We held our collective breath for several months waiting and watching as to the impact that covid would do to the ski season and to our annual snow trip that was planned for mid August. Luckily covid plateaued and didn't make it to the ski fields. Like many organisations, the committee of our lodge worked extremely hard to figure out how our lodge would be impacted by the covid restrictions and recommendations. Thankfully, they felt Doorack could remain open (unlike many ski lodges who chose to close for the season) however with a reduction in the beds available and strict rules to adhere to. Perfectly was the fact that our party consisted of 14, the maximum covid number of bed available - our family of 4, the Kluth family of 4 plus Maki and the Jones/Walter clan of 5 fitted perfectly! Also extremely fortunately the other 10 people who booked during our week either cancelled their booking, or were able to move to another date.
As the weeks ticked by, snow began to fall, the ski season opened and covid remained at bay, our snow trip eventually arrived. We were looking forward to a change of scenery and an escape from everyday covid life. Sadly though, rain had fallen during the week leading up to our holiday washing away a decent amount of snow. The drive through Kosciuszko National Park was particularly bare. Definitely no chains were needed today! As it turned out our sled was useless too as the road to the lodge was free of snow. Both the Kluth and Jones/Walters cars drove up this normally closed section of the road to dump their luggage close to the lodge.
The patchy blue sky from Canberra was replaced by the grey skies at the lodge and unfortunately for us stayed that way for most of the week.
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