2012 Buller Reports/Info/Pics Thread
- Thread starter CarveMan
- Start date
-
Join the conversation with a better online community
Last edited by a moderator:
Snorkler said:
Oh that.. Yes that was Mt Buller a week or so ago trying to make themselves sound like they had as much snow as the other resorts.
They were using the snow-making areas as a reference, while the other resorts were using natural depth.
It's Mt Buller, you should know they like to use misleading figures to confuse peopleLast edited by a moderator:
skidown said:
I notice the natural average base today for Buller is still at 94 cm which is what they were reporting yesterday, but falls and Hotham report a lost of about 5 cm from yesterday. Buller needs to start been honest with there customers.
Buller better @ talking bulls*itLast edited by a moderator:
Well, I actually had a ski at Buller yesterday. Things are looking ugly at work, so this might be my last chance for quite a while.
I drove up on Sunday night, left about 6.30pm, arrived Merrijig 9.10pm with a fuel stop and Maccas on the way. I have to say that I have never ever seen traffic like the convoy of cars returning from Buller. From Victoria Road all the way to almost Yea, there were so many cars I couldn't believe it.
When I arrived at Buller at about 8.00am yesterday morning, the guy at Northside / Horse Hill said it was completely manic on Sunday, car parks full, road closed etc. Explains the traffic coming back.
Just on the B-Tag issue, I ordered mine online a couple of weeks ago and asked that it be mailed out. It arrived two days later. Then on Saturday morning, I loaded a day pass and had no problems at all getting on Horse Hill. So luckily for me, it worked a treat.
As to the conditions, one of the reasons I went up is that I anticipated a bluebird day. However, on the drive up there was very light snow falling from White Bridge. By the time I was at the top of Horse Hill, it was sunny with a few clouds.
I did a couple of warm up runs on Burnt Hut, where snow had been made the night before. Good cover there obviously.
I then went over to Grimus and skied Summit Slide. Nice snow up high, but already getting very thin down low. Crowds on the weekend had taking their toll. I then skied the top part of Hut Run, but that is only open to about half way.
Then it was a couple of Summit loops down to Howqua. Good cover there.
Can't remember exactly where I went next, but I think it was Mens Downhill (icy) and Yurrelda (not as icy). Decent cover. Looking down Rough Cut from the base of Southside was not pretty though.
By that stage I was hungry, so off to Koflers for a hot dog and apple pie. Delicious as always. And it was clear and sunny at that stage.
I then went over to Skyline and Standard for a while. Sadly the Bull Run bowl doesn't have great cover yet. Sun Valley was ok up high, but it was all pretty sketchy.
Then I had my second hot dog at Koflers! By that stage, it was basically a white out and stayed like that for most of the day.
Other runs I did were Boomerang and Chute (probably the best snow all day!), and the top half of Robins (ok, not great). I also went over to Shakey Knees (good cover) and Tirol (getting thin).
Lift queues were non-existent all day. Longest I waited was about 30 seconds on Holden. I only
All in all, I had a ball. But it is going to take A LOT of snow to make the non-snowmaking areas decent.
Finished off with an easy 3 hour trip home.Last edited by a moderator:
surferchris said:
Yep Buller has had several times this year where snowdepth would fall by 5-10cms at other resorts and not change at all at Buller...
However, Buller measure from 4 locations and average it out others only 1 I think....Last edited by a moderator:
Good honest report.absentskier said:Well, I actually had a ski at Buller yesterday. Things are looking ugly at work, so this might be my last chance for quite a while.
I drove up on Sunday night, left about 6.30pm, arrived Merrijig 9.10pm with a fuel stop and Maccas on the way. I have to say that I have never ever seen traffic like the convoy of cars returning from Buller. From Victoria Road all the way to almost Yea, there were so many cars I couldn't believe it.
When I arrived at Buller at about 8.00am yesterday morning, the guy at Northside / Horse Hill said it was completely manic on Sunday, car parks full, road closed etc. Explains the traffic coming back.
Just on the B-Tag issue, I ordered mine online a couple of weeks ago and asked that it be mailed out. It arrived two days later. Then on Saturday morning, I loaded a day pass and had no problems at all getting on Horse Hill. So luckily for me, it worked a treat.
As to the conditions, one of the reasons I went up is that I anticipated a bluebird day. However, on the drive up there was very light snow falling from White Bridge. By the time I was at the top of Horse Hill, it was sunny with a few clouds.
I did a couple of warm up runs on Burnt Hut, where snow had been made the night before. Good cover there obviously.
I then went over to Grimus and skied Summit Slide. Nice snow up high, but already getting very thin down low. Crowds on the weekend had taking their toll. I then skied the top part of Hut Run, but that is only open to about half way.
Then it was a couple of Summit loops down to Howqua. Good cover there.
Can't remember exactly where I went next, but I think it was Mens Downhill (icy) and Yurrelda (not as icy). Decent cover. Looking down Rough Cut from the base of Southside was not pretty though.
By that stage I was hungry, so off to Koflers for a hot dog and apple pie. Delicious as always. And it was clear and sunny at that stage.
...............
Other runs I did were Boomerang and Chute (probably the best snow all day!), and the top half of Robins (ok, not great). I also went over to Shakey Knees (good cover) and Tirol (getting thin).
Lift queues were non-existent all day. Longest I waited was about 30 seconds on Holden. I only
All in all, I had a ball. But it is going to take A LOT of snow to make the non-snowmaking areas decent.
Finished off with an easy 3 hour trip home.
To Hotham for me this weekend if off-piste is still as described at buller.
This cominf fall should hopefully set Buller up well.Last edited by a moderator:
Snow level has been high this year at Buller. The rain on BK St days have been snow around the summit according to the Lift Ops Managerskidown said:Last edited by a moderator:
Almost went a third, but didn't want to be gluttonous!mx_boarder said:Last edited by a moderator:
Oh he jelly.
If wanchor weekend gets off the ground, you will shed a tear as we drive up the hill.
VSG said:
The tablet rockers are there, usually two on a Saturday morning at BB.
This weekend, what a zoo. No further comments.
I'm glad to see someone came up Monday and had a good experience, the HH staff have all been traumatised due to massive crowds in that area and getting a lot of abuse from people.Last edited by a moderator:
I hit one on an unposted section of the Hotham to Omeo road, years back, at Cobungra. They put signs up a few months later, but just it hopped up onto the road from a completely blind area near a culvert. Very close to a write-off - and the roo just hopped away into the night!The roo i hit certainly didn't run off!! I hit it at 100kmh and didnt even see it coming as it was still dark! Surprisingly only the bumber, grille and impact bar are damaged. Thankfully the impact bar stopped just before piercing the radiator.
kimberlee81 said:
What were you driving - a paper mache billy cart??
o_0Last edited by a moderator:
kasto said:This was my first trip to buller this season and its been a long time since i've posted so i thought i would add some photos from saturday:
Broke my leg in this spot.Last edited by a moderator:
Sorry folks VS cam has locked up again. I'm not up there until Sat morning so if you want to see the storm accumulation someone's going to have to get on the balcony and reboot the power. We seem to have a problem with it hanging whenever there is a power failure.
I'll see if I can get someone in our building to do it but no guarantees.
sent someone out on the balcony to repower but doesn't appear to have worked. She said the power was off(which doesn't make any sense) and so she had turned it on but maybe the light was fading and she's just turned it off altogether. I'll see if she can have another go tomorrow before the fun starts.
oh and Verm...........
Last edited by a moderator:
