Bill's Trips News
Hotham Snow Report, 17 August 2014
It looks like our glory run of perfect weather days is over for a bit. No precipitation as yet but a light fog has moved in and there is a moderate easterly wind blowing. The temperature is minus 2 and the forecast is calling for a maximum of minus 1, so the green that is…
Read more »Hotham Snow Report, 16 August 2014
Ground hog day! Mainly clear sky and virtually no wind so it should be another great day out there. There is still dry snow on southish and shaded aspects, while most other slopes have moved into a melt freeze cycle and will be firm first thing but will soften with a bit of sun. Slap…
Read more »Hotham Snow Report, 15 August 2014
Sorry for the monotony, but it looks like there is just another perfect day on the way. Clear sky, light wind and good quality snow. Each day this week the temperature has gradually got a little warmer, so we are seeing more aspects move into a melt freeze cycle, but there is still chalky dry packed…
Read more »Hotham Snow Report, 14 August 2014
Another absolute ripper of a day on the way by the look of it. Clear sky, light wind and dry packed snow across most of the resort. Enjoy. Cheers Bill.
Read more »Hotham Snow Report, 13 August 2014
There is a light fog and a 24 km south-easterly this morning. I expect the sky is clear above, and the fog has just risen from the coast side of the ranges, and will burn off as the day warms. The snow has been great out there the last few days with good quality dry…
Read more »Hotham Snow Report, 12 August 2014
Its cold and clear with a light north north easterly blowing, and the snow guns are pumping it out. Most runs have grippy dry and good carvable snow on them, and will probably be at their best first thing this morning before they get scraped back to the firm base underneath. Enjoy. Cheers Bill.
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A light fog which is forecast to burn off, and a moderate southerly blowing this morning. After I did the report yesterday, it snowed really hard for a couple of hours and by the time the lifts opened we had accumulated 8 cm of snow. It mixed in well with the base and there were…
Read more »Hotham Snow Report 10-08-14
After a couple of very spring like days we are back in to winter. It has only snowed about 3 cm overnight but it is snowing pretty hard as I write this. There is a stiff north-westerly blowing, there is cloud in the village and the radar shows the precipitation continuing for a while yet. The snow…
Read more »Hotham Snow Report 09-08-2014
Another mainly clear sky this morning with just a few high clouds being blown in by the moderate westerly. Although the temp is a mild .7 degrees we have had a solid freeze overnight and things will be quite firm out there until the day warms. Sharpen your edges and stick to the groomers for…
Read more »Hotham Snow Report 08-08-14
A little high cloud and a light north-westerly this morning. Yesterday the snow turned pretty sticky as it went through the transition from dry to wet as the cloud came over and warmed things up. We have had a decent freeze overnight so the snow should now be more spring like and faster. The groomed…
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