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Blue lake 21-Jul-2011 At 8:57:19 AM citationx

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On 20/07/2011 sbm wrote:
>There's not *that* much snow...1.5m at Spencer's Creek is just a bit above
>average...

If you've been out there, like i have the last two weekendss, you'll soon realise that there is a TRUCKLOAD of snow. The thing is that so much of it has been dumped in high winds that the lee slopes are bursting, and wind-facing and flat areas are quite bare. You can ski across all but the last 50m of the first creek down from guthega village. I've never done that before. You can also ski across the snowy river at the swing bridge - never done that before either. But as you're skiing down the W/SW facing hill between those two, there are shrubs sticking out everywhere! Spencers creek itself looks VERY bare, but the slopes to it's W/SW are thick with snow.
Trust me, there is A LOT of snow out there, you've just got to look for it in the right places.