Ibis Hut, Kosciusko. Kosciusko Alpine Club THE Kosciusko Alpine Club has had ture. However, this installation sh one of the mosl successfu l years in minimi se all fi re risk in the fut ure. its long history dating back to 1908. In the meantime Club interest ben . Club activities have been extended. mem­ debentures have been regularly redu bership has increased beyond the 500 -surely a remarkable and uni mark and with il an overall improvement achievement among ski clubs. in the standard of skiing. The Club was also the successful tea­ The Club is now in a very enviable derer in April last for the lbis (Adarru. position with ils spacious club room and Hut on the slopes of Mount Guthrie its living accommodation increased to 36 the Summit Road about a mile from in tw.:>-bedded rooms making the Lodge Chalet. Constructed of hewn granik the largest sk i club building in Australia. thi s is the most solidly constructed h The Club has also assisted the sport on Kosciusko and will be operated generally by allowing non-members to self service lines with the object of mak­ take up any accommodation not required ing a holiday less expensive for fami!; by club members. or small unit parties. A coke-fired hot water system reticu­ Unfortunately it would appear ~ lating hot water throughout the Lodge ski-touring is not popular with the pre-­ both for room heating and showers has sent generation as our Whites River H also been another heavy capital expendi- situated in some of the best snow country 84 not been very we ll patronised either CHAMPIONSHIP JUMP. 1. A. Andrews. Club members or outsiders. 2. T. Hadkin •. Va rious social functions held during 3. P. Ren 03.6 organised during the year; the most im­ CHAMPIONSHIP LANGLAUF. h, m. portant being the Annual Ball and a " P. Reoder Club Xmas Party, both of which were 1. A. Andrew. '" , T. Hadkins '" successful. 85 Ski Tourers' Association

