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Tuesday, 29 July 2008 at 06:15am, By Fiona Gwyther

Weather Top -4°C. 5cm of fresh on the mountain overnight and this morning it's cloudy with some low fog

hanging around the peaks. The bureau is forecasting snow showers today that will ease later this afternoon;

so remember to pack in the thermals. Winds are light. Today's top temp: -1°C.

Weather Village +3°C. 3cm of fresh snow in the village overnight. It's a cloudy Tuesday morning with the

odd snow flurry. There is little to no wind. Today's top temp: +3°C.

Snow Conditions There is an excellent cover across the resort. Thanks to the 20cm of fresh snow in the last

24 hours and some cold overnight temps, the cover will be very nice, fresh and dry today. The off-piste is

looking very good for the more adventurous and with kilometres of groomed, it will be awesome out there.

Fresh (24hrs): 20 cm    Last Fall: 29/07/08    Snow 7 days: 35cm     Cumulative total: 217cm

Average Depth: 121.9 cm* as at 24/07/08 at 1830 metres Spencers Creek. This information is supplied by Snowy Hydro on a weekly basis,

the measure is taken every Thursday.

Snow Riding With 100% of the mountain open today and everywhere looking fresh and fab, it's hard to pick

just one run... The more advanced, head high and check out Karels and Little Beauty on the way down to the

village, then slide on over to Sponars, Exhibition is the pick there, and all the runs at Antons are also well

worth a look. You will also love Waimea and Michael's Mistake. Upper intermediates, blast down the top to

bottom Supertrail, then duck off into World Cup and True Blue. The runs at the Cruiser are in great shape for

the intermediates, while High Noon will be super sweet first up. Friday Flat is soft and fresh for beginners.

Terrain Parks Three terrain parks are set to open today. The High Noon Terrain Park features a 9m down rail, 12m

flat/down box, 20ft table top jump, 35ft transfer jump, 35ft jump, 9m box and a 12m C box. The Cruiser Park features a

6m dance floor box, 6m ironing board, 6m flat box, a hip jump and a 15ft beginner table top. Wombat World features a

3m box and 3m dancefloor box.

Groomed Runs Albert's Amble, Basin, Conrod Straight, Exhibition, Meadows, Cruiser Traverse, Eagle Way,

High Noon, Lennys Leap, Sundance, Sundowner, The Traverse, Village Trail, World Cup, Supertrail, Valley

View, Little Beauty, all of the Cruiser and Friday Flat.

Lifts Operating All lifts are expected to open today.

Bureau Forecast Wednesday: fine and sunny. Thursday: scattered showers developing, falling as snow

above 1500 metres. Friday: scattered snow showers.

What's On Thredboland - Animal Theatre from 4:30pm. The kids can dance and sing along with the whole

Thredboland gang. In the Thredbo Alpine Hotel -'Groove Robbers' in the Schuss Bar at 10pm.

Road Conditions Open to Thredbo.

Tip of the day What are you waiting for - get up now and hit first lifts, because here in Thredbo there is

plenty of snow and some awesome drifts, you are in for a fresh and fab day, so head to Thredbo don't delay.







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