Recent content by Feral - NZ

Jackson yesterday was pretty cruddy given the amount of new snow they had just a couple of days before. Still pockets of drier snow in non-sun affected areas. Definitely needs another storm to make the lower half skiable as there are many small trees pocking through the snow pack. Hopefully...

- 2.5 meter base - 25cm new snow at start leading into 4 days of blue skies and corn - Good mates and good times Top Tow Race to the Road Backcountry Which line Backcountry Our Hut - thats what happens when 1.6meters of snow falls the week before you come. Ready to drop in...

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Yea thats Turoa. Much more wide open and usually better weather

- One day Road trip from Wellington - Ruapehu had received 1.8 meters of snow in the last week - 5cm snow overnight - Great cover to the base by Ruapehu standards - Bluebird day - Mid-week - Mountain opened progressively = Epic first day of season

Snow over here is nothing like North America. However, Australia does not compete with NZ as far as snow goes. Nz has superior snow quality and quantity, has more choice and has better terrain. A few days each in both Queenstown and Wanaka would be well worth your while.

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Right now, The Canyons has had 20 inches snow YTD and Alta has none.....

I was wondering when resorts begin counting their snowfall accumulation? I had a look the websites from the canyons, park city, snowbird, alta, snow basin and some Colorado resorts. Some show year to date snowfall as 10 inches and some show none. Snowbird and Alta show nothing but have...

Club Fields It is really for an outsider to turn up and ski. All you need to do is book. The other thing to note is that quite often, the clubs have school truants weeks and university student weeks which you probably want to avoid. Apart from that, the place will welcome you. The most...

From about mid September onwards top to bottom coverage in New Zealand is limited to groomers at the bottom. Some areas (Treble Cone , Ruapehu) often have congestion problems on key access groomers at the end of the day. Mt Hutt is different from the club fields which are predominately tussock...

There is no doubt that the club areas have very good years and very bad years and this year was without a doubt one of the worst! The fields seem to have 2 good seasons for every 1 bad season so there is a bigger risk of getting poor snow here than on a commercial field. In NZ most fields are...

Hi Everyone - Welcome to the best kept secret in New Zealand Many people come to New Zealand and end up spending weeks on crowded commercial resorts. The real NZ however can be found in the Canterbury Club Fields. These clubs fields are the perfect place to have the time of your life. You...

The Pictures from Ruapehu are now up and running

Awesome Weather and Great Spring Snow greeted the school holiday marks at the end of a lean NZ season in the Southern Lakes. Treble Cone closed on Sunday and Cardrona will follow by closing next weekend. Very good spring coverage at Cardrona and at Treble Cone after 20cm of fresh at the start...