Mountain watch

FAST, FACTUAL and a whole lot of fun!

This year, enjoy your winter escape wearing the latest gear, attending the best events and skiing the snowiest slopes ... all thanks to Mountainwatch.com.

Mountainwatch.com brings the mountains to urban skiers and snowboarders with live video streaming web cams from resorts in Australia and New Zealand. Developed by the team behind Coastalwatch.com, Australia’s iconic surf site, Mountainwatch.com delivers up-to-date weather forecasting, expert snow reports, gear guides, event calendars and extensive resort information.

"The Mountainwatch.com cameras, in addition to our own, provide a more efficient way for visitors to appraise the conditions and better prepare for their trip to the snow," says Gary Grant, General Manager of Marketing Sales and Hospitality at Perisher Blue.

Dedicated Mountainwatch.com snow cameras now at: Perisher Blue; Thredbo; Charlottes Pass; Falls Creek; Mt Hotham; Mt Buller; and Mt Bawbaw reveal up to the minute conditions for travellers looking to hit Australasia’s snowfields. Add Australia and New Zealand’s most formidable team of snow forecasting experts and skiers and snowboarders can expect honest reporting with up to date forecasts from those in the know.

Australia’s world cup ski champion, Steve Lee, brings his wealth of snow knowledge and mixes it up with professional storm chaser and photographer Tony Harrington. Also joining the team is Ben McCartney, the man behind the coveted Coastalwatch.com surf reports. Making up the fourth member of this fantastic forecasting team is Aaron Cook from New Zealand’s respected Metservice.

Professional snowboarder and editor of Transfer Snowboarding magazine, Russell Holt, is the founding editor of Mountainwatch.com. The website has been developed by the team responsible for the world’s most popular surf reporting site, Coastalwatch.com, so you can be guaranteed they will make your snow travels easier.

Mountainwatch.com is Australia and New Zealand’s number one website for all things snow in 2009 providing more than just forecasting. Snow travellers can peruse athlete interviews, on the ground event reporting, social commentary and lifestyle editorial on all things snow related from the Winter Games in New Zealand to the latest après bars in the alpine regions.

Mountainwatch.com launches on May 15, with more cameras planned to roll out across Australia and New Zealand in 2009.