Mt Hutt, New Zealand, Opens For A Day of Summer Skiing Mt Hutt on New Zealand’s south island opened for a day of summer skiing following a storm system over the southern hemisphere. The one-day event was a community fundraiser run in partnership with the Lions Club of Methven, with all proceeds going to The Methven Lions Club and The Westpac Rescue Trust. Initially, the plan was for a summer event on […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | March 1, 2023 0 Comments
Eager Riders Stay Overnight at Mt Hutt, NZ, to be First to Ride New Chairlift on Opening Day A group of eager skiers and boarders slept overnight at Mt Hutt resort in New Zealand to be the first to ride the resort’s new eight-seater Nor’west Express chairlift on opening day today. The group, all donning t-shirts with the slogan ‘First on Chair’, came prepared for the all-nighter with beer and portable speakers. “You can’t sleep, it’s like so […] Industry News Kiwi Brains | June 11, 2021 0 Comments
The Remarkables, Mt Hutt, and Coronet Peak in New Zealand All Hoping to be Open by July Some of New Zealand’s biggest ski areas have begun revealing their plans for the upcoming ski season regarding when, and how, they will open. Related: New Zealand Won’t Open Borders for ‘a Long Time to Come’ | Ski Fields Still Confident of Reopening The season will begin for locals only, and with strict social distancing measures implemented. The potential for the […] Industry News Kiwi Brains | May 13, 2020 0 Comments
Mt Hutt, New Zealand’s Best Resort, Opened Today With Their Best Base in 10-Years Canterbury’s best-loved ski area Mt Hutt today celebrated its opening day with new trails and facilities, bumper crowds and the best snow base in 10 years. Defending its four-year title as New Zealand’s best ski resort, Mt Hutt reaped the fruits of a timely snowstorm that dumped more than 30″ of snow, with parts of the slopes sitting at an incredible 3-feet […] Industry News Kiwi Brains | June 7, 2019 0 Comments
Heavy Summer Snow Allows Mt Hutt, New Zealand to Open for the Weekend 3 MONTHS Early An out-of-the-ordinary end-of-summer heavy snowfall in New Zealand last weekend means one resort, Mt Hutt, will be able to open for snowsports this weekend, more than three months ahead of its normal ski season start date. Mt Hutt had over 20-inches of fresh snow up high, and lucky employees have already been out making their firsts turns. The southern hemisphere […] Industry News Kiwi Brains | March 1, 2019 1 Comment
New Zealand’s Mt. Hutt Ends Ski Season 2 Days Earlier Than Planned The ski season at New Zealand’s Mt. Hutt was scheduled to go until October 12, however, sometimes things just don’t go according to plan and this time the weather gods forced the South Island resort to shut early. Related: Mt Hutt, New Zealand, Reverts Back to June 13 Opening Day Due to Too Much Snow The ski field shared the […] Industry News Kiwi Brains | October 10, 2025 0 Comments
Mt. Hutt, New Zealand, Reverts Back to June 13 Opening Day Due to Too Much Snow in Forecast There is such a thing as too much of a good thing—Mount Hutt, New Zealand, announced on its social media channels and website yesterday, June 3, that the resort will not open this coming weekend. Instead, the season opening will be on Friday, June 13, as initially planend, due to around 1 meter (3 feet) of snow forecast for the […] Industry News Kiwi Brains | June 3, 2025 0 Comments
Early Snow Hopes Melt as Mt. Hutt, New Zealand, Delays King’s Birthday Opening Just weeks after Mt. Hutt, New Zealand, surprised the New Zealand ski community with its earliest planned opening in 16 years, the Canterbury ski field has been forced to delay operations due to recent poor weather. Warm temperatures, rain, and wind eroded the early-season snow cover in the last couple of weeks. The resort confirmed today, May 26, that it […] Kiwi Brains | May 25, 2025 0 Comments
Mt. Hutt, New Zealand, Announces Early Season Start After Rare May Snowfall, Marking First May Opening in 16 Years Mt. Hutt, one of New Zealand’s premier ski destinations, is set to open early for the 2025 season following an extraordinary 1.2-meter (4-foot) snowfall during the first week of May. This marks the resort’s earliest opening in 16 years, with weekend operations commencing on May 31, including the King’s Birthday public holiday on June 2. Full seven-day operations will begin […] Industry News Kiwi Brains | May 11, 2025 0 Comments
Mt. Hutt, New Zealand, Sees Record May Snowfall Over the weekend, Mt. Hutt in New Zealand’s Canterbury region has experienced a remarkable snowfall of approximately 1.2 meters (3.9 feet). This takes the current snow base at the top of Mt. Hutt to an estimated 1.8 meters (5.9 feet) and the lower base to 50 centimeters (1.6 feet). However, the exact snowbase is currently hard to establish, as wind […] Industry News Kiwi Brains | May 5, 2025 0 Comments
