Conditions Report: Taos receives 21″ before Freeride Comp On Monday and Tuesday this week a large storm dropped 21 inches of perfect winter snow on the Taos Ski Valley. The timing could not have been better after a very dry and warm February and the Freeride World Qualifier event beginning on Wednesday. Kachina was closed on Wednesday for control work but the West Basin opened promptly and was […] Marian Krogh | March 5, 2017 0 Comments
Exactly How To Ski & Ride The Highest Gondola On Earth | Gulmarg, India How To Ski & Ride the Highest Gondola on Earth Gulmarg, India: Yes itโs possible to ski in India.ย India holds the highest gondola on Earth: ย the Gulmarg Gondola that drops you off on the top of 13,780′ (4,200m) Afarwat Peak. When most people think about India they picture the Taj Mahal, Bollywood dancing or the Ganges. What most people forget […] Marian Krogh | February 22, 2017 1 Comment
Spring Skiing is ON at the ONLY Ski Resort Still Open in the Southern Hemisphere | Mt Ruapehu, NZ Spring skiing is ON at Mt Ruapehu right now. Resort skiing and touring around the area are fantastic at the moment and conditions should be good for several more weeks. ย This is the only ski resort open in the southern hemisphere right now. Mt Ruapehu is actually New Zealand’s largest ski resort with more than 1000 hectares of in-bounds terrain […] Conditions Report Marian Krogh | October 20, 2016 0 Comments
Treble Cone, NZ Closing Day: The Best in the Southern Hemisphere Treble Cone closed for the season this Sunday and as usual ended the winter in style.ย Treble Cone closing day is well known around New Zealand as being the best party of the season and TC fans literally fly across the country for it. ย The weather wasn’t very cooperative, with poor visibility from some low-lying cloud ย for most of the day […] Marian Krogh | October 3, 2016 0 Comments
Mt Olympus, Playground of the Gods, Delivers the Goods Mt Olympus, one of the more well-known Canterbury Club Fields is about to head into high spring. Conditions are good right now but might not be for much longer so get in quick. Mt Olympus received about 25cm of snow a week ago, and skiing was reportedly phenomenal with the rope tows spinning until the early hours of the morning. […] Marian Krogh | September 4, 2016 0 Comments
North Face Frontier 4*FWQ at The Remarkables, NZ The Remarkables hosted the North Face Frontier today in the famous Alta Chutes. The conditions were perfect with fresh snow overnight and sunshine for most of the day. The Alta chutes are consistently steep and offer many options for both skiers and snowboarders. There are the classic slightly wider Elevator and Escalator chutes with lots of rockier and narrower areas […] Marian Krogh | August 28, 2016 0 Comments
Treble Cone, NZ Conditions Report: Fresh Snow, Sunny Days and Free Ice Cream! Treble Cone received 15 centimetres of snow overnight on Wednesday. This was on top of some smaller amounts of snow earlier this week, resulting in a total of about 25cm of snow so far this week. Temperatures rose very quickly and it was sunny most of the day so the snow turned heavy quite quickly and it was spring skiing […] Marian Krogh | August 25, 2016 0 Comments
Cardrona, NZ Conditions Report + Banked Slalom Results: The weather today at Cardrona was quite variable, firm in the morning, then sunny and soft, then foggy, then sunny again. When the visibility was good the skiing was great, perfect spring hero snow. Cardrona hosted their first Banked Slalom today and the turn out was awesome. There were more than 100 riders participated in a relatively flat but still […] Marian Krogh | August 20, 2016 0 Comments