It's A Long Way To The Top If You Want To ...

When all the popular runs in the resort have been trashed, it's time to go back country.

More photos from Peter in and around Rusutsu.

It's a long way to the top if you want an awesome fresh run

Untracked slopes just waiting ...

Waiting to be trashed :-)

Peter perfecting the armpit turn

Yep - another way to get face shots

Not something you would want to run into

Wide open fields of untouched pow

Home, home on the range

Snowmobiling until too tired to continue

A montage of snaps taken over the past days

Vale William Robert (Bob) Arnott who died on Saturday 23 January 2016. The Thredbo Historical Society posts the following about Bob:-

Bob was an Honorary Life Member of our society and an Ambassador for our recently launched Thredbo Ski Museum Foundation.

He was a significant figure in Australian skiing as an Olympian, Australian FIS representative, President of NSW Ski Council and ASF Council member. In 1985 he researched and authored a study of snow areas worthy of future development. In the pioneering days of computing Bob was an engineer with English computing company Ferranti and involved in the development of its iconic Ferranti Mark 1 computer..