That's frightening. However, my experience at Cardies is that the lifties were very sharp with stopping the lifts when people had trouble loading. At times, they erred too much on the side of caution and stopped too often.
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Yeah unless a true had border is imposed with NSW, which they did last year properly but they have indicated they won't this time around I doubt NZ will want to open to Australia once the 8 weeks are up.
It is sadly looking very much the case. NSW have completely fcukt this up for everyone.
Even if NSW hadnt fkd up we in Q would still have been screwed. Was supposed to be checking into Fairlie accom today.
.Looks like 2022 NZ trip, NZ air have my money so unless other OS opens for us with out HQ we could fly somewhere for a ski via NZ. Cananda?
They may well have paved the way for a nth hemisphere trip this aussie summer though
Yep people are still crossing the NSW / Vic border freely = no checks so NZ wont make a distinction sadly .
HMH still fly late Sept. and am pretty sure Mt Cook region could be awesome into October?
That depends on the Feds and that fills me with no confidence at all.
HMH have told me they aim to continue into October so am keeping that option open, but as NSW have fcukt this so badly it is only a remote possibility.
Only hope is Nz open the border to vaccinate people.
Current situation in nsw is nothing short of a cluster fuxk. I recon they will still be battling this till Christmas at the current rates of progres.Mate I've been touring the South Island this time of the year for the past 25 sent this from Cardrona yesterday.
Not helping
It is all looking grim. Outside chance evaporating for late Oct with the climb in NSW cases. Even if it was to swing around NZ would want weeks of no cases or little transmission outside quarantine. The other issue I have with credits is spring through summer the tariffs are higher so I have to chuck more in and then run the risk of a snap border closure again.
Yeah, NSW is completely fcukt. Gladys has given up with restrictions, thrown her hands in the air and going all in on a vaccination strategy which will take months to get results.
And any chance of sneaking into Thredbo or Perisher for a quick trip (from Qld) is non-existent. I'm getting accustomed to the idea that it'll be over two years between ski trips (Northern winter last year to souther winter next year).
Yeah I had a photo trip planned for regional NSW and then a dash across to the snowfields as a back up to a failed NZ trip reschedule (my third) and I have to can that now too.
You reckon your govt will be letting you all freely come and go from the country by then?
I'll be stunned if we're allowed to go anywhere in the next 6-12 months.
I suspect that will indeed be the case.
That's the easy bit and to be expected. Done and dusted.
Back home now
Heres a few new finds we discovered this year
Whakapapa campground. Really nice setting amongst the Bush, reminded us of the campground at milford
Beer garden in Blenhiem
Heaps of beers on tap and all the meat and potatoes you want
Kekerengu - camping at The Store
So nice to wake up here
Clay cliffs. Just somewhere we knew about but had never been. The epic misty weather made it
I realise this may pain some people locked down in Australia; I sympathise.
I was very lucky to fly over to Queenstown just before the bubble burst.
It has not been the busiest or snowiest season in the Southern Lakes, but still have had some good conditions and good photo opportunities.
Here's some kiwi snow porn from the first half of the winter for you to enjoy.
Last edited:Holy hell, that looks absolutely incredible.
Hell, I live in New Zealand and haven't had anywhere near the same skiing opportunities, mostly just groomers and very ordinary offpiste skiing for me! I have had some bad luck with missing powder days due to work or being in the wrong part of the country at the time, though
Heli skiing looks like a bit of a dream come true! Hopefully the second half of your season is just as epic as the first.I realise this may pain some people locked down in Australia; I sympathise.
I was very lucky to fly over to Queenstown just before the bubble burst.
It has not been the busiest or snowiest season in the Southern Lakes, but still have had some good conditions and good photo opportunities.
Here's some kiwi snow porn from the first half of the winter for you to enjoy.
Bastard! That should have been me. Have had many great days in the Buchanans and was meant to be also this time heading down to Queenstown to ski in the Glenorchys.
Who was guiding?I realise this may pain some people locked down in Australia; I sympathise.
I was very lucky to fly over to Queenstown just before the bubble burst.
It has not been the busiest or snowiest season in the Southern Lakes, but still have had some good conditions and good photo opportunities.
Here's some kiwi snow porn from the first half of the winter for you to enjoy.
That looks completely shit.
Press conference with Jacinda and Dr Bloomfield @1800 let’s see what that brings.
Some consolation to aussies but sheesh the mountains are loaded with pow right now and I assume you cannot go out anywhere in NZ
7 days for Auckland and Coromandel 3 days for the rest of us. We’ll see what happens after that.
This is the worst freaking timing. This lockdown happening just one or two days later would have been a lot easier to bear.
The Canterbury ski fields are all loaded with tons of fresh pow, and they've been mostly closed for the past two days while the storms were ongoing. Accumulations of 40+ cm. Wednesday/Thursday were gonna be MEGA.
Now all that pow is just gonna sit there, untouched, and deteriorate. What a waste. Would have been nice to ski it before going into lockdown
((maybe it'll still be good on the weekend, maybe we'll escape lockdown after only 3 days... maybe))So much good snow going unridden.
I’ve been doing 15 hour days since last week so I could get away for a few days when the storm cleared. Even amuri is loaded.
What actually happens to tourists over there? They can't go home and many stay in the holiday parks, which they close down or in camping grounds, which they also shut down.
Talking to some people who were skiing on Tuesday and saying they've never ridden powder like that before in NZ, dry and deep. Heliskiing is also fully booked for this Saturday
Unfortunately I don't think anyone is going heliskiing on Saturday.
Good storm though, stayed mild in Dunedin while the precip and just cold enough temps hit the Southern Alps, that's what you want for big accumulation. My suspicion is that this was probably not particularly dry snow (even by NZ standards), but people were probably noticing a lack of wind effect in many places as the wind dropped while the snow persisted.
That’s true. The storm from Friday 13 aug was light density (at the tail end of the storm) and some truly suburb skiing by anyone’s international standard (for a 30cm dump). This last storm was good but noticeably heavier sitting around 4F in density. Was great skiing at coronet yesterday, but not blower. The winds reduced from gale at 3am and to light/calm at 6am, the bits of snow after that covered up any wind effect on the snow from 16 august and all was good.As a consolation had some nice but cold waves today, and got to watch the fresh snow get sun baked from the lineup.
Today was supposed to be our flight home after 2 weeks. IF we had been there would we have had to do 14days hotel Q on arrival?
Late August last year (forget the exact date, but it was a big'n) was blower pow at Coronet. That was a very cold storm, there was snow on the ground from Milton all the way through on the drive over.
I would have been in Queenstown today after a couple of weeks in Wanaka and due to fly home on Sunday so also having to do HQ.
Gladys is responsible for this whole shit show.
