Season-Starter Solstice Storm Opens Season in Style – Gallery

June 27th, 2016

Some very stoked faces watching the snow fall in Thredbo on Friday. Image:: Thredbo

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Listen up, because we will only say this once: If you weren’t in the mountains at the weekend you blew it. It was sublime. As predicted by The Grasshopper the storm arrived with an entree Tuesday night, but the real action wasn’t to come until Thursday into Friday. Reggae Elliss swore that the rate of snowfall on Friday morning was the heaviest he’d seen in years up at Thredbo.

All in all, the majority of the major resorts received between 40 and 60cm of fresh snow across Thursday and Friday before the sky broke bluebird on Saturday morning. Resorts across NSW and Victoria were scrambling to open up terrain across the weekend, providing plenty of action for skiers lucky enough to be there to enjoy it. By all accounts nearly the entire mountain was skiable, with some of the highlights being Thredbo’s Gold Course Bowl and associated sidecountry. Anyway, enough with the words, these photos really speak for themselves.

VISION FROM THREDBO


We’re going to need a bigger shovel Image:: Falls Creek


Officially the first backflip of the Falls season? Image:: Falls Creek


Dude, where’s my car? Image:: Falls Creek


There’s nothing like Thredbo village under a fresh coat of paint. Image:: Thredbo


Nothing like shredding fresh Aussie powder with your mates. Image:: Thredbo


The snow clearers had their work cut out for them in Mt Buller. Image:: Buller


The skiers flocked to Buller from Melbourne at the news of fresh snow. Image:: Buller


Skiing the roof of Australia, Mt Hotham. Image:: Hotham


The storm-skiers score the best of the snow. Image:: Hotham


Wow. Just wow. Image:: Hotham


Plenty of snow in Perisher. Image:: Perisher


Ready for work. Image:: Perisher

Vision from the Weekend in Perisher