is anyone up for a snowboarding trip this weekend?

I plan to drive from melbourne (greensborough) to mt hotham early saturday morning, returning either saturday or sunday night.

So far im going alone so to share the travel cost would be nice, i have room for 2 in the car.

Greg

if you'd given a bit more notice i would have been in for sure - if you plan another trip in the next few months let me know. keen to hit falls creek/hotham/buller/whatever but need a bit of advance warning

Falls Creek seems to be the place to go. Got to get one of the lifts up the top and you can play on the plateau out the back. There is a snowkiting school at Falls Creek too. I hope you have a waist harness and Flow bindings as I had a go at in France with my seat harness (which I no longer use) and my Burton Strap bindings and it was tricky to say in the least. But I am keen to give it a go again when I get back from PNG.

Why get a lift? Cant you head around to the lake and head for the plateau on foot / kite power?

Havnt kited there yet but would have thought that way you would avoid any lift usage?

That is why you would head around to the lake, it is off piste.

If I went all the way up there and the wind didn't kick in, it wouldn't worry me. Would just take to the piste like there was no tomorrow, then head to an Apres bar and get piste like there was tomorrow ;-)

myusernam said...

RAL INN said...

thanks to the BF appeal we get a week at Bright starting tomorrow.
have borrowed my sons snow board.
take a 7 and 10m Bandit Dos.

Now where do I go?

why spoil a perfectly awesome sport by ****arseing around with a kite????
scooting around on flatlands in the wind - yawn. don't you get enough of kiting on the water?.-reminds me of a bunch of potheads trying to make bongs out of everything they see! Oh look a wheelchair. maybee I can tow myself orund on it with my DOS.
Has anyone tried kiting behind____ (insert anything here) Just because you have one interest, can't you leave it behind and have a break from it? If I was going to the snow I would be leaving my kite at home, praying for no wind and purchasing a lovely lift ticket.

ah the old downer comment based on ignorant bliss .

here is why I do it and have done so since 1996.it gives me access to the backcountry without the trudging .the backcountry is not only beautiful there are spots that rival anywhere in the world for terrain and snow quality.Two of my favourite spots are on the ramshead range .Last year I had one of my best weeks ever with a bunch of mates .We went down late in the season booked out the lodge for a week and bought a 5 day ticket for $320.
First day rain efffected snow that had frozen overnight .Dust from out west had turned the hill red .No wind so we downhilled .Pretty much no one there and cut fresh tracks in the weird red snow for most of the day .the quality was surprisingly good .next 2 days blizzard and freshies .Resort skiing again .Next day no wind but beautiful sunny day .Walked to the ramshead and had a great day in the sun .No wind .Fianlly good snow and wind .Great day .Almost made it to kosci.Skied with Mike walker for 2 hours on the top of ramshead range .Great vista out to victoria.Not quite enough snow to ride the western face but had a great time for 2 hours on the lee side in freshies .Used kite power to race up the hill ,depowered and skied as if there was no kite on the way down.

Have had many great weekends at Seamans hut in the previous years and met some great people and great company around the pot belly at night .Bumped into a group from time mag doing a special on the snowy region and was shown some great nightime camera techniques .Managed to convince the time photographer that i had photographed a ghost.There is something special about standing out on the roof of Australia in the middle of the night and checking out the terrain and the stars

Snow kiting can be bloody frustrating .the wind in oz tend to be nuking or nothing .Mid winter on the main range can have plenty of line and kite destroying cauliflower ice .but when you find spot x or just enjoying the cjhallenge and the experience all the crap is worth it.

check out this site for some great shots and it will give you an idea of the terrain that is out there http://www.ozbc.net/

Hey Mr Float, what kite did you use?

Sounds like you had the week I'm hoping for at the start of this Sept. A few days at Thredbo groomed then a couple where I can escape to the back country under wind power. Ya gotta love the pristine feel you get up there. I have contacts at K7 adventures so who knows what else we may get up to!

why spoil a perfectly awesome sport by ****arseing around with a kite????
scooting around on flatlands in the wind - yawn. don't you get enough of kiting on the water?.-reminds me of a bunch of potheads trying to make bongs out of everything they see! Oh look a wheelchair. maybee I can tow myself orund on it with my DOS.
Has anyone tried kiting behind____ (insert anything here) Just because you have one interest, can't you leave it behind and have a break from it? If I was going to the snow I would be leaving my kite at home, praying for no wind and purchasing a lovely lift ticket.

When i worked up the snow i used it for a break in boarding all the time, although out of the whole season i got out 10 times shows you to not go to the snow just to kite in australia.Must admit it is pretty gay though.Although you can travel along way in a short time.

I HOPE WE CAN STILL KITE THE SUMMIT THIS YEAR, ITS A CHEEP PLACE TO KITE IF THE WIND IS UNDER 15KNT.MAY BE ILL GET TO JUMP THE ROAD AT THE BOTTOM THIS YEAR.

hey, i went to the orchard years ago now, but needed to catch a couple of lifts to get there. Its awesome place to snowboard but not sure bout kiting :)

sleek1 said...

. By the way i dont think you can compare the 2 sports of snowboarding and snowkiting, they are nothing alike. Snowkiting being the lesser gay brother of landboarding.Snowboarding being a cool sport on its own.

(sarcasm)yeah snowboarding inbounds in sh!ty aussie resorts is way cooler than the likes of chasta ripping it up.
Snowboarding is one of my favourite sports, but your quote is pure ignorance at best. Both sports can be as gay or cool as the rider and conditions dictate.