Natural snowfall hits Queenstown ski areas

After a month of fine weather the weather patterns have changed and the snow has arrived with Coronet Peak getting 12cms overnight and 10cm at the Remarkables. It has continued to snow in the ski areas this morning and they have picked up another 10 or so.

Coronet Peak has had amazing skiing even with the lack of snow over the last month due to the fantastic snow making system with great chalky snow to ski on. Perfect for the NZ schools holidays. Now they have finished it was the perfect time to get some natural snow. It looks like we should get some more later this week on Thursday with another front coming in. My bet is we will now see quite regular snow falls throughout the end of July and August. For those of you heading to Queenstown for some skiing or snowboarding action the next month should be awesome.

The heli skiing is going to be excellent through August so make sure you book with Southern Lakes Heli Ski for your big day out in the mountains.

Ski Tip - approx 25% of your overall body mass is in your arms and hands, make sure you carry them in front of you. You should be able to see your hands at all times while looking straight ahead. If you can't see you hands they are not in the right position and you will tend to have your weight move to far back.

Driving Tip - Make sure you carry chains in your vehicle and know how to put them on. Drive to the conditions!

Awesome Weather for Queenstown Ski Areas

Amazing weather has blessed us with it presence over the last 2 weeks in the Wakatipu basin. The skiing has been phenomenal with the early season snow holding up great. Of course Coronet Peaks mighty snow making system has ensured the snow has stayed in great nick. The pick of the skiing has been hitting the chalky snow off the main runs and avoiding the more congested areas.

NZSKI has started a new feature on it's website called NZSKILAND which is a kids site with great games, learning, fun facts and heaps of other things. The snowball game is great - try it on the hardest level!

Ski Tips - safety is paramount, keep your head up and looking for incoming while you are skiing. It's a bit like driving a car really, there are rules, everyone driving should know them, but not all do.

Driving tip - Give way to the right!

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Snow Blankets Queenstown Great skiing at Coront Peak and The Remarkables

A pretty good size drop of snow for Queenstown. Skiing at Coronet Peak and the Remarkables was going off with 20-30cms added to the great base.

You don't often see the Wakatipu basin quite like this.



If you are headed to Queenstown for some skiing or snowboarding over the next little while you are in for a treat.

Snow on the way for Coronet Peak Queenstown New Zealand

This was the view from Coronet Peak this morning at about 1000 today. The skiing is awesome right now and the base is building slowly but surely. The forecast storm front hit around 15:00 and has dropped a bit of fresh snow on both Coronet Peak and the Remarkables. The temps have also dropped so snow making will be in progress over the next few days just adding to the brilliant early season conditions.

Every run I do on the Salomon Storms skis just makes me love them more. Still need to test them on some hard snow but from what I have found so far they will just eat it up.

Ski Tip - lateral balance. Drag your poles either side of your toes making sure they stay in the snow thru each turn. This will mean you have the correct amount of lateral balance for the slope you are skiing on and you should feel more edge control as a consequence.

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Coronet Peak skiing on great form early season

The skiing and riding at Coronet Peak is awesome right now. The early season conditions are amazing with all lifts now open and a good base across the hill.

CP got 15cms of snow Friday night and Saturday was a powder day - those that got there early really benefited as it was still crappy down in Queenstown but clearing on the dot of 0900 at the top of the express, many people were still in bed and missed out on these fabulous conditions until it started to clear over QT and everybody could see it was going to an awesome day. Then it got busy up there.

My new Salomon Storms are a great all mountain ski - so far happy in all conditions from hard compacted piste thru chopped up powder and of course fresh powder - a pleasure to ride.

Mt Hutt is now open and have started the season with a great base of 100+ cms. It's looking like a good winter New Zealand wide.