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Hometown Mountain Shoutout: Mount Hotham “Powder Capital” Of Australia

Mount Hotham is labeled the ‘Powder Capital’ of Australia. Hotham is an upside-down resort and the only one of its kind in the southern hemisphere. The village is on top of the mountain, this makes for some of the best sunrises and sunsets you can ever experience. People say if you can ski in Australia you can ski anywhere, Hotham […]

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Rouchelle Gilmore | June 9, 2022
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Melbourne, Australia Lockdown: Vail Resorts Suspend Hotham And Falls Creek Operations

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Vail Resorts have decided to suspend operations at Mt Hotham and Falls Creek due to the COVID-19 outbreak in Melbourne. The closure in effect from Thursday 9, July is expected to last till at least 19 August, as a result of the stay at home directions for Melbournes metropolitan area. NSW border closure to Victoria has also contributed to the […]

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Rouchelle Gilmore | July 9, 2020
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Aussie Steve Plain Climbs the Seven Summits in only 117 days. A New Record.

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News from the world of climbing just keeps flowing in!  Earlier in the week, before the record setting Everest climbs on Wednesday, Aussie Steve Plain quietly completed his last of the “7 Summits” in a record time of 117 days, 6 hours and 50 minutes. Steve’s time beat the record of 126 days set by Polish climber Janusz Kochanski last […]

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Mike Lavery | May 18, 2018
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