I am planning to go snowkiting above Thredbo this coming Sunday 19 Oct. The mountains have had 40cm of snow this week, so the backcountry might be reasonable for a last hurrah run. If not, then I'll do a little trekking or cross country skiing instead.

Has anyone been up there lately to see the condition of the backcountry? The cam at the top doesn't appear to be working?

I contacted National Parks before going up. They had a ranger up there who reported from near Seamans Hut, and he said that it was patchy because of all the warm weather during the week. He also said there was a fair bit of water lying around....great for snowboarders I guess who could skim over to the next patch of snow, but I have skis, so not too much fun trying to water ski over the puddles

So I gave the snowkiting a miss unfortunately, until next year. I went kitebuggying instead at the local oval and had a ball!