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Cradle mountain offers some of the easiest accessable steep skiing in Tassie, the walk up the mountain is relatively easy and it is only a 4 hour walk to the summit, with good snow caving areas around the mountain as well.
There are several good areas to ski when the snow is good.
The easiest to access is a chute that starts at the notch immediately south of Marions Lookout. It requires a recent heavy fall but provides a fun, steep line that continues most of the way down to the Dove Lake Circuit track. Several other smaller chutes can be found on the western side of Crater Lake and on the ridge that leads down to Riggs Pass.
The chutes that are visable from the lake dove carpark offer some exciting skiing without the exposure, there are plenty of chutes to choose from in the area and there is chutes for varied abilities, ranging from 3m wide to 20m wide.
The main area of the mountain is to be found over the back, the area looks small from the summit but once down over the first ridge it becomes apparent that the area is very large. The backbowl is made up of three open faces, and two chutes that head down towards lake Rodway at the back of the mountain. (see Pic 1)
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Mt Rufus has some good terrain and gets a reasonable amount of snow. It was considered as a place for a ski resort in the 50s, but measurement of the snow showed it wasn't reliable enough.
The track starts two main tracks start at Lake St Clair, it takes about 3 hours 
to the snow line. The direct track (southern-most) climbs a a wide east facing slope which generally seems to hold the best snow on the mountain. It offers some steep turns at the top and a long run down through the trees at the base. Watch out for cornices at the top as avalanches have occurred here.
A third, less frequented track starts from the Rufus canal road and approaches the summit from the south, passing two old ski huts. The southern slopes are extensive and provide lots of gentle slopes with the odd steep drop, though the snow doesn't seem to be as reliable as the eastern face.
More info here: http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/factsheets/walking_notes/MtRufusDayWalks.pdf
There is a small hut at the base of the slopes: see http://www.kosciuskohuts.org.au/Hut%20Profiles%20TAS/Profile%20Gingerbread.html
Also of interest is an old map of the proposed ski field: http://www.ski.com.au/photos/tasmania/2007/ta1001333.html
Mt Anne
There is good skiing over the Eliza Plateau, however it is quite exposed. Its about 2-3 hours solid walk to gain the altitude. There are plenty of short lines on the plateau and potenitally some more serious ones dropping off the southern escarpment, although these look fairly commiting. The base of summit block can be reached in another couple of hours of easy skinning. While there are no obvious routes down from the summit (that don't require ropes) there is a truly spectacular line down the huge south-east facing bowl between Shelf Camp and the summit block. This starts at the junction of the summit track and the circuit track and heads steeply down into a stunning vertical sided chute. Once inside, you can descend up to 300 vertical meters until you pop out into the forest below.
Entering the chute.
The chute (centre) from the air, in decent winter conditions.
It also looks like there's a nice line directly below the summit block (the climber's descent route), which goes for a couple of hundred meters before it ends in cliffs.
There are some shots of Mt Anne under snow here: Mt Anne Gallery.
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Chaining up on the drive in.
The Trapper's Hut
Looking towards West Wall
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Crossing Lake Salome
West Wall
Frenchman's Cap
Frenchmans Cap requires a lot of effort (even with the improved track) but offers some big, technical lines with a serious mountaineering feel. Lake Tahune hut can be reached in a day, or more comfortably two, which would be advisable after recent snow. There is a lot of low branch limbo-ing to be had on the climb up to Barrons Pass and very little opportunity for skinning given the rugged nature of the track. Skins are probably best left at home in fact. The face/bowl above Lake Tahune has the most obvious and less extreme skiing, but it is still incredibly steep at the top, and in icy conditions it could be quite dangerous. There are gentler, expansive snow fields on the eastern side of the summit, but connecting these with the Lake Tahune face would require some very tight, technical and insanely exposed skiing. It would however, provide an uninterrupted 450m vertical descent through stunningly rugged terrain. There may also be possible skiing around Lion's Head, and even out towards Clytemenstra.
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