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Hotham 10 – Day 7 – Sunshine City

16 July 2010

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Hotham 10 – Day 7 – Sunshine City

Today was our last day in the snow country, and as a result, unfortunately, it began early – 7am Ed and Dave hit the road to pick up the cars from the long-term car park – while the rest of us bumbled along collecting gear and readying ourselves for one final day on the slopes. [...]

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Hotham 10 – Day 6 – Snow galore

15 July 2010

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Hotham 10 – Day 6 – Snow galore

Today we woke to find (as reported) 24cm of new snow on the ground, meaning everything had a nice white covering that had been sorely missed over the last few days. Again, the keenest of skiers were out as soon as the lifts opened (8:30am because of the lack of snow), while the remaining members [...]

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Hotham 10 – Day 5 – The day it snowed

14 July 2010

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Hotham 10 – Day 5 – The day it snowed

The rain from yesterday finally stopped at 1:30am (according to the weather station – nobody was awake to witness this first hand, of course) and we woke to a nice new covering of snow; albeit only 5cm (or so). The blizzard which was predicted had come, but was set to continue all day and well [...]

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Hotham 10 – Day 4 – Rain, rain… rain.

13 July 2010

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Hotham 10 – Day 4 – Rain, rain… rain.

Today was a slack day for most – the snow conditions certainly hadn’t improved since yesterday, and the (lack of) visibility and strong winds were making things relatively uncomfortable outside. Regardless, some did choose to brave the conditions and hit the slopes as early as they could, but the remaining few of us spent the [...]

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