.. looks like this will be the last report for the
season coming you live from the bottom of Rhuapehu.
Sorry, I'm not going skiing today - it's biking instead
- too hot!
Well we've made it through
a bizarre season pretty well - heaps of snow right
at the start then a nothing, then loads near the end.
The seasons are definitely pushing out later.
So the snow up here
is good at the moment, it's Labour weekend here this
weekend which is always a blast with everyone going
a bit rad really. Summer starts next week basically.
The base here is good and snow is great spring corn.
I know the same conditions are at Hutt which
has about 2m base still and has been getting seriously
regular dumps of snow - they could go till November.
...but they are staying
open until Tuesday and that's it! AAaaaarrggh - no
more snow and with the NZ dollar being worth approximately
0.00000001 US dollars the chances of going to the
States are, well NIL :-(
So at the moment we've
got Turoa and Whakapapa open in the
NI, Hutt, Porter Heights (maybe) and
the Remarks open down south. The weather forecast
is for four days of primo sun and no wind (for once).
I'll ride today, ski tomorrow and go surfing over
the weekend.
Hope you all enjoy the
northern winter and for those of you in the UK the
crappy weather :-)
Till next year, take
it easy
Colin