B EFORE the 1956 snow season a great hitherio was regarded completely deal of attention had been given to from avalanches. The impact tore safety measures, and after three years of building from its foundations, and it experimenting, effective wireless contact crushed under tons of snow. Several from the Tow House with the Cha let the other ten occupants had aim< and other poi nts was established. Albina, miraculous escapes, and luckily no Kunama und the Tow House were linked else was injured. Our own wireless· by telepllOne line, and a snowpole iin!) inter - hut telephone communic:ni( from the Tow House to Albina com­ worked well, and help was quickly su pleted the pole circuit- Charlotte's Pass, maned from Albina, the Chalet. Seaman's, Albina, Tow House, Kunanm, the S.M.A. The occupants of the Tr Foreman's, Charlotte's Pass. Tow in­ House ;md Albina, the Chalet Manilf; stallations had been repaired, and streng­ ment. the Ski Patrol. the Snowy MOll thened, and the top "A" frame re-sited. tain Authority, and the Cooma am The conversion of the old Pounds' lance all did a splendid job. For Rosl. Creek Hut had been started by the spon­ all help was too late, as she was kil sors or the new Illawong Lodge project instantly. Our thanks go to all .... . giving promise of another link in the participated in the rescue and sal \' chain of mai n range huts envisaged when operations." in 1950 the building of the first lodge at Fotlowing the loss of Kun ama. Lake Albina was commenced. Kunama rebuilding fund was started . After a slow start with a paucity of it was decided to continue operating snow at Queen's Birthday week-end, the Tow. However, our full measure of season was in full swing by the beginning feal had not yet been tasted. On Thul of J uly. Three of the Austrian sledges day. August 2. exactly three weeks alL had fin ally arrived. and I took them up the Ku nama avalanche, the Tow Ho the firs t week-end in July. Little did I was destroyed by fire. From reports realise how soon and for what sad pur­ the three occupants of the Tow Hot. pose our sledge would have tn he uscd. (Ginelle Hcine, Peter Kelly and P;a On Thursday, July 12, an avalanche Kencnly). it appears th at the firc start destroyed Kunama Huette. Readers are about 5 p.m. when a kerosene hca likely to have seen the press reports at caught alight. spraying burning kerosn­ the time of the tragedy, and on ly a brief up the wall of the living room. Eff excerpt from our emergency bu lletin of to drag the flaming heater from tl July 18 is quoted: . building failed (it was dropped in ·'It is with deep regret that we have to airlock). A foam extinguisher and record in this bulletin the death of one C02 extinguisher wcre used but witho of our youngest and most ent husiastic success. A telephone call from the bu members, Roslyn Wesche, who was killed ing airlock, although unintelligible to when Kunama was destroyed by an people at Albina. alerted them tn ;\Valanche on July 12. What was com­ something was wrong and a party set menced with such high hopes has cnded for the Tow House. 1n the mean tim in tragedy and disaster. Our deep-felt the Tow House occupants, being un sympathy goes to Roslyn's parents, Mr. to reach any of their personal belongin and Mrs. Venn Wesche. in the cut-off living room and ha\oi "Unprecedented weather conditions decided that nothing further could caused the calamity in an area which done to fight the fire, shut all out(j 88 The unprecedented wi nter of 1956, which robbed us of so much of our ef­ forts, also left a kinder legacy of tremen­ dous snow covering on the main range, and good drift skiing could be enjoyed as late as the middle of February. Our annual midsummer races, the flfth since the Association was founded in 1950, were by far the best ever, although there were initially some doubts as to whether they could be held at all. ALB!NA SUMMER SLALOM (2 runs). m. s. !. JeOn Ecuyer 1 43.5 Over the Top. summer style. 2. Fronk Pr ihodo 1 Sl.9 3. Bi lly Doy ...... ! 52.9 Photo. D. H. Boglin. 4. Geoffrey Hughes 2 12 8 5. Hell mutt Delder ...... 2 25.3 HANS NEERING MEMOR!AL DOWNHILL , 1. Jeon Ecuyer doo ~s 32.9 in an effort to deprive the blaze of 2. Les Perko 37.6 oxygen. As they were li ghtly clad (only 3. Geoffrey Hughes 41.2 4. Cees Koemon 43.4 one had proper boots), and as it was 5. Hell mutl Deider 44.3 JUMP. !'lillerly cold and getting dark. they set off I. Poul Reoder. up the icy tow slope towards Albina. 2. Jeon Eeuyer. 3. Hellmutt Deider. They were mel when halfway up the 4. Kurt Lonee. 5. Cee. Koemon. ~Io pe by members of the rescue party ALPINE COMB!NATION. fro m Albina. Leon Smith was the first I. Jeon Ecuyer. 2. Geollrey Hughes. EO reach the Tow House and he franti­ cally dug out the entrance to the Kunama Another interesting Association ski basement to reach the fire extinguishers event during 1956 was the breaking of and the big water tank. (The Tow water Tony Sponar's Northcote Eagle record supply had frozen up previously, and ef­ of 32.2 seconds by Austrian ski instruc­ fo rts to re-connect the water had failed (or, Helmut Tschaeffert. Helmut's time owing to bad weather.) By the time he was 29.3 seconds for the Eagle course and other members of the Albina party from Mt. Northcote to Kunama which is !Bil! and Christine Davy, Mike and Pat slightly over half a mile long, with a ver­ O~ bo rne , John and Ross Allen) had some tical drop of 800 feet. Had the Longines fi re-fighting equipment ready, the fire was timing equipment been again available, beyo nd any control and they had to a top speed of close to 100 miles per .... atch the Tow House burn down to the hour would have been recorded. The ground. record run was made on a very fast icy With only Albina left, we decided to course. The Golden Eagle Book, sal­ keep it open, and were able to accommo­ vaged from Kun<;lma, was destroyed in date many members who had lost their the Tow House fire. bookings in Kunama and the Tow House. Regarding the immediate plans of the We finished the season with no other Association, the following brief summary mishap except a rather narrow escape of can be given. For this winter we will a party from carbon monoxide poisoning have a semi-portable Gam tow at Albina. when an exhaust coupling worked loose A similar lift will be installed this season and fumes discharged in the hut-a at IIlawong. wa rning to clubs operating generating llJawong Lodge will be completed and plants inside their lodges! ready for use this winter, and the spon- 89 "S $Z

