The extremes of backcountry skiing in Kosciuszko's high wilderness

By Daisy Dumas
Updated August 18 2015 - 2:13pm, first published August 15 2015 - 12:15am
Backcountry skiing.
Backcountry skiing.
Daisy Dumas, Dave Herring and Adam West of Main Range Back Country, backcountry skiing, Thredbo. Photo: Tim Peltz
Daisy Dumas, Dave Herring and Adam West of Main Range Back Country, backcountry skiing, Thredbo. Photo: Tim Peltz
Daisy Dumas, Dave Herring and Adam West of Main Range Back Country, backcountry skiing, Thredbo. Photo: Tim Peltz
Daisy Dumas, Dave Herring and Adam West of Main Range Back Country, backcountry skiing, Thredbo. Photo: Tim Peltz
Backcountry skiing, Thredbo.
Backcountry skiing, Thredbo.
It's not easy going, cross-country skiing uphill in ski boots and wearing heavy backpacks. Photo: Tim Peltz
It's not easy going, cross-country skiing uphill in ski boots and wearing heavy backpacks. Photo: Tim Peltz
Daisy Dumas, Dave Herring and Adam West of Main Range Back Country, backcountry skiing, Thredbo. Photo: Tim Peltz
Daisy Dumas, Dave Herring and Adam West of Main Range Back Country, backcountry skiing, Thredbo. Photo: Tim Peltz
Daisy Dumas, Dave Herring and Adam West of Main Range Back Country, backcountry skiing, Thredbo. Photo: Tim Peltz
Daisy Dumas, Dave Herring and Adam West of Main Range Back Country, backcountry skiing, Thredbo. Photo: Tim Peltz

There are no lifts to take you there, no hot chocolates half way, no ski patrols manning the slopes for your convenience. There is, however, a guaranteed long, uphill slog and the sheer bliss of a descent that has been earned the hard way.

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