While we provide a veritable "Mountain" of information on this site, every-so often you may encounter a question which we cannot answer . . . if this occurs, then 99 times out of 100, one of the following links will help. If you cannot find the answer here, then the answer is not worth knowing, and the question may be legally put in the "too hard" pile :). If, however, you persist and do find the info elsewhere then please e-mail us and tell us so that we can include the link here!

• Overseas webcams
• Bushwalking Links
• Boarding Links
• Weather Links UPDATED
• Cross Country Skiing Links
• Snow Condition Reports
• Other Mt. Hotham Clubs
• Downhill Skiing General Links: Stuff that wouldn't fit anywhere else

Overseas Web-cams

Online web cameras from all around the world. Now you can cure your SDS (Snow Deprivation Syndrome) over summer by dreaming of where you are not! :)

• http://www.skiwebcam.com/ Webcams from around the world ... a lot of the links seem to be old though.
• http://niseko-backpacker.com/niseko/snow-report.jsp : Niseko Snow Report & Niseko Web Cam
• http://www.whistlerblackcomb.com/cams/: Have a guess... yep Whistlerblackcomb webcams!
• http://www.parkcitymountain.com/winter/menu_01/04_Mountain_Cams/ webcams from Park City
• http://www.snowbird.com/pages/weather/tram_cam.php: Snow cameras from Snowbird

• Melbourne 256km Radar Loop Shows the rainfall over Victoria animated up to the last 20 min. Very Interesting! (From BoM)
• Yarrawonga 256km Radar Loop: Shows the rainfall over North Eastern Victoria animated up to the last 20 min. Very Interesting! (From BoM)
• Current Weather conditions at Mount Hotham. From BoM (via ski.com.au)
• B'rush Ski Club weather *UPDATED* at Hotham Includes current snow fall, temperature, wind speed, and trend graphs over the last week: FROM B'RUSH SKI CLUB! CHEERS!
• Weather/Snow Forecast: Forecast weather conditions in the Alps for the next week. A HUGE list of data is available here including current conditions, web-cams, Animated Satellite images, and much, much more! (from www.ski.com.au)
• SNOW Weather Discussion Forum: A very interesting, and mildly amusing site where budding meteorologists make bold predictions about snow and weather conditions on the Alps . .
• SNOW_WATCH: "The Frog's" Sno-Weather Page: An excellent page, which is surprisingly accurate in its 10 day snow forecast!
• Bureau of Meteorology Alpine Forecast: From the Vic BoM. An absolute plethora of meteorological information is to be found here!
• Download Weather Stats: an indispensable tool for weather watchers. A brilliant program which will put the current weather details at Mt. Hotham and other places on your desktop- Automatically updating every 10min . . . A MUST HAVE!!!!
• May Dump 2000: What happened that incredible weekend of weather- where nearly 1m of snow fell??? Click here to fund out!
• Hotham heights: Postcode 3741: official BoM temps courtesy WeatherZone 




• FreeHealers: A great site about Cross country touring, with descriptions of ski trips, photos and reader reviews
• The Cross Country Skiing Report: Paddy Pallins XC skiing report, mainly NSW but interesting.
• Cross Country Skiing Photographs: Some lovely photos by Alan Levy
• The Australian Nordic Ski Instructor Manual: An instruction manual for Nordic skiing. This is the official manual used by Australia's National Coach and Instructor scheme (NCIS).
• The Kangaroo Hoppet: Australia's world famous Worldloppet race! Full listings of results and other information
• Latent Nordic Tendencies "This site hopes to explore the art and craft of Nordic or Cross-Country skiing in Victoria, Australia."
• GPS Translator: The GPS coordinates for many huts and areas in the Australian Alps (in Lat/Long)
• Wise's Wilderness: Some lovely photos from the back country.
• The Backcountry Ski Page: Some beautiful photo's from Canada and a good list of XC resource links.
• Colorado Ski Museum: A good history of skiing.
• The Canberra Cross Country Club: A site full of information and links about xc skiing in the Australian Alps.
• Snowy Mountains Regional Forecast (BoM): The BoM forecast for the snowy mountains.
• Australian Wilderness Photo Gallery: Some great shots from the Australian Alps
• Ski Touring Association of Victoria (STAV): An association for XC/Back country skiers.
• The NSW Nordic Ski Club: The home page of, wait for it, "The NSW Nordic Ski Club" . . . :)

Snow Condition Reports

Reports of snow conditions

• Official Victorian Snow Reports (from Resorts:- In other words take this with a grain of salt- not that I am cynical in the slightest)

• Interactive Snow Reports at Mt. Hotham. These reports are FAR more realistic than the official reports, because they are written by skiers/boarders/back-country peoples.

Fellow Mt. Hotham Clubs

• The web-sites of some of our fellow Clubs at Mt. Hotham
• Marouka Ski Club: Marouka Ski Club is one of Trapdoors neighbors.
• USC: University Ski Club
• STAV: The Ski Touring Association of Victoria (STAV)
• Tempest Ski Lodge: Mt. Baw Baw
• Wongungarra Alpine Ski Club: Another of Trapdoors fellow Davenport ski clubs
• Brush Ski Lodge:  Another of Trapdoors fellow Davenport ski clubs
• Schuss: Schuss Ski Club is a South Australian based club founded in the mid 1960s

General Links

Everything else that doesn't really fit in the above categories!

• Mount Hotham RMB: (Resort Management Board Official Site- better than the ski company one!)
• Mount Hotham SC: (Ski Company Official Site)
• Aussie Ski Bum's Falls Creek Site.
• The Australian Alps National Parks Homepage: A great site dedicated to the national parks in the alpine area.
• www.ski.com.au: A very good site about skiing in Australia
• General Sno-Info Discussion Forum: A site for discussion of all things snow related, and something's not :) !
• The Australian Cross-country Website: The main cross country skiing resource in Australia
• North-East-Search.com: A comprehensive web-site about the North-East of Victoria, including the Alpine shire! See their review of Trapdoor Ski Club!

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