NzGnu

yea mt hutt got some good snow over the weekend, they even got about 15cm at methven (town at bottom of mt hutt). myy flatmates had a day at coronet today, apparently it was pretty perfect, blue ski's, nice snow. good coverage and no crowds.

was gutted i had 2 stay at uni and study. damn exams

JoshE950

I was down at coro for the opening day and im not sure what he means about no crowds, there was only one lift open (for most of the day) and it was pretty crowded, conditions were alright, but it got really windy up the top near the end of the day. Still pretty good tho. Im heading up to Mt Hutt this weekend for there opening (ammped!)

NzGnu

yea it was prob no crowds cause it was a week day.

JoshE950

ohh did they go up on monday? That woulda been better conditions

nzboardlife

I know what you mean... i have to get a B averagee and my exams start next tuesday RARARARAR



Fresh Snow, Amped Crew in the Lead up to Mt Hutt Opening

A southerly storm has dropped 25 – 30 centimetres of fresh snow on the slopes of Mt Hutt in the lead up to the ski area’s Saturday June 14 opening.

Ski Area Manager Dave Wilson says the wintry blast has transformed Mt Hutt, Methven and surrounding areas into a winter wonderland.

“Looking out from our high country ski area onto the plains below is just awesome. We’ve got a good 25 + cms dumped on an existing 30cm base which looks good for opening from the summit on day 1.”

Snowmaking has been underway at the ski area for the past two weeks and is expected to continue over the next few days.

“We’ve got several new guns fired up and expect good snowmaking conditions over the next couple of days.”

Approximately 250 staff will be training this coming week in preparation for opening on Saturday.

“We have a very excited and happy crew, Methven is looking like a winter playground and everyone’s amped for the start of the season.”

-Snow.co.nz

sHnow

Get ready Queenstown, i'm coming.........

nzboardlife

Another aussie aye! come enjoy, theres certainly room

sHnow

I love Queenstown, I try and get a few trips over there each winter..

I'm a powder junky, can you give me the low down on which mountain and where to go on pow days??

nzboardlife

im not a south islander, i don't know which areas of each mountain are good. If its a pow day im sure you'll find your way to them, i can however tell you what mountains have the most snow, when are you going?

NzGnu

I havnt been to the queenstown mountains so not to sure, Treble cone in wanaka can be pretty good with some fresh, it has more steeps and chutes etc than cardrona.

if you have your own car the club fields would be the way to go.
Craigeburn, ohau, broken river etc. they're smaller but amazing and uncrowded if there's fresh snow. although some of them are a little unwelcoming to snowboarders...particularly if you dont know how to use a nut cracker.

Broken River Ski Area - off piste skiing and snowboarding, Canterbury