On top of Townsend. Photo. D. H. Bogl l" sors will shortly apply to the Association led by Bill Hawkins succeeded in put for affiliation. the roof back over the basement, Due to· severe soil erosion on the providing an emergency shelter. n Seamans/Albina bulldozer and jeep salvageable parts of the Northcote track, vehicles are now barred from leav­ Tow were hired to the Crackenback ing the main road. We hope to overcome Club. which is building a lodge at Fri this serious transport problem with the Flat in the new Thrcdbo area, Crack. help of a snow vehicle. One of our back Ski Club plans to re-erect the n:. members has generously agreed to lend tow on Crackenback Peak so as to pr us a small bulldozer (an Oliver OC3) for vide uphill transportation in this an the winter season. Simi lar machines are until the proposed chair lift ,comes i in use at Falls Creek and Hotham, and operation. the bulk of our supplies for our lodges We were compensated for both lOS$.; could be brought in in winter. If thi s trac­ by our Insurers, and have a sizea tor, equipped with snow and ice tracks. amount of money in hand, although proves successful. it might also be used could of course not be reimbursed at a later date for rebuilding operations the thousands of hours of membe1- in the Kunama Valley (if we decide to voluntary labour. At present we are build there), and to carry provisions and vestigat ing the advisability of rebu il tow skiers from the Thredbo Lift t:! r­ in the Kunama valley as wen as in minal on Crackenback Peak. new Thredbo area. A shelter on Muellers saddle, near In spite of our two terrific setbac Albina, will be built this summer to we are determined to carryon, to pr1 cope with any possible emergency at vide for our members reasonably price: Albina, and to house the snow vehicle. hil!;h standard accommodation in the be< In the Kunama Valley, salvage opera­ skiing arcas, and to keep alive the spiT tions only have been carried out. The of touring which is one of the finesl stone basement of Kunama, which was peets of our sport. under snow when the avalanche stru:::k, is almost intact, and a working party C.W,A. 90 Sydney Ski Club

~ INeE the last appearance of the Syd­ tremely bad weather conditions. The ney Ski Club notes, in the 1954 Ski conditions were so bad that, although ~a r Hook. several very important events we were able to hold the Langlauf, Jump ve taken place in th~ affairs of Ih:: and Shl\om, it was impossible to hold lub, the most sa tisfactory of which has th=: Downhill and it was decided to hold .,teen the complelion of our Lodge in th ~ Ihis event during the Six Hour Day t risher area, on the site selected by 1hz Weekend in late September. The full lub in 1954, with the advice of Mr. report an:! results of these races has been ~y Ainsworth. The Lodge was com­ given elszwhere in this Year Book, but ~te d in lime for the 1955 snow seUSO:l special mention must be made here of the d during both the 1935 and the 1956 fine effort of Sydney Ski Club member, 350n it was occupied to capacity by Hal Dalheim, who won the Langlauf by embers and their friends. We :Ire all a margin of 4m. S8s., came second in ui tc sure that it is the best Lodge any­ the Jump, 1.3 points behind the winner, he re in Ihe snow count ry! and who won the Nordic Combination (the combined result of the Langlauf, T he Lo.::lge. which has a most attrac­ Jump and Slalom calculated on a points .. c varnished wood exterior, has been basis) with a total of 465 points and a igncd 10 accommodate eight people in margin of 43.8. JU T two-bed rooms, with emergency .ccommodation for another two people. The C lu b's races were held in con­ One of the main fealures is the living­ junction with the N.S.W. Championship ning area on the upper floor in th ~ Races and the Club's resu lts were as fol­ rlh-west corne r. It has large windows lows (the N.S.W. Championship places -upping all the sun that shines and n are shown in brackets): ass door on the western side opens from e living area onto a small sun deck. an Langluuf: I, H. Dalheim (I). deal place to sit and relax before lunch. Jump: I. H. Dalheim (2); 2, J. Hart Our Building Sub-committe:. with (7). ra nk Thorp. the designer of the Lodge. the chair. has more than earned the Slalom: I, J. Hart (6); 2, H . Dalheim nks of all the members of Ihis Club. (10); 3. A. Han (13).

