BEST OF 2012 – Top 10 Aussie Snow Photos

October 9th, 2012

I see this photo as a perfect representation of my sentiment at the end of winter, so many lines hit, so many tracks left, all replayed over and over in our minds… Soulful… Image:: Andrew Fawcett

Mountainwatch | Alex Horvath

The winter of 2012 was a winter full of grand superlatives and metaphors, epic, amazing, all time, as good as it gets, the phrase “best day of the season” seemed like it was being mentioned one day after the next… The truth is, in my mind and I am sure in many others, this season was the best season Australia has experienced since the spectacle that was the year 2000.

The lifts in Thredbo and Mt Buller slowed to a stop for the last time for 2012 on Sunday 7 October marking the end of the season 1 week after the official planned end at the October long weekend. The fact that the resorts squeezed one more week out of the season is testament to how good it really was.

Here at MW we thought what better way is there to farewell winter then to reminisce about the season that was by picking out the best 10 photos from 2012, here are our picks, feel free to leave a comment below the cut and let us know which ones are your favourites!!

Stylewars in Falls Creek is an iconic Australian competition, it brings some of the best snowboarders in the world to Australia to see if they can beat the Aussie riders on their own turf, here Hocking has captured the essence of a great park session, the boys at the top hanging out, waiting to drop while their buddy sends it, perfect Image:: Falls Creek/Hocking

August 25 in Perisher was a great day, I was lucky enough to enjoy it myself, one of the best parts of riding in Australia is our unique terrain, it truly is unlike anywhere else in the world, here a lucky skier finds some pop Image:: Perisher/Andy Lloyd

July was certainly no stranger to some good snow, as the natural terrain filled in with all the snow that fell, the best parts of the mountain opened up Falls Creek, July 26 Image:: Falls Creek/Hocking

Thredbo’s One Hit Wonder event is the ultimate event on the southern hemisphere’s freeski calendar. Here, Cooma local Thomas Waddell sends it over Charles Beckinsale’s 95ft masterpiece Image:: Andrew Fawcett

These guys are searching for their car under the snow that fell on August 19, a job nobody minds after a snow storm! Image:: Falls Creek/Hocking

This is what that snow looked like on the hill. Tom Costa slays some in Falls Creek Image:: Falls Creek/Hocking

Even June delivered some amazing snow, this day was particularly memorable, June 23 Image:: Thredbo

It seems that the consensus is that August 31 was officially the day of the season, four weeks of seemingly endless snow had lined up on each Friday setting up some perfect mid winter weekends, Luke Kneller finds some pow up on Olympic Image:: Andy Lloyd/Perisher

This shot of a late spring sunset in Mt Buller does a great job of capturing the vibe of an epic spring day, just picture a couple of beers while enjoying this view! Image:: Mt Buller/Andrew Railton