September Blustery ol Beitch

[BDS]

Whether the Norwest cycle was late or early, she sure hung around for
long enough, in fact we would come close to calling her a bit of a
clinger. August bought some warm temperatures changing the skiing to
early spring corn conditions but to be honest it just seemed wrong to
be sporting a goggle tan that distinguished a panda face in reverse so
early in August.

The Clubies did the best out of the Norwest’s receiving snow most
weeks throughout August with a total of 40cm during the cycle and
20-25cm on the 1st and 2nd of this month to finally put out the fire
on the winds ensuring a ski in and out of Craigieburn and solid
looking access tows for both Mt Olympus and Broken River ski fields.

BDS has been enjoying a mix of corn snow, chalky wind packed fast
stuff, light n dry and I do believe the other day I was sure it was
velvet that was begging to be skied on at full noise. Throw in a
little bit of night skiing the odd fish caught bare handed by our
multi-talented “Sloppy” and there you have it, a busy- slightly
blustery August.

Avalanche danger currently lies at moderate for the Craigieburn
ranges; wind loading exists on the upper portions of the slopes. The
snowpack is gaining strength in shady aspects but remains loose and
weakening in solar aspects.

Early September looks like a settled period, with fine days and cooler
temperatures in the mornings. The fields have great coverage and
should continue with good skiing that will see them out to the end of
the season. To predict what September will bring is something I’d
rather just shrug my shoulders at, because at the end of the day there
is always good skiing somewhere you just have to know where to find
it…. It’s just lucky we have a few spots up our sleeves.