Natural Snow Depth about to reach 1 metre

Posted on Jul 31, 2012 The big news at Mount Hotham this week is that the average Natural snow depth is about to hit the one metre mark for the first time in the 2012 ski season.  The snow depth in snowmaking areas has now reached 115cm, and last night nearly 900 truckloads of snow were produced by the snow making equipment across the resort.  Don’t let the fact that only 14cm of snow have fallen over the last 7 days dissuade you, skiing conditions have been ideal over the past two days.  High winds last Monday did close half the lifts but by the following day, the winds had dropped to a mere breeze and sunny patches were the order of the day.  Skiing conditions today were...
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