Like Christmas, ski orienteering in Australia comes but once a year.
And our event has real snow! Photos from the day are available here, as proof.
At Perisher on Sunday, 33 fearless ski orienteers took part in the 2019 ACT & NSW Ski-Orienteering Championships.
Thankfully, the fierce snowfall over Friday and Saturday abated and gave way to beautiful sunshine and plenty of fantastic fresh snow.
We should note that the "feels like" temps were still around -8 all morning! Control collectors... moan no more!
Former Garingal member Tom Landon-Smith won the long course, the interestingly-named former Sydney Summer Series regular Albert the Moose took out the middle, and Nicole Strachan was fastest on the short.
Complete results are available here and winsplits are here.
Thank you to to OACT, ONSW, Big Foot and Red Roos for their terrific support, and to the Nordic Shelter at Perisher for preparing the excellent ski-tracks after a snowstorm!
Special thanks to Marina Ishkakova and Fedor Ishkakov for organising such a high quality event.
