This is Mount Hutt. It is my local ski slope, its about an hour and half drive from Christchurch and so for the first time since Ive been going up the mountain snowboarding i decided i would take a few photos. Unfortunatly the conditions for the two days i just went boarding for were far to good to think about getting a few snaps so you are basically left with this one of the mountain from the car, the following one of the goats track.
There were plenty of thrills and a lot of spills, as you can see the conditions were good, good snow and heaps of clear skies, however with only two lifts open we had to sort our way through the conjestion on the trails leading to the chair lifts, the ski patrol were out in force and Giles and I received several verbal lashings from the ski patrol about boarding to fast through the crowds, bad luck for the ski patrol who could never seem to catch us.
This is Mount Hutt. It is my local ski slope, its about an hour and half drive from Christchurch and so for the first time since Ive been going up the mountain snowboarding i decided i would take a few photos. Unfortunatly the conditions for the two days i just went boarding for were far to good to think about getting a few snaps so you are basically left with this one of the mountain from the car, the following one of the goats track.
There were plenty of thrills and a lot of spills, as you can see the conditions were good, good snow and heaps of clear skies, however with only two lifts open we had to sort our way through the conjestion on the trails leading to the chair lifts, the ski patrol were out in force and Giles and I received several verbal lashings from the ski patrol about boarding to fast through the crowds, bad luck for the ski patrol who could never seem to catch us.
7 comments:
Harry
That looks fantastic. I have never fully appreciated your talents until now. How long will you be in NZ? How much room have you got?
Your skiiing uncle
Ash
Looks awesome. If you're still in N.Z. next ski season, I'm so there.
You're my favourite bad-boy skiier Harry!
I'm trying to confirm when I get time off Haz so I can head over there as we discussed. It was supposed to be the last two weeks of September but because of idiotic criminals and idiotic police those dates have been thrown out the window. I shall keep you posted.
um.. yeah about that... I am officially out of work as of the 5th of October. There are other contracts in NZ however i think it will be time to move on.... so yeah if anybody wants a taste of NZ skiing you have until then- yes ash i have plenty of spare beds for the keen. Dan, i'm on night shift till next wednsday so ill give you a buzz next week.
Sorry, Haz, but I don't get any holidays until Christmas. Bloody idiotic criminals and bloody idiotic police. I might still try and go over during the Christmas break.
Harry, work WITH the ski patrol. They work hard so that the ordinary citizen can ski the slopes safely at night.
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