Goto Chockstone Home

  Guide
  Gallery
  Tech Tips
  Articles
  Reviews
  Dictionary
  Links
  Forum
  Search
  About

      Sponsored By
      ROCK
   HARDWARE

  Shop
Chockstone Photography
Australian Landscape Photography by Michael Boniwell
Australian Landscape Prints





Chockstone Forum - Crag & Route Beta

Crag & Route Beta

Area Location Sub Location Crag Links
VIC All (General) (General) (General) [ Victoria Guide | Images ] 

Author
OT: Cross Country Ski Trails

markq
19-Jun-2011
4:50:06 PM
Does anyone have any beta regarding beginner trails in the Vic Alps?? First time Cross country for us and stoked to get into it!

Cheers!
minerva
19-Jun-2011
6:14:09 PM
In Victoria for groomed trails you could try Dinner Plain near Hotham (I think you don't have to pay any entry fees or parking fees for parking in hotham if you tell them at the gate you are going to Dinner Plain) - you can also get the shuttle bus between Hotham and Dinner Plain (not sure if it is free) so you only have to ski one way.

OR

Lake Mountain. Lake Mtn probably won't have good cover yet, but you can check it out on the webcams.



JamesMc
19-Jun-2011
6:52:20 PM
Second Dinner Plain, Falls Creek is OK too. Lake Mtn is for millionaires.

JamesMc

sbm
20-Jun-2011
10:49:49 PM
Since this is a climbing site, why not Mt Buffalo? They have groomed trails and it looks to be free. I guess the snow cover would be have to be good though.

Pat
21-Jun-2011
9:17:01 AM
I love the bottom of that link - 'printed on 100% recycled paper' !
Wendy
21-Jun-2011
9:43:39 AM
If you really haven't done any before, lake mtn, very limited and costly though it is, is probably the best bet. It's actually really pretty, or at least it was 10 plus years ago ... It's also super close to Melbs. I used to go to Stirling a bit, being much better than lake mtn and not that much further, but they lumped it in with Buller a few years ago, so now you're stuck with Buller queues and Buller entry fees. The lower trails are easy peasy, and I've managed to get a beginner up to the summit before as well.

Baw Baw and St Gwinear are also very close to Melbs, cheaper than the main resorts (Gwinear in particular as it's just x country), plenty of beginner stuff. I've never managed to ski at Buffalo as it often doesn't get much snow. But I was sitting on the top of the hump this summer thinking I really should get there in winter, it'd be gorgeous.

Gavo
21-Jun-2011
11:17:31 AM
I cant wait to learn to ski :D

MrsM10iswhereitsat.
22-Jun-2011
1:13:16 AM
On 21/06/2011 Wendy wrote:
>But I was sitting on the top of the hump this summer thinking I really should get there in winter, it'd be gorgeous.

Dearie me Mz Wendy, you are becoming geographically challenged being overseas and in another hemisphere and all. You have forgotten that the gorge is nowhere near the hump, other than they both have Mt Buffalo in common?
Derek my M10 love tells me to mention what I know you would regard as obvious, and that is the skiing is somewhat steeper at the gorge too, more like down country than cross country.

Dan Theman
22-Jun-2011
4:30:02 PM
the lake at falls creek is an excellent cross country trip. see here for trails.
http://www.fallscreek.com.au/Assets/178/1/XC_TrailMap08.pdf


markq
26-Jun-2011
5:27:18 PM
Thanks a heap guys! Heading up sunday,

Cheers!

Gavo
27-Jun-2011
1:32:04 AM
No takers on teaching me to ski? :D

Rupert
27-Jun-2011
10:13:24 AM
you could try here :)

http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2011/06/25/3253565.htm

Paulie
27-Jun-2011
5:28:30 PM
IMO the best place to learn XC is at Falls Creek around the Nordic Bowl, you can also take trips further afield out around Rocky Valley Dam either towards Ruined Castle and Sun Valley or the other way towards Washbed Creek when you get better at gliding. Falls has a great variety of terrain which all starts from mostly flat and forgiving, well groomed trails with steeper sections to practice climbing, step and tele turning on, the weather is almost always better at Falls than Hotham too with (usually) good snow and definately a less epic drive up the mtn.

Paulie
27-Jun-2011
5:46:31 PM
On 20/06/2011 sbm wrote:
>Since this is a climbing site, why not Mt Buffalo? They have groomed trails and it looks to
>be free. I guess the snow cover would be have to be good though.

Buffalo is also a wonderful place to go XC skiing. The road up to the Horn is fantastic, as is the ski from Catani to the Gorge, usually you have the place to yourself too. Only downside is a usual thin cover (tho it can also get epic) which is offset by the fact that nobody else is aound!

There are 14 messages in this topic.

 

Home | Guide | Gallery | Tech Tips | Articles | Reviews | Dictionary | Forum | Links | About | Search
Chockstone Photography | Landscape Photography Australia | Australian Landscape Photography | Landscape Photos Australia

Please read the full disclaimer before using any information contained on these pages.



Australian Panoramic | Australian Coast | Australian Mountains | Australian Countryside | Australian Waterfalls | Australian Lakes | Australian Cities | Australian Macro | Australian Wildlife
Landscape Photo | Landscape Photography | Landscape Photography Australia | Fine Art Photography | Wilderness Photography | Nature Photo | Australian Landscape Photo | Stock Photography Australia | Landscape Photos | Panoramic Photos | Panoramic Photography Australia | Australian Landscape Photography | High Country Mountain Huts | Mothers Day Gifts | Gifts for Mothers Day | Mothers Day Gift Ideas | Ideas for Mothers Day | Wedding Gift Ideas | Christmas Gift Ideas | Fathers Day Gifts | Gifts for Fathers Day | Fathers Day Gift Ideas | Ideas for Fathers Day | Landscape Prints | Landscape Poster | Limited Edition Prints | Panoramic Photo | Buy Posters | Poster Prints