Here is an opportunity to lend a hand on the ski trails at Mt St Gwinear. With winter approaching the Friends of Baw Baw NP Inc are organising a working bee which will prep the trails for skiing and snow shoeing during the 2024 snow season. Date:         27 April 2024 (Saturday) Meet at:      Mt St Gwinear car park Time:         8:30 AM for a 9 AM work start There will be jobs for all with work including clearing trails, improving drainage and emptying water bars all possible on the day... Read more ..read more

Mount Buffalo is further away from population centers that other resorts, and it certainly doesn't have the best snow quality, so why did people go there ..read more

Mount bullfight gets enough snow for a small resort, is close to Melbourne, has very family friendly terrain. Why not put a ski resort there ..read more

Although the Stirlo cams were MIA I still took a chance and headed to TBJ A 3hr drive is better than a 8-9 month wait until winter 2024. TBJ had a few cars parked but pretty quite 1st up. I walked to the summit via the summit trail Patches of snow began from approx 100m elev gain after pole 34 but still not enough to ski continuously Ditto at. Bluff Spur hut The track above to the summit had rocks So I just walked to the top. A few snow shoers around but no one else skiing. Lots of rain and... Read more ..read more

The 2023 Ski season at Mount Stirling is here. Feel free to contribute ..read more

I see from this forum that it was 51 weeks and 3 days since the last trip report for this part of the world - time for an update. A cool and damp evening resulted in a quick dump of 2-3 cm of dry but rapidly softening snow across the Dandenongs. We have a large garden, so we could enjoy it without breaking curfew. Time to quickly break out the skis and take advantage, it might be our only chance for the season! Night skiing here we come. Luckily it was a full moon, so with... Read more ..read more

Chaeron said: Is that an observation or invitation? Click to expand... Cabin fever? .......... What about Mt Skene? 1569m. Edited 2x - The road's north end gets closed but permits come from 4WD Vic. Prob need to be a member of an affiliated club ..read more

Having encountered multiple mobs of horses today on the summit walk of Tantangara Mountain, I feel as though more effort should be directed at stray groups of horses! All the large groups either moved on, or if far enough away just stayed put and ate calmly. So here we were, with the hut in sight and the mountain too, but standing between them are 2 rogue horses who begin to approach us. So I move up hill into the treeline, they pause for a second before charging with speed towards us again... Read more ..read more

The Bluff Spur snowcam looks like a winter wonderland but the snow report tells a different story, why the difference? Is the Bluff Spur snowcam looking at the best snow on the mountain ..read more

Good day skiing up and down the 1500m high point to the south east of Kiandra. Downhill XC skiing poise (or perhaps fear) AAWT and Wolgal Hut ruin in the distance Tantangara Mountain Kiandra Courthouse ruin and Eucumbene River ..read more