First Snows

The first significant snow fall of 2004 fell on Friday night of the Anzac Day long-weekend. Saturday morning revealed a layer of white below Lovers Leap. A real touch of winter indeed with the wind-chill below –20C up top..

On Sunday we decided to face the chill winds and take a look at what snow had fallen beyond the top of Crackenback. Surprisingly quite a lot had been deposited in wind drifts even covering the raised metal walking path the Mt Kosciuszko in many places making walking a tricky exercise.

The resultant meltdown and rain that fell prior to the snows have once again got the creeks flowing in the high country.

Through all this the schoolboy mountain bike championships went on despite the cold, windy, slippery and muddy conditions.

High Noon and Central Spur area on Saturday morning

Crackenback looking great

Wind drift snows on Sunday morning beyond Crackenback

Signature Hill – not enough snow for laying tracks

Kosciuszko Lookout. It’s that way, no that way?

Trekking through the mist to Rawson’s Pass

The alpine creeks are flowing once again

Knee deep - knee deep

Mountain bike races continue in the slippery conditions

Crackenback midday Monday

The next big event is the Jazz festival on the second weekend in May. Oh, and don’t forget Mothers’ Day on the same weekend.