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October 2018 Terest CANBERRA CROSS COUNTRY SKI CLUB, INC SPECIAL POINTS OF IN- 2018, ISSUE 6 10TH OCTOBER 2018 TEREST: October Lodge -0 Weekend — 20-21 President’s Piece October 2018 — Page 3 For the first time in months it’s not all over yet. We have plore the highest peaks with the heater is turned off at our popular October lodge long days and warmer home and I haven’t had to weekend on 19-21 October weather. Check out the tour INSIDE THIS put on a jacket when pop- and with a lot of snow lin- program for some spring ping outside for lunch. gering up high it is sure to be fun. ISSUE: Spring is definitely here and a good one. There are still Ski and Snow Pho- 2 summer is not far behind. It vacancies so check this The club’s annual general tos has been a great ski season newsletter and the club meeting was held on 26 Sep- and I’m sure many of us will website for details. Late tember. October Lodge 3 be sad to see it go. However, spring is a great time to ex- Weekend Trip Report – Tate 4-5 West Ridge – Sat- urday 22 Septem- ber 2018 Trip Report—Dead 6-7 Horse Gap to Rams Head—23 September 2018 Trip Report— 8-9 Charlotte Pass – Mount Townsend – The Racecourse – Lake Albina— Thursday 20 Sep- tember 2018 Gale Funston, Margaret Baz, Alan Levy, Bill Stanhope, David Drohan and Claire Sim. We have just Ski and Snow Pho- 10 finished lunch and are about to head down, back to Dead Horse Gap. On a CCCSC tour from Dead tos (cont’d) Horse Gap to Rams Head, 23/9/2018. Ski Tour Grading 11 Photographer: Ken Moylan Ski Tour Program 12 2018 Club Committee 14 2018 Membership Subscriptions Contacts Membership Subscriptions for the 2018 season are now due, and can be paid on Reg- ister Now or via the Club website. November Newsletter Deadline Deadline for articles for the November 2018 Off-Piste is 2nd November 2018. PAGE 2 President’s Piece (cont’d) I had the honour of being over the last few years, and sev- coordinator. Please contact me elected President for a third eral members have commented or another committee member term (also my final term accord- to me on how much they enjoy if you are interested in any of ing to the club’s constitution). reading it. Thanks Tony! Alan these roles. Most of last year’s committee Levy will take over as newsletter have also renominated, with editor and Ken Moylan joins the Enjoy what’s left of the skiing! some minor changes. Our News- committee as the new touring letter editor, Tony Brown, is coordinator. We still have a few leaving the committee and will vacancies on the committee – Jo-Anne Clancy be missed. He has produced a vice president, social meetings President very high calibre newsletter coordinator and training/lessons Ski and Snow Photos Snowgum near the Paralyser Gap, with Betts Creek valley in the distance. 21 Sept 2018. Photographer: Alan Levy Alan Levy, Bill Stanhope, John Gi- acon and Penny Rossiter on the way to Four Mile Hut, 4/8/2018. Photographer: Tony Brown 2018, ISSUE 6 PAGE 3 October Lodge Weekend We were recently advised by Rates, Availability, Make booking, then payment the Southern Alps Ski Club that a Booking’ page. can be made. their lodge at Charlotte Pass will now be closed during Octo- Click on the ‘Online BPay is the preferred and easiest ber and November for mainte- Form’ button in the payment method. Payment by nance/remedial work. We have ‘Make a Booking’ section. credit card and cheque is also therefore had to change the available but requires the form to venue for the lodge weekend At the bottom middle of be printed put and posted to the and have arranged alternate the Booking Form Cover booking officer. accommodation in Charlotte Sheet, you will need to Pass at the Pygmy Possum Ski quote our four digit Closer to the date a room alloca- Lodge, which is located close to Booking Id number, tion sheet will be provided show- the Southern Alps lodge. which is 2392. (This ing who will be in each room. Booking Id number links Further details of the lodge can The Pygmy Possum lodge is all our bookings together be found at the following page: owned by the Elouera Ski Club for our group and en- http:// and holds up to 54 people. ables the organiser to see www.eloueraskiclub.asn.au/ Most rooms are for two people who is coming along and lodges/PygmyPossum/facilities/ (two singles or one double) but to help assign the there are four rooms containing rooms). This is always a popular weekend, 3 or 4 beds. As non-members, with