In case you hadn’t noticed, this trip had become, in the words of Borat, a Great Success! The only day with no blue skies was Tuesday, but that was OK as it was a snowstorm that yielded sick pow turns at Craigieburn, and then the sun came back out so we had 2 more days
Today was a special one. Between the 4 of us, we have approx 40 full winters of living, and working in ski resorts, many of them back-to-back between both hemispheres, and of course countless weeks and months on snow outside our working careers. One of the Japanese snowboarders from one of the other groups declared
Back when we all lived and worked in the mountains, little gave us more joy than saying to the hapless punters ‘you shoulda been here yesterday’ but sadly since we traded in endless winters for desks, keyboards and computer screens this is something that has been lacking from our repertoire. However today was one such
After yesterday’s nutcracker assault that left us battered and bruised, we were moving slowly this morning, that is until we saw that there was 10cm overnight and still snowing. We snapped into action, packed the car and headed for the Craigieburn. Back when I was a teen in the early 90′s, and obsessed with Glen
After the highs and the firsts of heliskiing, it was time to sample the other objective of our trip, and another first, the club fields. We had chosen Broken River due to advice that their rope tows were less steep than Craigieburn and more conducive to learning, also we had been told that the snow
The heliskiing topic was first broached yesterday when Andrew got off the second T-Bar at Porters and declared “There’s no way I can heliski tomorrow”. 3 late afternoon runs at Porters are the sum total of his skiing since Utah in February and he was pretty adamant that he wanted to warm up more before
We woke early at Christchurch, had a great breakfast and strong coffee just by the Cathedral, went to the Chill office to pick up our lift tickets, nut crackers, glove protectors etc, and got on the road. The roof racks on the rental car were pretty crap, but when heading out of town the ‘Check
[ad#Adsense Banner] And so it begins! I type this in feverish anticipation of the delights that await us on our upcoming Jetstar flight to Christchurch. Dom Perignon, Foie Gras, Beluga Caviar………………will not be served on this flight. A stale sandwich and can of Coke will have to do. Flight is about to board, I will
[ad#Adsense Banner] Mt Hutt is reporting 52cm new snow and a base of 120cm – not bad for June! While I’m not particularly interested in Mt Hutt itself, there are a couple of places over the back that are no doubt revelling in similar conditions. Broken River & Craigieburn are not open as yet, but
It’s been quite some time since I crossed the ditch for a ski. 1994 in fact. Year 10 and Year 12 school trips to Mt Hutt, specifically. I remember the 1992 trip well. New Zealand played beautifully to the stereotypes – within 100m of the airport exit we saw a paddock full of sheep, and
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