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It’s time we respected the Australian Alps
At Mt Feathertop, where Holding went for his wintry stroll, the knife-edged ridges and summit mean avalanches are a weekly occurrence in winter. Yes, weekly. Even in mediocre snow seasons like 2009.
Feathertop is like no other Australian mountain. If there was a global “Miss Alpiverse” pageant for pointy snowclad Alpine peaks, it would be our only genuine contender. It might even make the finals.
In the 1980s, at least two experienced hikers were killed either by avalanches, or by segments of the icy summit cornice (the icy overhang caused by winds) breaking off.
I’ve cross-country skied near Mt Feathertop, on the aptly-named Razorback Ridge, which runs from the back-end of Mount Hotham ski resort all the way to Feathertop’s 1922m summit. Let me assure you, it’s not called the Razorback for nothing. In several places, the ridgeline is so narrow that one ski is the sun and the other in the shade. And that’s just the approach to the mountain itself.
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