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Club Lake - Route 4
Only skiable in above average years, providing similar characteristics to Route 3, just add a very very steep drop.
Difficult Freeride Skiing
- Distance
- 371 m
- Ascent
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- Descent
- 170 m
The "easiest" descent into Club Lake from Carruther's Peak
Freeride Skiing Difficult
After heading east for around 300 metres from the peak, this route opens out below you with an obvious chute-like bowl, which provides the "easiest" descent down to Club Lake. This route heads down a wide chute-like face, with a more gentle gradient compared to the other routes which drop from the peak itself, yet still holding a pretty serious gradient, this run the ends with a safe runout onto the frozen Club Lake. Take care as to the right hand side of this run, there can be some fairly precarious rocks, which can easily take a newbie to the area off guard. With 200 metres of steep vertical and southerly aspect, this run can hold some pretty treacherous conditions, with cornices forming on some of the rocks and extremely icy conditions after the top of Carruther's is scoured by the wind, this area is best in spring, or after a fresh fall of snow, just always assess avalanche risks before heading out. The best way back up to Carruther's Peak, is to head up the gentler western side of the lake then following the ridge line around, above the other routes, to the peak once again. The snow in this area tends to stick well due to the southerly aspect and high altitude, thus these lines are generally skiable with around 75 cm of snow at Spencer's Creek, which can often happen as early as June.
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Serious gradient of 30-38 degrees where a real risk of slipping exists.
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Only skiable in above average years, providing similar characteristics to Route 3, just add a very very steep drop.
Difficult Freeride Skiing
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Consistently steep, cross graded at times and challenging. With a cliff on the side to show off to your mates.
Difficult Freeride Skiing
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One of the easier routes down from Carruthers Peak to Club Lake.
Difficult Freeride Skiing
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Route 3, or "The Elevator" is aptly named. Steep and intimidating, this is the most obvious line from Carruthers Peak.
Difficult Freeride Skiing
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At a couple of kilometres long, these runs offer long consistent slopes for intermediates, that hold around 300 metres of vertical.
Moderate Freeride Skiing
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A steep series of chutes, with over 400 metres of vertical on offer.
Difficult Freeride Skiing
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Providing around 400 metres of continuous vertical, this run gives more margin for error compared to the rocky chutes to the west.
Difficult Freeride Skiing
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West and slightly to the south, Little Austria provides some incredible skiing, and is a locals' favourite.
Moderate Freeride Skiing
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A great way from Club Lake to milk a few more sweet turns before heading back home to Charlotte's Pass.
Moderate Freeride Skiing
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Similar to the West Face, this area can provide great skiing with decent vertical
Difficult Freeride Skiing