Category: On the Slopes

It’s hard to believe it’s September – it’s supposed to be spring and yet this week’s blizzard has been record-breakingingly winter: the Blizzard of Oz 3.0 brought over 140cm, bringing the Spencer’s Creek snow depth to a huge 233cm… the highest it’s been since 2000. Combined with Saturday night’s heady mix of the last First Base Party and the final raving Heineken Village Concert, this week is certainly a very hot contender for the week of the season.

Thredbo Snow Series Big Air means big thrills and with the overall series crowns also up for grabs, the excitement levels were through the roof. The always popular Q5 jump measures in at 45 foot to the knuckle… not massive but with a long landing competitors were able to send it! To cover the diversity of abilities in the event a smaller take off was pushed up measuring in at 20 foot. After warming up in practice each athlete got two jumps with the best jump counted as the scorer.

The penultimate event of the 2017 Thredbo Snow Series is the Slopestyle. With it’s inclusion in the Olympics the already popular event is going from strength to strength. To provide the best course possible the jump and the rail elements were held separate with 2 runs on each. The best jump run and the best rail run for each competitor was combined to give the overall Slopestyle score. With less pressure to link 4 tricks consecutively, competitors could relax a little focusing on 2 tricks at a time.

The Toyota One Hit Wonder Mountain Festival is taking over Thredbo again from Tuesday the 5th of September through to Saturday the 9th and is set to be one huge week!

Returning in 2017 after a 4 year hiatus the Thredbo Snow Series welcomes back the Freeride on the Bluff… and what a return! The steep face of the Bluff was stacked after the Blizzard of Oz and the Blizzard of Oz 2.0. So much snow that many of the favourite features were actually filled in. With less options to choose from big air and tricks were the order of the day, as opposed to technical lines through the rocks… there’s not many rocks left up there! With one judged run to decide the winners, competitors had to negotiate the variable visibility and put it all on the line.

There are some things that just go together: wine and cheese, rom-coms and chocolate and of course, the classic pairing that is fresh powder and apres parties. Thredbo played cupid to a match made in heaven this week: 60cm was delivered by the Blizzard of Oz 2.0 from Wednesday through to Friday, as if mother nature knew it would be perfect timing for the Kosciuszko Pale Ale Poolside Après Party on Saturday evening.

Next week, don’t think you’re seeing things if you spy an Australian, Swedish or Austrian Pro Skier wandering around Thredbo Village – chances are you’re right. Thredbo is hosting the first part of the Australia New Zealand Continental Cup Series from August 21 -24.

The weekend has been a blur of white with consecutive systems dumping well over a metre of snow across the resort. Here is the break down of how it happened.

Thredbo’s Friday Flat stair set and Jye Kearney hosted a rail jam of epic proportions for 10 of the best snowboarders in the Southern Hemisphere! With over 200 stoked spectators in attendance, Dj Luke Oz spinning the decks and Jye’s special alcoholic juice, the riders and crowd put on an absolute shred show…it sure was a night to remember.

The Thredbo Snow Series continued on Wednesday with the always entertaining Ridercross going down on High Noon. Cash prizes, bags of swag, bragging rights and points towards the overall series were up for grabs.