Good spring conditions from top to bottom
Early last week saw a pile of new snow arrive and freshen up the mountain. Between 30-50cm provided excellent powder skiing over the entire mountain and amazed the international competitors here for the Vodafone Junior World's. Lots of comparisons to Colorado powder - all good news for New Zealand as a destination. Over the weekend the warmer weather has changed the snow to spring conditions. Firm overnight and softening gradually from first thing.

On-piste has been well packed and is only softening about 5-6cm so the skiing has been good top to bottom all day. Currently all main trails are being groomed daily with 100% coverage over the entire mountain. Looking great for the upcoming school holidays with an average base of between 55-160cm.

Pipe & Park News
All four pipes will be operating on rotation daily. Park is opening daily weather and visibility permitting and riding well top to bottom. The Kid's Park on Skyline is in great shape - adults please duck when using the tunnel run.

Events News
The Vodafone Snowboard Nations Junior World Championships are over and congratulations to all the NZ team who provided a very competitive presence taking away several medals and ranking third behind the USA and Australia. The Dynastar ski masters saw Bonny Teat, Walter Unterberger and Perry Coulter walk away with the silverware out of 130 racers in fantastic winter conditions.

Looking ahead to the weekend we have the infamous Drambuie Snowboard Masters followed by the Casio G-Shock Grommets and Sunday the 22nd Coca Cola presents the Suzy Cato Family Fun Day.

That's it for this week. Hope you all have a chance to get close to the snow before closing date which is less than 3 weeks away now on the 6th of October. Keep up to date with the web cam.

Report by Nigel Kerr.

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