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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Amy Liddelow

Cross country skiers given cold shoulder as Falls Creek climate change planning sparks trail row

The Kangaroo Hoppet in Falls Creek, Australia’s premier long-distance cross-country ski race.
The Kangaroo Hoppet in Falls Creek, Australia’s premier long-distance cross-country ski race. Photograph: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images

Paul Gray knows better than most what’s at stake if a world-renowned cross-country ski trail becomes collateral damage in a bid to boost year-round tourism at Falls Creek.

As a boy, Gray and his brothers would get up early on Fridays to nab the best set of hire skis from the high school at Mount Beauty, before spending their weekends out on the north-east Victorian resort’s extensive network of sheltered trails.

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