Spring Early

Cool nights freezing the snow pack followed by warm sunny days slowly softening the frozen concrete until it becomes wet slush ready for another night’s freeze.

What more can I say? Groomed runs are mandatory for the first 2 hours at least. The crowds of the past weeks have disappeared. With school and uni holidays over the slopes are 'relatively’ quiet.

A view I’ve often seen from Mount Hutt - fog stretching out towards the Pacific Ocean

A sea of fluffy white

Not wind blowing snow off Eagles Nest but the diesel engine in use while the electric motor is repaired

The base is wearing thin in high traffic areas. There has been little snowmaking and now we are hanging out for that next snowfall.