Mt. Hutt, New Zealand, Photo Essay: Classic Turns With a Moon Twist Through the windshield, the color stack of Canterbury’s Mt. Hutt resembles a cappuccino, rich browns below a snow-frothed top. At just under 7,200 feet of elevation and rocking the largest skiable area of the South Island, Mt. Hutt has earned its stripes as one of New Zealand’s top ski fields. Related: Mount Hutt, New Zealand, Finally Gets Big Snow Dump […] Conditions Report Paulie | July 31, 2023 0 Comments
Photo Tour: Mt. Hutt Ski Area, NZ Pounded With 15+ Inches of New Snow It’s safe to say that most of us would rather be in New Zealand right now. Mt. Hutt Ski Area just reported over 15 inches of new snow which fell on Sunday, August 8. Check out these snowy images from the New Zealand ski area—just try your hardest not to drool! Meanwhile, ski season is less than 100 days away […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | August 10, 2021 0 Comments
Skiers Had to Rappel to the Ground After Two Chairs Collided at Mt. Hutt Ski Field, New Zealand Twelve skiers were stuck and had to rappel to the ground after two chairs collided at Mt. Hutt ski field in New Zealand this morning. Related: VIDEO: Must Watch Chairlift Horror Movie ‘FROZEN’ is Available to Stream For Free The incident occurred first thing in the morning at about 8:30 am when two fully loaded six-person chairs ascended too close […] Industry News Kiwi Brains | July 14, 2020 0 Comments
Free Shuttle Bus to Operate on Going-to-the-Sun Road, MT Until It’s Clear for Motor Vehicles Want to experience Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park, MT without vehicular traffic? For the next few weeks at least shuttles for hikers and bikers will take you beyond the vehicle gate barriers on that iconic road. The shuttles are to start running on May 11 on weekends from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The free shuttles will run every 20 […] Weather WeatherBrains | May 6, 2019 0 Comments
Mt. Hutt, New Zealand Reports 2018 was Best Season Ever | Why 2019 Will be EVEN Better The stats are in, and New Zealand’s best ski resort since 2015, Mt Hutt in Canterbury, closed the 2018 season with the best visitor numbers since the mountain opened in 1973. The surge of visitors has been attributed to service and operations rather than snow, with the leanest snowfall in 20 years. Mt Hutt Ski Area Manager James McKenzie says […] Industry News Kiwi Brains | November 10, 2018 0 Comments
Mt. Hutt, NZ Extends Season After Multiple Storms Left Them With “Oodles of Snow” Mt. Hutt, NZ is having one heck of a season. Multiple storms as of late have left the area buried in snow, which has prompted them to extend their ski season. Instead of closing on the original scheduled date of Sunday, October 8th, they will now close on Sunday, October 15th. This allows New Zealand residents to enjoy the slopes through […] Industry News Chris Wallner | September 5, 2017 0 Comments
Avalanche Hits Car Driving on Mt. Hutt, NZ Access Road Today An avalanche came down on a convoy of about 20 cars who were leaving Mt. Hutt, NZ ski area near Canterbury, NZ today, August 16th 2017, according to Stuff.co.nz. Â The avalanche hit one pick up truck – pictured above. Mt. Hutt recently saw 47″ of new snow. “We were just sort of driving along and boom, it just hit our […] Avalanche AvyBrains | August 16, 2017 0 Comments
Mt. Hutt, New Zealand to OPEN on June 10th with ALL Lifts Open After Large Snowfall Mt. Hutt ski area on the South Island of New Zealand announced today that they will be opening on June 10th with all their lifts open.  This is due to them experiencing  the “best snow in years” with over 40″ of snowpack already. If they do pull off getting all their lifts open on opening day, this would be the […] Industry News SnowBrains | June 1, 2016 0 Comments
316 Skiers & Riders “Snowed In” at Mt. Hutt New Zealand as Big Storm Hits Media Release from Mt Hutt, New Zealand September 4 2013 Safety decision closes Mt Hutt with guests on mountain. A combination of drifting snow and poor visibility has lead to Canterbury’s Mt Hutt ski area closing the access road with a total of 316 guests still on the mountain. Mt Hutt ski area manager James McKenzie said while ski area […] SnowBrains | September 4, 2013 1 Comment
Large Avalanche After 9 Feet of New Snow @ Mt. Hutt, NZ Takes Out Triple Chair Last week’s powerful winter storm in New Zealand left over 9 feet of new snow at Mt. Hutt ski resort.  The resort has been closed since last Wednesday due to high avalanche danger, high winds, and ridiculous amounts of new snow. When the weather finally cleared yesterday, crews dropped bombs on the resort from helicopters to release avalanches and make […] Avalanche SnowBrains | June 24, 2013 12 Comments
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