The most important event in this It was most unfortunate that we were ' ub's history was the invitation of the unable to run the Downhill Memorial i Counci l of New South Wales aski ng Trophy as this is the first time that this Club to be host to the New South race has had to be abandoned since the 'ales Championships and to be rcspon­ trophy wns first presented. Ie for organising the events. It was great privilege for a Club of our small The social side of our activities as .mbership to have the honour of eo,­ Host Club was quite extensive and ac ting the running of these races and several parties were held during the two is very pleasing to think that we were weeks of our stay, culminating in tbe Ie to do it successfull y, in spite of ex- Annual Club Dinner for approximately 91 Sydney Ski Club Hut. Photo. J. Slir"! Qo.

80 members and guests. Our guests in­ excelled by recording the fastest time f cluded race officials, competitors in the the Langlauf and the longest Jump. N.S.W. Championship Races and Chalet guests who had assisted the Race Com­ The New York City Sk i CO tino mittee in various ways. Trophy presented by the Sydney Club for competition between member The thanks of the Club are extended of the Perisher Area Cl ub was won f to those members of other clubs whn gave such valuable assistance as members the second time by Rudi Wurth. Tn 1 9~ of the Race Committee, in particul"ar a Giant Slalom was held to decide (he Chairman, Donald Maclurcan. winner of thi s trophy, who was Ru This year the trophy was presented The Club's team which competed in the the winner of the N.S.W. Champions Perisher Cup races this year during the Downhill Race, Rudi again. They w October long week-end did particularly two very fine performances, and it is well and finished in second place to the pleasure for this Club to be able to prr­ Snow Revellers' team. Hal Dalheim again sent its trophy to such an excellent sk ie:' 92 The Southern Alps Ski Club

