Comments by "Helmuth Schultes" (@helmuthschultes9243) on "American Reacts to The Australian Alps - Snow u0026 Skiing!??" video.

  1. Largely the area from south of Canberra to just east of Melbourne at above 1300m is covered by snow in winter. There are a number of ski resorts with lifts and lodges for the down hill crowds, but as the country os mostly a chain of higher altitude hills and mountains much of the area is continuous snow terrain. Cross country sking is possible, from hut to hit over hundreds of km travel never or rarely outside of snow cover. Same area is hicking area in warmer times without snow. Of course no snow hicking can go from in Queensland to Victoria. A muck longer trail can be done, by 5hose crazy enough to do so.. All that does not yet include Tasmania with its own ski, both down hill and cross country, as well as hicking in warmer times. But it includes some especially rugged, pristine areas, needing extreme experience and preparation. All areas on mainland and Tasmania can offrr frpm relatively easy to very hard posibilties. No real glaciers, extreme steep alpine ( like Switzerland, extreme Rockies) type moutains, not to say there are no really tiugh mountains. No areas are permanent snow though snow in Tasmania has even occured in Dec, Jan summer times, and just now, last week, mid Nov, there was 20 cm snow on some Victorian snow fields/resorts. A very cold storm carried Antarctic chill into southern Australia and Tasmania, with heavy rain, strong wind storm. Snow remainded only a few days. In winter there are times snow falls to lower altitudes, even suburbs of Melbourne and ranges to west of Melbourne, or mountains to North of Sydney, usually though to 500m or higher and also rarely more than mere days. Full winter snow cover is say 1300m or higher country. Lower parts 1000m to 1500m may be short term in many years. An interesting fact is many sking professionals from European ski resorts, and I assume other resorts in the world too, come to Australia and New Zealand, thus earning a living almost 12 months of the year, teaching guiding and otherwise keeping active all year.
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