After a truly revolting week of skiing, where Buller lost roughly one third of its natural snow cover – down to 26cm from 39cm – it was time to put the rain behind us and head up for the weekend with the promise of new snow in the forecast. Saturday turned out to be a
Underwhelming is a word that I would use to describe the weekend, and I fear with the snow that is falling while I type this word-heavy but picture-light report it will become somewhat redundant by Monday morning. Late last week many forecasts were calling for up to 40cm of fresh snow, and while I did
A good bootfitter is worth their weight in gold. Or beer, as the unofficial ski resort economy would dictate. In the various ski towns I lived in I managed to find the local guru and was eternally grateful for their services. During my recent trip to Chamonix I needed some work done, and when I
UPDATE: June 9th at 1pm A quick lunchtime update – these pics just arrived via MMS: No further word on any extra lifts for the weekend – will update if I hear anything. As predicted Temps have warmed and the preciptation has headed East, looks like this snow event is complete for Buller. If you
UPDATE: Wed 8th June 1:30pm: Another quick lunch-break update. The weather that was forecasted eventuated. We had a strong front hit the mountains mid-afternoon yesterday which was followed up by solid showers from the SW through the evening and today. This was accompanied by cold temperatures and snow to low levels. You can clearly see
I got a sneak preview of Hotham’s new iPhone app on Friday night, and I’ve just been informed that it’s now live on the App Store: As well as the usual features of snow reports & webcams that you would expect, it also uses the iPhone’s GPS capability to place you on a trail map,
[ad#Adsense Banner] Just got these photos sent through from Hotham: Very good to see, I wasn’t expecting to see snow until at least tomorrow night. Bring on Winter!
I was extremely fortunate to spend my 20′s as a Ski Instructor. I spent a decade travelling back and forth between Buller and the USA, with 200+ days on snow per year, 4 months off work in between seasons. I found myself skiing all over the mountain with some of Buller’s hottest young rippers, and
Following on from my blog post on predicting snowfall it looks like something is looming from late Sunday into the week following. Jane’s Weather likes the look of it, the forumites aren’t so sure, but Weatherzone is more positive. It has the potential to be a season starter, and perfect timing for Queen’s Birthday festivities,
In a post earlier in the week I covered what a futile question it is to ask “Is it going to be a good season?”, I feel it’s quite the opposite when it comes to Medium and Short range forecasting, and if you are someone that’s flexible with their time you can use this knowledge
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