The 2026 edition of Mountain Journal magazine will be out next month. The theme is Our mountains are changing, are we ready. In this first installment from the magazine, Dave Herring reflects on a good life in the outdoors.
Dave was lucky enough to have a childhood where the Main Range of the Snowy Mountains was just up the road. From his early discovery of the magic of snow, Dave has pursued a lifetime of skiing and touring in mountains around the world.
Growing up in the high country around Batlow on the north end of the Main Range in the 1960s and ‘70s was an absolute privilege. Riding horses wherever we wanted, fishing in mountain streams and learning to ski on a rope tow at Kiandra, run at that time by the Myer family from Tumut. We travelled in convoy up Talbingo Mountain, helping each other around the steep switchbacks through the slushy mud on unsealed roads just to ski on a 100m rope tow at Kiandra. When the weather dictated, we camped on the floor of what was originally the Kiandra Hotel with staff and others trapped by the elements. My dad put the skinniest tyres he could buy on our old Cortina as it helped with traction when 4×4 was not yet a thing.
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