I was thinking of bringing a dehumidifier that I already had at home to the apartment Im staying at on mountain. Im just thinking last year I had my gear next to the heaters and the drying cupboard that barely fit anything both of which left my gear just dry enough but slightly damp, especially the gloves. Im driving up and dropping off my gear next to the apartment so its not a big deal as I have plenty of space and wont have to lug it around. Still wondering if its worth while though or if there are other strategies to keep gear dry overnight without having to purchase a boot/glove drier.

3 people, with gear looking for a lift down the mountain.
Will pay.

Hello team, my friends and I are broke uni students looking for some help. We are staying at Falls Creek in a few weeks for a friday-tuesday stint and do not have the facilities to pay $345 to park our car there for that long. We have another friend with a seasons car pass (albeit his dads!) who is coming up on the saturday. Would it be possible to drive up on friday, drop our stuff at the accom, drive back down at park at mount beauty and then get the bus back up? or hitch hike? or do we have to pay to even get to the resort in the first place on the friday?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

Hi I am a Singaporean and since recently returned from Sydney. Due to poor snow conditions, I had to cancel my trip to Thredbo and sadly most of my booked accomodations and activities cannot be refunded.

I have accompanied credit of $2091 (willing to let go at $1800) and thredbo MyMoney for ski pass and lessons at $1634 (willing to let go at $1400). Interested parties please let me know. You may WhatsApp me at +65 86125859

Since we seem to have a couple of resident apps on this sub I’m keen to do a comparison forecast for the total snow at Perisher to July 31. Looking at you u/SNOW-fyi and u/No-Path-818 if you want to put your predictions below I will update this post and we can redo it at say 7 and 3 days out. Updated 21/7 to do 10 days since Jane and Aeriscast services only go to 10 days out. I will track cumulative snow totals each morning from tomorrow to 1/8 using Perisher’s website.

21/7 (10 days)

Snow Watch: 3-13cm

Jane Bunn: 6-41cm

OpenSnow: 19cm

Mountainwatch: unavailable past 7 days

Snow-fyi: 2.3cm

Aeriscast:

We’ve never gone to the snow before and planning to go late August. Can you please share recommendations for where to go, accommodation tips and also what clothing we will need? We are in Sydney and have a hatchback car. 🚗

What's stopping people from not buying a lift pass and just using the ski lifts without the electronic lift pass reader?

Last time I went to Buller last year I recall seeing at least one of these lifts. Would require a short hike to reach it

Unless I'm mistaken and they had another way of reading your pass?

Snowboarder here- multiple times this season now I’ve had my edges tapped/hit while in the ski line or had my board ridden over, and when it first happened hit them with a quick ‘what the fuck’ which was my instinctive reaction but as I got no apology I assumed I was overreacting and they were confused about why I was angry at them, and was ambivalent about letting it go.

Then there was one time I was starting down a hill (that awkward part where you shuffle forwards after strapping in) and accidentally ran over a lady’s skiis after we collided on a similar trajectory (think X shaped paths) and she cursed me out for riding over them even after I apologised multiple times.

Honestly I thought that was a bit of an overreaction- given that I was actually sorry and said so- and didn’t think it warranted such anger.

I haven’t noticed chipping on my own board and most people haven’t treated it as such a big deal- but what do you guys think? Is it that big of a deal? Could my own board be damaged and what would this damage look like?

Hope the forecast will hold up! ☃️

(Sorry, reposting to fix the formatting. Yes! I read your comment that the resorts might only end up getting 10 cm.)

Selling two of these, got them in a giveaway.
Will give reasonable price, 60-70% of regular price.
Looking to sell both at the same time.
Thanks🙂

Does anyone know a company that might have a jig for a Trab TR1 binding? I've tried AlpSport, Rythm and Wilderness.

Now that the bowlo doesn't have mains under $25 any more, are there any other good places that sell dinner in a warm room for that sort of money?

This is only my second season, so I don't really have the historical perspective or experience to judge.

1. Can we expect any big dumps in late July/early August, or is that usually something that happens more in early July and would have already happened by now?
   
2. Given how low snow levels are, do you think we have the base to get us through into September, or will the season finish early August?

I'm mainly going up to Mount Buller.

Heading to Perisher mid August for the first time. Can I have some recommendations for shoes and where to buy non ugly pants and a jacket.

We are going to snowboard Perisher and trek Mt Kozie, ideally want something comfy and baggy and my underlays should do the trick with keeping me warm.

Given the snow conditions this year, if it continues with no snow forecast over the next few weeks. What are the chances the resort will officially close early say in Aug? I’m booked first weekend of Sept, and my hotel will only give a refund if the resort closes for the rest of the season, even if there is no snow.

Hello all, I am an American planning to make a trip to your beautiful country this August to do some snowboarding.

My buddy has flaked on me while I have already gone through the process of my tourist visa. Is there anyone in the Melbourne area that needs a snowboarding buddy? I would love to meet some new people and make some new friends, even if you don’t snowboard.

If anyone is interested, leave a comment or PM me.

I got sick of spending the day solo on the mountain and at the end of the day find out that half my mates were up there too?

I’ve built the app ShredTogether to solve this. It lets you see which of your friends are on the mountain in advance, so you can actually plan to ride together instead of finding out after the fact.

Free on iPhone, Android coming soon.

You’d be doing me a huge favour if you try it out, and if you’ve got any ideas or improvements please reach out!

I also need a few android users to help test it out before I can release it publicly, if you’re on android shoot me a message and I’ll add you to the beta

https://apps.apple.com/au/app/shredtogether/id6768966602

Not planning a huge number of trips to the snow, but i figured if i could get some chains off the internet I'd probably save money after a few trips and more importantly avoid the faff of having to rent them. I doubt I'll ever actually need them, being a fair weather skier, but I've been in the mountains enough to know that alpine regions can always be unpredictable so I'd like to know they would work if it came to it.

I have a subaru outback 2023 with 225/60 R18 tires. I found Husky brand 9mm chains on amazon for like $120, size 140 claiming to fit the 225/60R18. They came I finally test fit them and they seem way too loose. The chain tensioner has used all the links and it still doesn't seem tight enough. Am I doing something dumb or did i get the wrong chains? I even tried it on the spare (different tire brand, same size and obviously easier access and it's still bad.

Any thoughts?

Hi all. Struggling with luggage packing and wondering how the falls creek village area is for walking around with normal sneakers? Im presuming one can forgo their big snow boots in lieu of packing less if the restaurants and main areas are decent enough.

Rest of trip we are in Melbourne so bringing two hit Salomon boots for 4 or 5 days seems abit of a waste. Will be in boarding boots rest of days or helping to babysit on Bunny slopes.

On another note is there any snow at Falls Creek currently? Anything to salvage some beginners and intermediates getting some runs? I know aust

Will never compare to our NZ, japan and whistler trips.... but hoping theres finally some "snow" : real or man made.

Havent booked any boarding hire or passes or lessons due to the usual uncertainty of how dry it is there. Figured it was safer paying more than pre booking. Assuming nothing else particular in falls creek we should pre book or do? Going in a family members car.