a new one for me. Thanks for that.

Drive carefully.

[spaz]

VIDEO (http://www.snocam.com.au/snow_conditions.html) of my lame daily run.

[ShellFish]

NOOOOOO.... I can't view it at the office! Doesn't this company know I must have my daily snow fix... Now I have to wait until I get home this arvo...

[skijacski]

You were a gumby today!

You will have to use words to describe the snow now!

Nice video though, shows how much snow there is now.

How sweet was the village trail track! Groomers, lovely snow, first up, with dusting on top.

Here is a question though, what is it with Kozi chair running and only allowing patrol up? Been doing that for some time now, don't think I would be too happy if I was waiting to hop onto Kozi chair.

[ozgirl]

Originally posted by ShellFish:
NOOOOOO.... I can't view it at the office! Doesn't this company know I must have my daily snow fix... Now I have to wait until I get home this arvo... I have the same problem - but IT here seem to be to not know about Flickr. So thanks for shoosing Flickr to post your photos Skijac. Any other photos i can't see here.

I can see them on the tiny bb screen but not the same. Can't see youtube on BB either :-(

[ 26. August 2009, 02:16 PM: Message edited by: ozgirl ]

[Podlettte]

Snow was good, wind was feral! Felt like we were entering hell every time we came up to the top of any centre valley t bar. Telemark was better but not much pitch, and the line was huge, and it looked like you couldn't see anything at sun valley or further out, so we didn't venture out there.

[skijacski]

Some extra photos of Thredbo by Thredbo media of today.

http://www.thredbo.com.au/weather-and-conditions/resort-cameras/roving-cams.asp

Then click on today's date. Some lovely shots.

[skijacski]

Kozi chair started up for the public after 2.30pm, the wind must have dropped enough for the public or patrol felt that the avi risk was high and needed to check skier/boarder safety. ;)

[SnoWhite]

Originally posted by Podlettte:
Snow was good, wind was feral! Felt like we were entering hell.....Except hell would have been a lot warmer!!!

[Astroboy]

I ventured out to sun valley, international and eyre, windy and icy for the first 1/4, but some great powder stashes on the bottom 3/4.