We're back at Lake Mountain again, this time with our own toboggans and a lot more snow!
As always I'd recommend visiting during the week to avoid crowds.
They told us to carry chains, but didn't tell us to put them on - although we definitely needed to put them on. The wheels were sliding too much and the snow plow took too long to come through. They weren't prepared enough it seems, unfortunately, so we had no choice but to stop on the road to put our chains on there.
It would have been helpful if the staff at the entry point told us to put the chains on then and there, because other than that, there were no safe pull-out areas to put chains on as they were all covered in snow. The conditions escalated very quickly and we're only in a 2WD!
We now know for next time that we can probably make a better informed decision ourselves in advance whether or not we should put the chains on, using weather reports or even the live-cams - as we can't rely on the staff to let us know what to do within a reasonable timeframe.
Our experience was much different at Mt Buller due to clear signage telling us when/where to put the chains on - which is very helpful and something lacking at Lake Mountain.
I might add that they were forced to vacate anyone who travelled up the mountain without chains due to the heavy snowfall, so it seems there was a huge lack of preparation for this.
We still love Lake Mountain and understand they don't often have snowfall quite like this, so it seems they're not as prepared for that reason.
The snowfall, I might add, was amazing this time round. We had a lovely day in the snow! We'll still be back but next time we'll be extra vigilant to prevent this happening again.
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