Remarks got a bit of fresh last night. NZski reported 5cm, which was about right. Very wind affected though, so some deeper pockets of heavy pow around. Gallipolli chutes were skiing well, homeward was still icy in places. Let's hope the snow keeps on coming!

At last..I  was up on Wednesday and the snow was really good, sun was shining nice groomed slopes and jumps were well shaped.. there was even a bit of powder to be had.... one of the best days so far ..... weekend looks to be good as there was a heavy down poor of rain last night meaning there should be plenty of snow up on the hill. looking forward to riding some powder this weekend.

Finally some dry snow. Great snow fall over the past 24 hours with more to come in the next 48 hours. Tomorrow night the Aussie premier of Ice Age 3 is being shown on the beginner slopes at 7pm. I will have to take my kids... no really, I'm only doing for them.

Four centimetres of fresh snowflakes have fallen across the slopes overnight and more is expected. Twenty-two lifts are expected to be open.

We had some good weather over the weekend... saturday was very sunny and not much wind.... Good to see the big park opening. although be carful as it is still very hard and only hit the jumps if a confident rider ( but they are looking very nice, i think i will be waiting for some softer snow) ...... urban rail and flat rail, a hip with a box rail and barrel set up in the big park. very busy on the weekend so best to go during the week also watch out as school holiday are in a few weeks so will be v v v v busy. 

New Zealand is getting closer to all systems go, with the opening of Treble Cone and Whakapapa yesterday and Cardrona on Friday. Trans-Tasman ski fields have been blessed by early snow this year, with Mount Hutt the first to open on May 30 – two weeks ahead of schedule – for the first time in a decade.Turoa – Whakapapa's sister resort, also on the side of Mount Ruapehu on the North Island – opened last Saturday, with a 3000-strong crowd taking to the slopes. All slopes were accessible from top to bottom and the main High Noon Express was also running, the earliest in 30 years.
On the South Island, The Remarkables resort also opened last week, with all lifts running. Amazingly, for this time of year, even the long Homeward Bound off-piste run that extends beyond the ski resort boundary is open, with a shuttle running skiers back up to the base lifts.

10cm overnight was a good top up, but a bit wet to be good skiing.

We need another dump. It has been slushy for a week and parts of the runs are getting patchy. 

It's been sunny all week with some great skiing, but Shadow is getting a bit firm and bare now, a few rocks around! We could really do with more snow. That said, the groomed runs are still nice and the park is great. The park features are getting changed around a bit almost daily to keep things fresh.

A dusting of snow has settled across the slopes over the past 24 hours. In addition, chilly overnight conditions enabled 78 snow guns to be fired up across Perisher Valley and Blue Cow. Make some tracks in the snowmaking areas today, the snow quality is excellent.

After a week of fantastic snow-making temperatures and preparation work on the mountain, the Porters team are all set to go this Friday for their opening of the 2009 winter season.

There has been some great early season snow-falls, with Porters now reporting an excellent snow-base on the main runs. Recent snow-making has added to the natural base and the skiing and riding on-piste is looking good. Porters experienced grooming team have been hard at work consolidating the snow-pack, and ensuring the surface is in premium condition for the start of the season.

Treble Cone is boasting the deepest snow depths of all the southern lakes resorts for their Opening Day this Saturday, June 27^th.  All main trails are groomed and will be open including the major runs in the Saddle.  Forecasts are calling for more snow throughout Friday, so now is the perfect time to wax those boards and lay out some carves on Treble Cone’s perfect corduroy. 

Just to give you a quick update of the resorts open so far in NZ (lifts open in brackets):
North Island: Turoa (5/9)
South Island: Mt Lyford (4/4), Mt Hutt (3/4), Coronet Peak (6/7), The Remarkables (3/3), Mt Dobson (Weekends only)

Opening weekend at Remarkables has been awesome, sunny with a lots of park up and loads of terrain open. Homeward bound was open, the snow was good in the chutes, happy days!

Hello All

A slightly softer start today, thanks to the small dusting of snow during the night. There was still a few icey patches but the slopes were well groomed and the park was soft enough to hit the jumps. Good news, it looks like the park team are making a start on the big park, and the word around Hutt is that the park will be up and running next weekend. (fingers crossed)...

 

Jez Green 

Good skiing on Highnoon and Merritts today with good quality snow and clear blue skies. The Supertrail opens tomorrow which will

have very good cover due to the excellent snowmaking conditions of late. Despite this, the eagles way access (cat track width) at the top is a bit limited at the moment and a bit tricky to navigate and will take a snow fall to improve it. Once you get past that it is really very good skiing on the groomers all the way to the village.

Excellent storm conditions have set the mountain up well for the coming winter. With lots of snow then some wind to fill in the bluffs up high. Continuing cold temps have seen the massive snow making system fire up and nuke the long runs into submission.

The best skiing is on Highnoon supertrail which has brilliant cover and no one on it. 

Snowmaking all fired up and delivering the goods since Saturday morning. Weather looking good for more during the week.

Went up there yesterday, dealing with a temperature inversion (8 degrees at the base) so not ideal for snowmaking yet but guns have apparently been fired up & tested and looking good for snowmaking starting this weekend, when very cold (-15!) temps are threatened.

And on it goes....130cms in the last 10 days with 4 days to go in the storm cycle. Mountain crew took 2 hrs to get off the hill tonight 'cos it was dumping so hard!!