Here is a great little insight to our ski fields here in NZ
https://weareexplorers.co/ski-fields-in-new-zealand/
https://weareexplorers.co/ski-fields-in-new-zealand/
Terrible customer service. And having it published on the front page of Stuff may impact the mountain's bottom line.This one is on the front page of Stuff (probably the most popular general news site in NZ):
Stuff
www.stuff.co.nz
I'd want to hear more from the resort before assuming that the story as portrayed in the article is the whole story. Maybe they've seen this guy with multiple sets of "friends" or something.Terrible customer service. And having it published on the front page of Stuff may impact the mountain's bottom line.
I hope the instructor who threatened this skier was reprimanded. Management needs to contact the skier who was teaching friends and apologize.
Treble Cone are certainly seeming to shoot themselves in the foot with this.Terrible customer service. And having it published on the front page of Stuff may impact the mountain's bottom line.
I hope the instructor who threatened this skier was reprimanded. Management needs to contact the skier who was teaching friends and apologize.
Yep. It is without a doubt the scariest ski field access road in New Zealand.About 12 days ago (Thursday 28th Sept) managed to score a day at Ohau. This was following a late season 1m dump the previous Sunday.
Ohau is an interesting, small, private field. One main lift - a dbl chair - servicing a nice looking bowl on both sides with about 1100-1300ft vertical with a mix of blue and black runs. Can hike up another 200ft or so if feeling energetic. The other lifts are a magic carpet for never-evers and a short poma for beginners.
The road up is basically quite an ordeal. It's a road graded on the side of an incredibly steep climb - think one of those vids of the high passes in Pakistan and that's roughly the picture. It's narrow (one lane really) and no idea what happens if two vehicles meet going in opposite directions. The good news is the road keeps the crowds away and the ascent once completed provides stunning views of the valley below.
Unfortunately 4 days of warm weather had settled the sizable dump and the coverage was not the best off the groomers. It's very rocky so we stayed mostly on the groomers.
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There was a small group of skiers training GS . In terms of live in the gates have only ever seen amateur club level in Australia. These guys seemed pretty good and had a brief chat to one of the skiers near the end of the morning. Turned out to be Adam Zampa who was there with his brother Andreas. Apparently the Slovakians were training there during the southern winter. Wished him well for the upcoming WC season. Unfortunately at that point they packed up for the day so no vid of their skiing.
Was interesting to then ski the pitch they'd been using for the training. That's a dark blue run basically from top to bottom.
Since then we've settled on our new house in Wanaka and just enjoyed a pleasant evening meal looking out at our view of TC, Black Peak and Mt Aspiring. Will be much more comfortable when the furniture arrives - we currently have only an an airbed and 3 ultra cheap camp chairs! Already looking forward to winter 2024...
Earlier this year I drove up it in my Mitsi ute and the top half was in a whiteout. I could hardly see a car length in front of me. I am a very confident driver but that scared the s..t out of me. I didn't even know that I was in the carpark until I almost collided with another ute that was parked in there.
Ten minutes after arriving the cloud lifted and we had a good day up there.
I've had a great season, so far . Drove to Queenstown three times, once just to deliver a car to my daughter ,very early in the season.Wow. That track is quite enough on a blue bird day. A white-out would be something else....
Last day of the season (for me) at Cardrona today. Was good fun on the early hard pack but the afternoon softening was a bit over the top. Let's hope 2024 is a better NZ season.
I've had a great season, so far . Drove to Queenstown three times, once just to deliver a car to my daughter ,very early in the season.
I've had 24 days at Remarks, Coronet Peak and Mount Hutt. We had a day each in at Roundhill and Ohau, and so far about 10 at Ruapehu
Hoping for a few spring days next week at Turoa before they shut at Labour weekend .
We were at Turoa last week and it was awesome spring skiing from the bottom of the Giant up
I use the Gaspy app. I need to! It’s approx 2000km round trip Wellies to Qtown!! Omarama was the cheapest this year. Last year it was Parnassus and Fairlie.Ground truths (as they say). The poor season may be largely a Wanaka thing and TC seemed to fair especially badly this time around. Still, we have season passes already locked in for 24.
Wondering where the cheapest petrol in NZ can be found. At around $3/litre it's a noticeable cost. Best we've found is 286 in Omarama - a local claimed it was the cheapest in the nation. Wanaka around 312.