THE Southern Alps Ski Club officially In our opinion any judge who has the o~ned the main skiing season in honour of being appointed to this posi­ July. and unlike season 1955, the Club tion. should pul the advancement of ski­ ;uffered no broken bones. For season ing as a number one priority and sacri­ 956 there was snow right down to fice himself for the benefit of the young­ and what a season it was. The ~ters who will eventuall y take his place. main topic was not as said in 1955. The Club's races were held and results When will it snow?" but "When do you are as follow:- thi nk it wi[l stop snowing?" SLALOM, MEN'S SECTION (Firs' 6 only). .. Open events were held by the Club 1. Adorn Zapen5lr.i 9 •.• 2. Rex Cox . .. 103A during its official senson and many 3. John Noblel •... 107 .• •. RaDerl Williams .. 110.1 iplendid limes were recorded. The 5. AU..., Moore 120.8 ungsters of to-day are Australia's 6. SIan O'Malley •. . 12U .... SLALOM, WOMEN'S SECTION (Firs! 3 only) . .. ha rnpions of to-morrow and all major 1. 8rownie Duval 146.8 2. Toni Ogilvy 1.6.9 :...i clubs should bear this in mind-that 3. Marie McGuinn ...... 147.5 OOWNHllL, MEN 'S S.CT·ON (Firs' 6 o~ly ;. their strength only lies with the novices 1. Adorn Zopen.ki ...... :'8.3 ~h o should be encouraged during their 2. Leon SmiTh 81.9 3. Rex Cox 82.8 irst snow season. 4. Slon O'Malley 91.7 5. John Noblel ...... 93.6 Vice-captain John Duval Snowy Mountains Au 1951 by Canberra sk iers who were ity. attracted from the convenient but uncer­ The Norwegians. it seems, though tain snow conditions of Ml. Franklin to ing regardless of ice and bli zzard, \1l the copious delights of Kosciusko. It is, not beyond a bit of sybaritic com of course, co-educational. Our first move when they knocked off. Our cottagt was to buy a bus, a large blue affair with a well scaled pre-fab. It is all elec1' a long and honourable life behind it, and ty pically the smallest room in whieh soon becamt! familiar to week-end house is equipped with a litt[e healer travellers on the Kosciusko road. its own plus a red light over the door This was the heroic period in the indicate occu pancy. (Incidentally. Club's history. Tht: bus's internal pro­ shall shortly be able to say-the .s cesscs, as we ll as its onward progress. smallest room.) Since taki ng it over were often in need of manual assistance; have added a ski room, woodshed. po we stopped when we must and camped and bunks, and further accommodall where we could. However, before the to prevent the Club being co-educati bus committed a ki nd of final mechani­ in every sense is now under construct cal hari-kari at The Creel in 1955, we Our transport now consists of a r had entered, so far as accommodation ti vely madern wh ite bus which was was concerned, on easier times. When quired by the Y.M.C.A. at the end the Guthega Project of the Snowy Moun­ [955. Though it has not so far a bla tains Scheme was complcted, certain stalT less record and despite appearances cottages above the dam were vacated by the contrary we do nol camp in it. the Norwegian contractors and we lease:! position now is also strengthened to I 9 , that repairs can usuaUy be effec­ bumper season we had to ski in about ted inside the bus which is comparatively three miles (rom Perisher Creek. How­ 'eatherproof; and by our acquisition of ever, from September onwards we had professional mechanic as an enthusias­ four excellent months with the road open 'X member. and big drifts which still gave a good 500 Guthega is, of course, a good touring feel descent at New Year. A gull y near base. The Main Range is accessible by Mt. GUlhega and other drifts have, in ""0 ridges opposite the cottage, Tate fact. still been skiable during the Febru­ East Ridge and the "Trig Point" or Mt. ary worki ng parties. Gut hega Ridge, both of which provide The Guthega road is soundly built; it :lbout 1,500 feet of downhill running of is the northernmost of the three-pronged va rious degrees of steepness. Last year Thredbo - Charlotte's Pass - Guthega .. e had no difficu lty in finding an ex­ approach routes and in normal winter cellent downhill course and an adequate conditions gives the nearest access to the slalom for the Balmain Cup within easy Main Range. There may shortly be two distance of the cottage. T he di stance to ski tows in the area-the TIl awong pro­ Pound's Creek is nearly two miles and ject ncar Pound's Creek and one that is lhe summit of Twynam is in range of a being considered fo r Guthega itself-and fair day's tour. the Perisher tow is not much farther from Access is good except at the peak of us than from Smiggins Holes. We feel lhe season since the Snowy Mountains that Guthega must play a part in the -\uthority keep the road cleared to the long-term development of the Kosciusko dam whenever they can. After heavy area. falls and for a good deal of last year's D.LA The Kandahar Ski Club THE idea of fo rming this Club was con- the large sun window facing north. There ceived in London by several Austra­ is no open fireplace, but the hut is heate:l lians who had skied on the Continent by a Warmray, whilst cooking and heat­ and were aware of the skiing potential ing of water are done by a Rayburn slow­ "f the Kosciusko area but rea lised its combustion Slove. At present the Hut lack of accommodation. The initial lacks its granite wall which when com­ meeting for the form ation of the Club pleted will merge it more into the sur­ was held in Sydney in November, 1954. round ings. Once the Lodge was designed, members T he Club is planning extensions this of the Club were rostered and spent year. These include extra drying and many week-ends working on fro nt lawns storage space and a new entrance which .;;nd vacant allotments in Sydncy suburbs will be more accessible in heavy SIlOW . prefabricating this structure which was The Club entered members in the the n transported to its site on the Back Perisher Cup Competition in 1955 and Perisher Range and assembled. It was 1956 and hopes to give a better aCCOUTJt occupied fo r ski ing for the whole of the of itself in 1957 with some newly ac­ 1955 season. quired talent. The Hut was designed by architect Present membersh io of the Club is me mbers, Gordon Robson, 10hn Watts approxim ately 100. . and Robert Powell. Built to hold ten There is an energetic Social Commit­ me mbers, it has two dormitories each tee which keeps members in contact dur­ with its own shower, wash basin and ing the off season by functions such as to ilet. The dormitories open off the barbecues, cocktail parties and a Christ­ Common Room a feature of which is mas party. 95 Cabramurra Ski Club

