snow making

Snow making today up on the Peak hard to work out how many guns but i would say just a few for a test

Unbelievable how much snow on the mountain tops and with lots of storms through and a bit of a melt freeze scenario over the last two weeks we are gettting in to some serious base creation...

We love it

We're liking the look of that ....

Across the valley at The Remarkables, the ski area has received 45cm of fresh snow in the last 48 hours and has received 150cm over the last two weeks, resulting in a solid 120cm base across the mountain.

We're liking the look of that .....

Oh la la

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Say no more

Mt Hutt - 11 May 2009

Nada, nyet, nein ... say NO more ........

early snow a godsend

As reported in the New Zealand Herald....

Meanwhile, commercial skifield operators are talking about starting the season next month with exceptionally early and heavy snowfalls that have arrived in the past fortnight.

And if the weather clears, Manganui Ski Field on Mt Taranaki may open today.

The mountain had a snow base of up to 50cm, enough for the Stratford Mountain Club to open the lower and learner's slopes and t-bar, said club safety services convener Todd Cations-Velvin.

With heavy snowfalls sweeping across the South Island at the weekend, operators were looking at what was involved in bringing forward their planned season opening dates.

In Canterbury, Porter Heights general manager Uli Dinsenbacher said there was 40cm of snow in the car park and 1.5m at the top of the mountain. The skifield is looking at opening on June 26.

Mr Dinsenbacher said it was 20 years since he had last seen such conditions in May.

Mt Hutt has a base of 110cm after more than 170cm of snow fell over the past 10 days.
The field had planned to open on June 13.

"The best day of waves this year"

East Coast, Australia: Anzac Day, April 25, 2009


"The best day of waves this year"


Yep I know there are plenty if snowfers out there in to the surfing scene as well so here is one stunning set of photos and a video on the Anzac day swell that smothered australia in some of the nicest waves I've seen in a while.


For a land locked surfer stuck between summer swells and winter snows the email from my mate Murray who spends the day browsing and day dreaming sites like this was a bolt from the blue ...

Ozzies ! You dont know how luck you are ....


"Not just because it was a day of remembrance and respect for the fallen, and those that fought for the freedoms we enjoy in this sun and surf drenched land, but also because it was without question the best day of waves in NSW this year so far.

It was flawless from dawn to dusk.

The sun shone, the water was a mild 22 degrees and the wind blew offshore Westerly all day.

The swell in Sydney was a long period ESE groundswell in the 4-6 ft range...."

read more and check out the video it is one off...

104% increase in bookings

"104% increase in bookings " - Australians booking a ski holiday to New Zealand

aaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Oh my god. I havn't even got in the fire wood !





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