Masses of snow over the last week but unfortunately coupled with some strong wind which has left some places a bit scraped off. Plenty of sunshine today and forecast for tomorrow to enjoy what hasn't been blown away though.
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Craigieburn- K2 Big mountain Chill Series postponed for a later date. The first event in the K2 Chill series calender has been postponed to a later date. The comp which was already put back a day to the Sunday (17th) was laid off due to heavy snow. A reported meter and a half of snow fell in just two days which made Craigieburn prone to avalanches. Most competitors headed to Broken river to get their fix of powder. Roads up to Broken River were slow and 4WD vehicles needed chains. Ohau Ski resort Ohau had their busiest day ever this Saturday (the 16th). They had a record 550 people skiing their mountain. A combination of fresh tracks and sunny weather was experienced by all. The 17th was also an enjoyable day with 5cm of fresh pow. Cardrona Cardrona has been having their fair share of powder. However today there was strong winds, low cloud and snow showers. It was also bitterly cold and was probably the coldest day of the season!!!!
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Snow snow snow has been the order of the last 2 weeks. Mt Hutt now has a 2m+ base. The parks are fully setup and the halfpipe should be finally open sometime next week. Wind has been the enemy for the past few days closing the field yesterday and making the jumps in the big park unhittable for most of today. However there has been some amazing windblown pow pockets so cant complain in general.
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Freshies! 8cms at Coronet Peak and 15cms at the Remarkables overnight made for awesome skiing and riding today. The fresh snow added to the recent powder giving the best conditions of the season so far! Up Shadow basin at Remarks today there was around 30cms fresh all down 'Homeward Bound'. Snow has fallen right down to lake level making driving in town tricky and creating carnage on the access roads. They should be all good for tomorrow and more snow is forecast! Woo hooo!
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Clear blue skies all week but its very very cold so quite icy in places.
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Yesterday (Thursday) was nice and sunny with a slight wind. However today the clouds moved in and it was extremely cold. It snowed all day and there was a severe wind throughout the day. Hopefully this will bring in lots of fresh snow.
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Well two one-metre apiece dumps in as many weeks means Mt Hutt is snowed up!! fresh tracks to be had for most of the last 2 weeks and about 2 closed days each week when there was so much snow that it ate the base building! The park is looking awesome when its not covered in snow. 7 jibs in the little park whilst the big park has a run of 4 kickers and 3 jibs including the battleship rail yes that monster is finally up and it doesn't look to bad when its set. But the place to be has been towers and virgin mile runs with tons of freshies and heaps of rock drops. Rock on the storm fronts and if your up here watch out for the yeti.
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Clear blue skies and awesome snow made for some excellent skiing today. And the mountain is practically empty so no lift queues either.
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Flat light and fog have prevailed over the last few days; refusing to lift. However amongst it there have been glimpses of blue sky and sun. The slopes have been pretty busy considering it is not school holidays.
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6cm of powder last night and perfect blue skies this morning, but the heavy cloud and low visibility returned in the afternoon and look set to stay for the next few days at least.
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Snow reports courtesy of: Natives.co.uk
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