T was not long lifter the Snow Moun­ efficient ski tow and some interesting sk i tai ns Hydro-Electric Authority com­ runs. and by the holding of a carnival need construction of a Regional week-end culminating in the competition ~ntre and township at Cabramurra in for the Snowy Mountains Cup on Sun­ 95 3, that an enthusiastic group of skiers day. September 9. 1956. A few words by Bill Harris formed the Cabra­ on these features may be appropriate. rra Ski Club with the idea of taking The Ski Tow is of the Ham ilton type odI advantage of the excellenl opportuni­ with a vertical lift of over 250 feet and fo r skiing in and around the town­ 850 feet in length. The tow is powered 'p. Cabramurra quickly developed into by a 15 h.p. electric motor with a 7: 1 busy centre with a growing population reduction drive. This unit was purchased Authority personnel and their families. from the Authority and functioned with­ -andra, ten miles to the north, had been out faltering once during the entire sea­ flo urishing township some fifty years son. However, some "bugs" were pre­ .ago so we cannot sny we were enti rely sent in the general arrangement but these ..nique by working and setting up house should be ironed out by next season. The the snow country in th is area. Cabra­ tow was officially opened on July 28, urra is situated on a proment hill high 1956, by the Commissioner of the Snowy ~ve the Tumut River at an elevation of Mountains Hyro-Electrie Authority, Sir ",.900 feet and for three to four months William Hudson, who has been a most r the year is covered by snow which is enthusiastic and interested patron of the tt-nerall y heavy compared to the Main Club. Range snow but at times it is good pow­ The Snowy Mountains Cup will be jer snow. held at Cabramurra again next season The activities of the club in the first and it is hoped that it will attract as tim seasons continued modestly due many, if not more, of the expert skiers mainly to the amount of thick timber in Australia. We also hope that more surrounding the town and rather poor of our own townsfolk will be capable of mow cover. However, fo llowi ng the entering next time. d earing of a wide fire break around the In conclusion it must be mentioned slopes of Cabramurra, the opportunities that although our snowfields are fairly for better and more interesting skii ng be­ limited, all classes o( skiers can be came fully evident. A site for a sk i tow offered certain facilities such as a well ",,-as selected and work began prior to the cleared road (mostly paved), to the 195 5 season to make full use of the very Township, limited comfortable hostel rOOd -southern slopes below the housing accommodation and an electricall y driven u ea. After a great deal of hard work ski tow. Skiers are always welcome to by the club members and with the ready visit Cabramurra and enjoy these facili­ lSsistance of the Authority, an impro­ ties because it is felt that a township, such \; sed tow was in operation in the latter as ours, is in a particularly good position balf of that season, and the club enjoyed to assist in the development of skiing in ~ very active and enlighteni ng season's the Snowy Mountai ns area. skii ng. The skiing conditions may not always However, last season proved panicu­ compare with skiing on the Main Range, larly active and the season was high­ but still-it is at our backdoor! lighted by the development of a very H.T. 97 Crackenbock Ski Club warking po.1)' wi th tow 400 fed up on C.ackenback Pellk. I. to •. G. Hughes, J. Minter, J. McCollum, M. Mothewl, T. YOn Oughen, I. Curtewil, R. Minter, J. de Vriel, O. Couid,., T . Be ll , Mrs. Mick Kaler, M. Kate.. Photo. P. Bloxlond. Crackenback Ski Club THE Club was officiall y formed on [7th drahed the Constitution th at any change December, [956, and now has over of name must be proved by one hund ~ 90 members. per cent. of the members. Betwett At an unofficial inaugural meeting last