IMO the best place to learn XC is at Falls Creek around the Nordic Bowl, you can also take trips further afield out around Rocky Valley Dam either towards Ruined Castle and Sun Valley or the other way towards Washbed Creek when you get better at gliding. Falls has a great variety of terrain which all starts from mostly flat and forgiving, well groomed trails with steeper sections to practice climbing, step and tele turning on, the weather is almost always better at Falls than Hotham too with (usually) good snow and definately a less epic drive up the mtn. |