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Western Australia has the potential to join the ranks of the UAE, China and major Europe centers when it opens a new indoor ski center, according to developers. Details about the new facility are scarce, but it is understood by Snowriders Australia that developers are looking for a 12 hectare site close to Perth with …
With four of the five big resorts this morning reporting a snow-base close to or greater than 1 m, things are certainly looking up for the Aussie snowfields. This is especially so given last weeks rain and flood events, which did significant damage to the existing snow-cover, and generally caused wide spread misery. However, painful …
Continue reading "100 cm of the good stuff across the Aussie resorts: punters happy"
The Aussie ski season roller coaster continues this week beginning with heavy rain today, before the arrival of another cold front tomorrow, which is expected to bring heavy snow falls to low levels on Saturday through Tuesday. The 'R' word! Rain has fallen across the mountains today causing widespread damage to the existing snow cover. …
Continue reading "Rain, snow and f’ing floods: the Aussie snow-season roller coaster continues"
With all the snow and excitement of the last few days, we thought we'd offer a quick lesson on how to predict Aussie snow events using a few simple rules. In our experience, the difficulty is not in predicting when it's going to snow, but how much is going to fall. At Snowriders Aus we …
Continue reading "3 golden rules for predicting Aussie snowfall events"
After an already epic start to the season (see our previous report), this week will see another round of significant snowfalls in the Aussie hills. After a bit of a wet start to the week (as the pre-frontal rain moves through), all models are now pointing to significant snowfalls to very low levels on Tuesday, …
Snowriders WA is excited to announce a new partnership with Mainpeak, Australia. Mainpeak, with outlets in Cottesloe and Perth City, is Western Australia's premier outdoor adventure store. Whats the deal? With this, all new subscribers to Snowriders WA will receive a FREE Mainpeak Club membership. Simply sign up to Snowriders WA, and Mainpeak will waive …
Continue reading "Snowriders WA join forces with leading snowsports retailer, Mainpeak"
About this time every year, people start getting really excited about amount of snow on the ground. Automatically, excitement turns to speculation about what the season might do, where it might end, and how it compares to previous seasons - especially the ones that really delivered i.e. 1992 (316 cm); 1968 (307 cm); 1964 (355 …
Continue reading "The 2016 Aussie ski season is off to a great start: or is it?"
This interview represents the first in what we hope will be a series of regular '15 minute' interviews, delving deep into the minds of the snow-industry professionals, snowsports heroes (old and new) and well....just a good bunch of interesting people, all of whom have cut their lives in and around the mountains. The interviews will …
Continue reading "15 mins with Australian skiing legend, Steven Lee"
A trip to Gulmarg is an amazing and unforgettable experience. However, pulling the trigger and actually deciding to go is not an easy decision for many, especially since there isn't a lot of information about Gulmarg. As they say in the classics, a picture is worth a thousand words, especially when the pictures are 'moving'. …
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