HWTW Snow Reports Have Moved!

I have been waiting for this system to hit us for over a week. I got excited about the potential for a massive dump. I was saddened by the almost guaranteed downgrade that happened a few days ago. Then I was encouraged by a slight upgrade. By Friday I was convinced that it was going to happen - we were going to get more snow, and it was going to be cold.

Well, the really cold air hasn’t hit us quite yet. But it is snowing in the mountains above 1400m as I type. The BOM is expecting the snow level to drop below 1000m overnight, so I’m expecting at least a dusting around Jindabyne when I wake up tomorrow morning.

I wasn’t going to drive up to Perisher for a look this afternoon. I was going to wait until tomorrow morning and do the usual pre-work bolt up the mountain to have a look. I’ve come down with a bit of a cold so I’m all stuffed up and headachey and the thought of standing around in the cold and snow taking photos wasn’t that appealing to me. But by 3pm I knew I was kidding myself - I wanted to get some photos of this snow! So I jumped in the car and headed for Perisher.

There were a tonne of kangaroos and wallabies hanging out by the roadside below Sawpit Creek. I think they know it’s going to get cold up there tonight, so they are heading for low ground! It started snowing at Wilson’s Valley, settling at Rennix and by the time I get to Perisher Valley it was dumping. There was about 3cm on the ground when I first got there but you could see quite clearly the new snow building up on top of that.

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I was going to head to Charlotte’s but the road didn’t look clear and there were no tracks heading out there so I felt it prudent to turn around.

It really was dumping so I’m expecting a lot more snow overnight. I think I’ll still head up there in the morning. I might just bring the skis