Kunama hat

Kunama Hut was the name of a former ski area and ski hut in Australia on Mount Clark on the south side of the Kosciuszko Mountains in New South Wales . The ski area goes back to the year 1920. Skiers and hikers used the hut, which offered them a shower with hot water and catering with food and accommodation. Ski races were held there in the 1950s. Skiers hiked from hut to hut in the region, also using the Kunama Hut.

On July 12, 1956, there was an avalanche that destroyed the Kunama Hut, in which eight people stayed overnight. The 20-year-old Rosely Wesche was killed, who slept in the hut. Another seven people were injured.

The Kunama Hut was rebuilt in 1957 as Illawong Lodge for ski hikers as an emergency hut . In the 1970s, however, the ski area moved to Perisher Valley and Thredbo , which was made accessible by the Skitube and ski lifts.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ High Country Huts on australiangeographic.com.au ( Memento of the original from October 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed April 25, 2010 
2. ↑ EMA Disasters Database  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed April 25, 2010  

Web links

• The early Years (1956-1960): Thredbo. The Beginning on crackenbackskiclub.com

Coordinates: 35 ° 33 ′ 16 ″  S , 148 ° 5 ′ 18.1 ″  E