Snow Region

Locals that Love Queenstown & Wanaka: Elysia Gibb

Elysia Gibb has come a long way from sleeping in a tent at Treble Cone to feed her snow addiction. She now has one...

Queenstown turns on free wi-fi

New Zealand’s favourite visitor destination is more connected to the world than ever before with the official launch of free Wi-Fi hotspots in Queenstown...

Mt Hutt will open with all lifts operating

Canterbury’s Mt Hutt ski area is revelling in the white stuff – with a one-metre pre-season snow base being described as “the best in...

Oooohhhh Porters just got some serious early snow

Christchurch’s closest ski area, Porters, reports the best early season base for this time of the year, following Canterbury’s recent cold snap. Up to 30...

Plus sized skiers no longer left out in the cold

If you're having trouble finding your size in ski clothes then a new web retailer may have the answer. Monica Balon knows ski and snowboard gear....

Air New Zealand takes ice cream to Mt Hutt this winter

Air New Zealand has released the latest instalment of its successful ‘Meanwhile in... New Zealand’ campaign – reminding Australians that ‘winter is coming’ to...

Australia’s snow resort gallery from this week

New South Wales and Victorian resorts scored some good snow conditions this past week with temperatures cold enough for snow making and natural snow...

Beginners ski area to open in Canberra

Skiing and snowboarding will return to the slopes of Corin Forest this winter, for the first time in 21 years.  A 5000 square metre ?slope with...

This guy just skied 150 months straight

Andrew Snow just ticked off twelve and a half years of monthly skiing. That's one hundred and fifty months, every month, year round, year...

Can’t even, Handle Park City

I have this theory when shopping. Try the item on, put it down, walk away. If you are still thinking about it in 48...

What Perisher has that no one else does

Few Australian ski resort season passes, actually none, can boast unlimited access to another seven international resorts and ten days at two more. We all...

The USA ski pass for Aussies for two cents per skiable...

It is hard to dispute a ski pass that gives the holder unlimited access to 27 662 acres on some of the USA's best...

53.9 million skier visits in the USA last season

Some impressive figures out of the USA, despite poor season on the east coast, thanks to the California and Pacific Northwest snow dumps. The National...

Locals that Love Fernie – Powder Matt

Matt Mosteller aka 'Powder Matt' started his ski writing career as the ultimate ski bum, living in a car and skiing at Fernie. This...

Locals That Love Thredbo – Bianca Bott

Bianca Bott manages Thredbo YHA, and is one of the few locals that live in the village 365 days a year. This is her...

Which Aussie ski resort just turned on the snow guns for...

The first Australian ski area to fire up the snow-guns for 2016 began snow making today.  Canberra's Corin Forest Mountain retreat in the Tidbinbilla mountain...
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