Ben Lomond Snow Condition Reports

[BenLomond Iceman]

It would have been snoying lightly most of the arvo on the Ben. Should snow all night but cause its so cold 2-3cm max i reckon unless theres some real mositure. The Ben doesn,t usually get big accumuallations of snow from the SW...

I Would expect that Erryl will probably keep the main lift on standby until at least the end of the 1st week of school holidays!

The Bulldozer will be able to inform us all better about the the status~

 

[Bulldozer]

currently -6.2 with a 5 to 10 knot WSW breeze High cloud. Hard frost o'nite following about 1cm of snow yesterday. Too cold for snow o'nite with the moisture just freezing out.(just like early winter conditions) Temps should remain cold (below zero-24hrs) for most of the week still a skiable drift on Big Ben for those who are keen.
A decision will be made on the lifts this weekend.

 

[Junior Races]

Kids

Things are not looking good for the Junior Races this weekend. There is clearly not enough snow and there are no significant falls forecast for the remainder of the week.
I think we therefore have to give it a miss this year and I recommend that we move away from the traditional timing of the schol holidays and bring the event forward to suit the snow conditions of the twenty first century.

We will review the timing of the event next year and maybe combine it with the Kids Fun Weekend?

Cheers

Simon Lawrence

 

[BenLomond Iceman]

I rekon having the Junior races on the 3 or 4 th weekend on August would be a safer bet!.. September has always been dodgy for consistent snow .. Maybe every third year we get a start`

 

[Bulldozer]

This mornings Temp -3.3 high cloud excellent visibility nil lifts today 6 out of 7 on standby, Possible Snow late in the week into the weekend.

 

[Bulldozer]

This mornings Temp -3.3 high cloud, excellent visibility, nil lifts today, 6 out of 7 on standby, Possible Snow late in the week and into the weekend. For those keen to walk the Big Ben Drift is skiable.

 

[BenLomond Iceman]

Can see its been snowing on the Ben this morning from the cam history..

 

[Ben Lomond Brad]

unfortunatley it looks like the snow gobbler has baeen back at it again though

 

[Bulldozer]

0.2 o'nite now about 1.6 and foggy. Mist should burn off dfuring the day and conditions should become clear before a chance of afternoon precipitation possibly falling as snow showers as evening approaches and the temp and pressure drops.
Alpine Enterprises will make a decision this weekend as to whether they will close for the season.

 

[benny b boy]

so sad :-( ah well, has been a good season

 

[SnowManDan]

Looks like it's all over for the year then eh?

 

[BenLomond Iceman]

Yep i agree i would call the season a good one! opened i think Thursday 12th July -- until last day was Sunday 26th August!..

Bulldozer will confirm accurate stats!... 2004 and 2000 were better years... but still its a huge improvement on 2005-2006 duds!.. Were on the up trend of the cyle now guys next year should be better & longer with more snow falls whoo hoooo!!!!!

 

[Bulldozer]

Currently -2.6 light NE Breeze, Good visibility, o'nite snow showers but very little settled. Should be a fine day not much on the horizon in the short term,

 

[CaptainPowder]

have to say its over guys

 

[Jonwah]

indeed looks like its dead.. i even dreamed about boarding the ben last nihgt hey

woke up so sad! oh well, time to scrape some cash and try and make the mainland b4 it closes this year...

 

[Drewillow]

Hey Jonwah
You would want to hurry we are runnig out to after a good july a dry August and a warm start to Sep not looking good here in VIC

 

[S-man]

Just imagine the difference 20-30cm of snow makeing eirlier in the
season would have made.

 

[BenLomond Iceman]

If we didn,t get that big rain for 2 full days in early August we probably would have scraped through till the next snow fall..That doesn,t look like happening until late thursday or friday!.. You never know we could get a Mega dump!

 

[Bulldozer]

Just imagine the difference 20-30cm of snow makeing eirlier in the
season would have made.

Snow making is all well and good but ungroomed and un-compacted man made snow would not have lasted any longer.

 

[Ra_]

Just imagine the difference 20-30cm of snow makeing eirlier in the
season would have made.

Snow making is all well and good but ungroomed and un-compacted man made snow would not have lasted any longer.

He was talking about the yellow man-made snow Dozer, it lasts longer than any other snow because no-one would be tempted to go on it

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[Jonwah]

anyone know what is going on atm? any chance of lifts/ some fun snowplay tomorrow?

 

[Bulldozer]

Heavy Rain O'nite +2.2 degrees poor snow cover. Lifts have been stripped. Would need an exceptional fall for them to be reopened. For those keen there is still a large drift between Fannies and Big Ben. The Cam will close on September 23rd
If any thing changes I will post it here!!!

 

[SnowManDan]

Thanks Bulldozer.... Bummer.

 

[BenLomond Iceman]

Thanks to Bulldozer for the accurate and prompt reporting once we got on line this winter. Also thanks colin early in in the season for sending through picks to upload when the cam was off line.. See u all next year. Lets Hope its a biggie!