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South African snow "three months late"
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Well, that's what it says here: SABC News. Indeed, a glance at the article says that snow came three months earlier last year - but was that a freak?

Do we have any experts on the South African climate? And if not, why not?
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{{{{ Actually this came from a link further down on yours, DG - credit where credit is due. snowHead snowHead If you look at Johannesberg for example, which is quite high up, when it's coldest it doesn't rain / snow. So the Rainbow Country can never be a ski destination }}}}
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 Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?

According to that data, the lowest temperatures recorded in March in the eastern Cape are 7C to 10C and winter doesn't really set in until June, as one would expect in the southern hemisphere.

So that headline seems to be a little artistic.
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It's now reported that South Africa's only ski resort, Tiffindell, has opened for the winter. This report from Independent Online.
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So the Rainbow Country can never be a ski destination

I should know better than to make sweeping statements like that. Well corrected DG.
Tiffindell - nice name - sounds like someplace from The Hobbit. Cool


Last edited by Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do. on Thu 10-06-04 7:19; edited 1 time in total
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...or one of the old presenters from Top Gear...
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Vroom Vroom. Laughing Laughing
I've now edited Tiffindell above to be a link to the resort info. Very small place with only 5 lifts and appears to be viable only because of 98% snowmaking cover.
And there's one even smaller skiing place in nearby Lesotho (wouldn't grace it with the title 'resort') called Oxbow
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 After all it is free Go on u know u want to!
After all it is free Go on u know u want to!

A friend of mine, Jess Stock the ski and action sports photographer, once showed me a photo of the skiing in Lesotho. The snow is so treasured - and exposed to the sun - that the photo showed canopies above it to keep it in the shadows!

I imagine this is unique to that little ski area.
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