It is a first for us, travelling over yesterday without stopping overnight in Swan Hill. Left at 815 am following me getting home from night shift (only 15 minutes later than expected) and had an uneventful journey only stopping for fuel and 3 geocaches. We arrived at Schuss Lodge in Falls Creek after 11.5 hours.
We did encounter heavy downpours at Mt Beauty, just as Jenny was grabbing a friends snowboard, but when we arrived at the top of the mountain, there was little indication of rain.
This morning saw temperatures of around 2 below zero with a wind chill of 10 below zero. We were not prepared for this, after all it is Spring skiing time. It hovered around zero for most of the day.
With the end of the season only two weeks away, staffing of the various outlets are not what is normally here so getting our skis and boots took a little longer than expected.
Finally on the slopes and it was a mixture of weather with sunshine and wind one minute followed by overcast, wind and snow the next. Despite this it was a good day skiing, which allowed for the fine tuning of skills that are a little rusty following a year since we last skied.
Following 5 hours of buffeting by the wind and snow, I called it a day with the rest of the clan lasting another hour before returning to the Lodge and plummeting temperatures.
