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
Slow Start for the Corporate New Zealand Ski Fields So far this winter, snow has been hard to come by in New Zealand for the corporate ski fields. Coronet Peak, one of the ‘Three Peaks’ run by NZ Ski and based in Queenstown, opened on the 16th of June but only several days later had to close due to a lack of snow. Mt Hutt (Three Peaks) which is […] Industry News Nathaniel Lewis | July 5, 2023 0 Comments
Mount Hutt, New Zealand, Closes Again Less Than 10 Days After Opening Mount Hutt, New Zealand, announced today, June 19, 2023, that the resort will close again — temporarily — after opening for the season on June 10. The resort operators stated on social media that they received 40mm of rain in the last two days, which eroded the thin snow cover. So far this season, the resort has only received 19cm […] Industry News Kiwi Brains | June 19, 2023 0 Comments
Mount Hutt, New Zealand, Will Kick Off the 2023 Season This Saturday Mount Hutt, New Zealand, will start winter operations this Saturday, June 10, 2023. After some early snowfalls, the resort announced a season opening for Friday, June 9, 2023, which was pushed back by a day to this Saturday. Each year Mount Hutt aims to be the first resort in Oceania to open by beating the Australian resorts by a day, […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | June 7, 2023 0 Comments
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
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