A trip to the Skiway proved a little windy!! Its been blowing about 50-60 knots on station and at this spot 10 km away from station it was blowing at least 80 knots. I could hadly walk and the wind kept me in this posistion until I moved an arm , and ended up sliding along the hard packed snow !! This landing area is for the small Casa's that the Division have. We do a bi-monthly trip here to remove accumulated snow , hence the Challenger towing a drag beam.
This Skiway is graded snow and the planes land here on skis ,as apposed to Wilkins Runway [70km away], where the planes will land on Glacial ice , or compressed snow.