Mount Hutt Ski Area, New Zealand, Extends Season by a Week Great news for New Zealand skiers––after an on-and-off season due to covid-19 lockdowns, Mount Hutt ski area announced yesterday that it will be extending its season by a full week. They will now close on October 25th, 2021. Well, it’s rumour no more… it’s a fact! We are stoked to announce that we will be skiing and riding an extra […] Industry News Kiwi Brains | September 30, 2021 0 Comments
New Zealand Ski Areas Will Reopen Tomorrow as Country Moves to Alert Level 2 Ski resorts in New Zealand will reopen tomorrow when the strict lockdown expires at midnight tonight. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced today that all of the country, with the exception of Auckland, will move to Alert Level Two. Related: New Zealand Ski Fields Forced to Close as Prime Minister Enforces Strict Lockdown After First Covid Case in 6-Months The […] Industry News Kiwi Brains | September 7, 2021 0 Comments
Ski Fields Still Can’t Reopen as New Zealand Extends Strict Lockdown Yesterday, the New Zealand government extended the nationwide lockdown amid a growing outbreak of COVID-19 infections, meaning ski fields have to remain closed. Related: New Zealand Ski Fields Forced to Close as Prime Minister Enforces Strict Lockdown After First Covid Case in 6-Months The entire country re-entered the strictest, level-four lockdown, originally for three days, last Wednesday. “The best thing […] Industry News Kiwi Brains | August 24, 2021 0 Comments
New Zealand Ski Fields Forced to Close as Prime Minister Enforces Strict Lockdown After First Covid Case in 6-Months New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern returned the country to strict lockdown on Tuesday after the country’s first coronavirus case since February was reported in Auckland. The patient, a 58-year-old man, contracted the Delta variant of the virus. Yesterday, ski fields in New South Wales, Australia, were forced to close as a strict lockdown was enforced there. Related: Australian Ski Fields […] Industry News Kiwi Brains | August 17, 2021 2 Comments
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Travel to Australia and New Zealand is Officially a No-Go For Americans This Winter If you have a U.S. passport that means you’re probably not going to make ski season in New Zealand and Australia happen this year. This will mark two southern winters in a row where skiing & snowboarding will be off-limits to foreigners down under. Related: Ski Season in South America Likely Off-Limits to U.S. Citizens This Year: Chile and Argentina […] Industry News Kiwi Brains | July 13, 2021 1 Comment
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
Tiny New Zealand Ski Club Beats the Big Boys in Race to Open A little known ski-club near Canterbury, New Zealand, has beaten the big boys to be the first resort open after a huge storm dumped almost two feet of fresh snow on the area. At short notice, Hanmer Springs opened today, June 3rd. It is the first time in the resort’s history that they have been opened for the Queen’s Birthday, a […] Industry News Kiwi Brains | June 3, 2021 0 Comments
New Zealand Ski Fields Might Open Early Ahead of Expected Bumper Season Early season snow and pent-up demand are causing some New Zealand ski fields to consider opening early, reports the NZ Herald. Related: New Zealand Ski Areas Receive Upto 7″ Fresh Snow | Snowguns Are Blazing Accommodation and rental companies report that they are almost fully booked, both with New Zealand tourists and travelers from Australia. “Forward bookings for centers within […] Industry News Kiwi Brains | May 27, 2021 0 Comments
New Zealand Ski Areas Receive Upto 7″ Fresh Snow | Snowguns Are Blazing Winter’s coming… in the southern hemisphere anyway. Ski fields in New Zealand have had snow guns blazing for a few days now, and woke to up to 7″ of fresh snow this morning. Related: Against All Odds, New Zealand Ski Areas See Record Number of Visitors The Remarkables recieved 7″, Coronet Peak 4″, and Mount Hutt got a dusting too. With […] Industry News Kiwi Brains | May 18, 2021 0 Comments
GM at Cardrona and Treble Cone, NZ Pens Open Letter Apologizing for Poor Guest Experience Ski resorts in New Zealand have been caught out these last couple of weeks by unexpectedly high skier numbers, so much so that the General Manager of Cardrona and Treble Cone, Bridget Legnavsky, was forced to pen an open letter of apology. Related: Against All Odds, New Zealand Ski Resorts See Record Number of Visitors Due to closed borders as […] Industry News Kiwi Brains | July 24, 2020 0 Comments
VIDEO: Double-backflip Off Huge Cliff at Treble Cone Ski Area, NZ | New Zealand Having Epic Winter So Far Ben Richards sends a beautiful double-backflip off the summit at Treble Cone Ski Area in New Zealand earlier this week. Treble Cone Ski Area just received a foot of new snow on July 12. The ski area currently has a 51″ base after having been open less than a month since that start of ski season in New Zealand […] Cliff Jumping Kiwi Brains | July 16, 2020 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
COVID-Free: New Zealand Declares Nation Free of Coronavirus, Lifts Restrictions New Zealand has lifted almost all of its coronavirus restrictions after reporting no active cases in the country — just in time for winter. Related: New Zealand Ski Area Announces They’re Confident of Opening This Season The nation has declared itself “COVID-Free” which is excellent news for the island nation’s ski season which is due to kick-off at the end […] Industry News Kiwi Brains | June 12, 2020 0 Comments
2 Hikers Survived 18-Days Lost and Without Food in ‘Middle Earth’ Two hikers survived 18-days in the New Zealand wilderness after getting lost in the fog in Kahurangi National Park, police are reporting. Related: New Zealand Ski Area Announces They’re Confident of Opening This Season Jessica O’Connor and Dion Reynolds, both 23, began their hike on May 9, with the intention of being gone for five days. They got lost in the […] Kiwi Brains | May 27, 2020 0 Comments
New Zealand Ski Area Announces They’re Confident of Opening This Season A ski area in New Zealand announced on Facebook yesterday that as coronavirus restrictions are relaxed, they are increasingly confident that they will be able to operate this upcoming season. New Zealand ski resorts have been preparing for the ski season since the country entered Level 3 of their lockdown status, with the understanding that when the country enters Level 2, […] Industry News Kiwi Brains | May 16, 2020 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
New Zealand Won’t Open Borders for ‘a Long Time to Come’ | Ski Fields Still Confident of Reopening New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced yesterday that the country will not have open borders with the rest of the world for “a long time to come”. New Zealand was one of the first countries to close their borders as the coronavirus swept across the globe, and the Prime Minister has been praised for her handling of the situation. Just […] Industry News Kiwi Brains | May 8, 2020 0 Comments
New Zealand Ski Areas Will Be Allowed to Open When Alert Level 2 is Announced (Currently Level 3) When New Zealand moved from Level 4 lockdown into Level 3 on Tuesday 28th April, skifield operators began making plans to open for the winter when the country downgrades again, to Level 2 lockdown. A further announcement today by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern about what Level 2 will entail, brought further hope. Related: New Zealand Ski Areas Are Gearing Up for a June […] Industry News Kiwi Brains | May 7, 2020 0 Comments
New Zealand to Reopen Economy Saying They Have Won ‘Battle’ Against COVID-19 New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Monday that the country has “eliminated” the coronavirus and will be easing restrictions from “level four” to level three,” as new cases are now only in the single figures. CNN reports that New Zealand has reported one new case, four “probable cases” and one new death today on Monday, April 27. It’s hopeful […] Kiwi Brains | April 27, 2020 0 Comments
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