The boys from Salomon Freeski hit New Zealand’s Mt Tongariro National Park last winter. This is what happened.
Anyone who has been to Mt Ruapehu has spent time in Ohakune, the ski town at the base of Turoa ski resort. some of us have spent more time than others just waiting for the weather to clear. Waiting, waiting, waiting.
You don’t mess with Mt Ruapehu, an active volcano that is home to Turoa and Whakapapa ski fields on the North Island of New Zealand. Mt Ruapehu and the sacred land around dictates the ebb and flow of your ski or snowboard trip. Don’t think otherwise.
Mike Douglas, Chris Rubens and Josh Daiek were given unprecedented access to Maori culture’s most treasured land, Tongariro.
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