battles on the name question the com­ August a majority of those present were mittee has found time to let a conlr3Cl persuaded by Jimmy Walker to vote in for the construction of a ten-bunk h favour of calling the Clu b The Dead at Friday Flat for a contract price Horse Ski Club. However an interim £5.600. The hut site has an c='1 committee appointed at that meeti ng cellent view of the Thredbo River an.1 contained five lawyers who proved to Ramshead Range and is only fi fty yar their own entire satisfac tion that Walker from the proposed bottom station of tbI had put up both hands when Dead Hurse Crackenback Peak Chair Uft. It ru.. won by one vote. A protest by the been designed by Jenkins & Maclur Crackenback faction was therefore up­ with Constance Hughes in associati held . The Dead Horsemen have The ground floor is 1.200 square fed appealed and a referendum will be held and contains five double bedrooms pi at the next annual general mc=eting 10 two bathrooms, a kitchen, living rOODl decide finally what we will call ourselves. air lock and store. Upstairs tbere is Apparently the Dead Horsemen do not 800 square foot attic which is to prm; yet realise that the lawyers have so emergency accommodation for cI 98 Top of Northcote Conyon. Photo. Brion Rumble. members plus locker and storage space. pionship Alpine events to be held at We have hired the salvageable parts of Crackenback Peak on August Bank Holi­ Northcote Ski tow and plan to day week-end this year. These will be build a Hamilton type tow rising the first races to be held at Crackenback (rom 4,900 (eet to 5,850 feet along the Peak and we expect that in addition to second survey line cut up Crackenback the beds avai lable at our hut and Tony Peak by Kosciusko Chairlift and Thredbo Sponar's lodge, the Snowy Mountain's Syndicate. The Syndicate has agreed Authority wi ll allow competitors and to purchase the tow when its Chairlift officials to stay at Friday Flat Camp, goes into operation. A large working one mile by road from the foot of party is being organised to build the tow Crackenback Peak. We hope that the at Easter time. The drive unit is mounted downhill course will be cleared down as on a sled which (it is hoped) will pull far as 5,000 feet so that a descent of over itself up the mountain under its own 2,000 feet should be avai lable. With power in order to reach the site on which Tony Sponar setting the courses for both it is to operate. slalom and downhill this year's State The Ski Council has given us the for­ Championship should be really interest­ midable task of running the State Cham- ing. \ THREDBO VALLEY CLUB HUT SITES

Kosciusko Choirlift ond Thredbo Hotel Syndicate has pleasure in announcing that its access road from the Alpine Way to the Thredbo Hotel site has been completed.

• Club hut sites will be available for selection from and after the 1st August, 1957. All sites are on land over which the Syndicate has been granted on option to toke up a long term lease upon completion of the Thredbo Hotel and Choirlift on Crockenbock Peak.

• All sites have frontages to the Alpine Way or to the Syndicates occess rood ond it is the intention of the Syndicate to provide water, sewerage, electricity ond garbage collection services to club huts in Its area.

• Pions of Subdivision ond full particulars of tenure may be "btained from Mr. E. M. Nicholls, Architect, Coltex House, Kent Street, Sydney, on J 5th July, 1957.. All applications for sites must be occam· j:'onied by on Undertaking to complete a building of a design approved by the Kosciusko State Pork Trust and the Syndicate within two years from dote of allocation of site.

• Campeting applications received on or before 1sf August, 1957, will be subject to a ballot.

• The Syndicate has carried out clearing operations on Cracken· back Peak ta enable skiers to inspect the skiing grounds during the winter of 1957.

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