Club ski tours held around we can stay at this lodge by In the Booking Form, if Charlotte Pass or on the Main booking in as a Guest. The cost staying two nights select Range on the Saturday and Sun- for a Guest (non-member of the ‘19 Oct 18’ for arrival day. At present there is a deep Elouera Ski Club) is $60 per date and ’21 Oct 18’ for cover of snow on the Main Range, night for an adult and $27 for a departure date, select so there should be good skiing child. People who have already the bed choice (Single, during October. People will need booked for the lodge weekend Double, Queen), Privilege to bring along food, linen and at the Southern Alps lodge on Level = Guest, and Single towels for the weekend. The in- Register Now will be reim- Supplement = No, for tention is to have a community bursed and will need to rebook each person. dinner on the Saturday evening again as per below. where people bring along an en- tree, main course or dessert to Preview the completed The Club can’t do a bulk book- share with others. ing so anyone intending to Form, which now shows come along to our lodge week- the cost, and if happy, This information is also available end at Pygmy Possum Lodge press Submit. on the Events page of the club's will need to make their own website. bookings directly via the After submitting the Elouera Ski Club website http:// completed form, the next www.eloueraskiclub.asn.au page (Booking Form Web Response) will show the Some helpful hints for making a BPay details near the booking: bottom of the page. The details on this page will Select the ‘Pygmy Pos- also be sent to you by sum Ski Lodge’ drop email. down menu. Once the Booking Officer Select the ‘Booking receives the form and responds accepting the PAGE 4 Trip Report – Tate West Ridge – Saturday 22 September 2018 Eight of us (Tim Wright, Dave sumed food and drink. ever. Dave left us to explore Drohan, Melinda Brouwer, Ken the northern sections of Tate Moylan, Gale Funston, Robin From Guthega Trig we skied West Ridge before catching Collins, Bill Stanhope and my- along the top of the ridge up with us later on our return self) met at the carpark at which was exposed to the cold journey. Guthega at 9:20 am on the wind and had some grassy Saturday. The Main Range had patches which we had to walk We left about 2pm and re- a very good cover of snow for across. Once at the very top we traced our route back to Con- this time of the year. then had a good ski traversing sett Stephens Pass then fur- the slopes across to Consett ther east to the top of the From the carpark we skied Stephens Pass. Whilst here we Falls Creek gully. From here down the road to the dam caught up with Peter Ward, we had a long gradual descent wall, walked across the dam, John Sim, Claire Sim and Arnold down the ridge on soft, easy then put our skis on again to de Bras who were having lunch snow all the way back to the begin the long climb up the whilst on their way to Mt Tate dam wall, arriving at the bot- ridge to Guthega Trig. It was a and beyond. From Consett tom around 3:30pm. This de- sunny day but with some high Stephens Pass we dropped scent can be tricky at times if cloud and a cold wind. In the briefly into the Windy Creek the snow is icy or crusty but shelter of the ridge it was valley then headed further this was one of the quickest quite warm when climbing the west out to the end of Tate and easiest descents I have slopes. After 50 minutes of West Ridge, arriving around had here. To end the day we climbing we arrived at some 12:45pm. then had to ski up the road to rocks and bushes at the top of the carpark at Guthega. Six of the slope which provided a This is a very spectacular loca- us then stayed overnight at good place for morning tea. tion with views of Mt Tate, Mt Kalkite before doing Ken’s From here we had great views Twynam and Watsons Crags, tour the following day. A across to Perisher and Blue and Mt Bogong in Victoria in great trip, and a great week- Cow and further south along the distance. We spent about end of spring skiing. the Snowy River valley towards one hour here having lunch, Kosciuszko. Robin and Melinda enjoying the views and practis- also couldn’t resist practising ing on the fantastic slopes of Alan Levy their turns on the slopes whilst the western faces which the rest of us rested and con- seemed to drop below us for- Crossing the dam wall at Guthega before the climb up to Guthega Trig.
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