New Zealand Ski Areas Are Gearing Up for a June Opening As New Zealand moves from Level 4 lockdown into Level 3 from Tuesday 28th April, skifield operators are making plans to open for the winter when the country downgrades again, to Level 2 lockdown. Related: Australian Ski Resorts Planning for a Bumper Season Without Knowing if They’ll Even be Open Skifields are not allowed to operate under Level 4 or Level […] Industry News Kiwi Brains | April 23, 2020 0 Comments
Australian Ski Season May Be CANCELED | Resorts Already Offering Date Changes and Refunds It’s this time of year that skiers across Australia and New Zealand are starting to get excited about winter and ski resorts begin dusting down their snow-making equipment and greasing the chairlifts. But as the coronavirus pandemic continues to sweep across the globe, many are fearing that this season may not happen at all. Australian resorts Falls Creek, Thredbo, and Perisher […] Industry News Oz Brains | March 27, 2020 1 Comment
Everything is Connected: Glaciers In New Zealand Contaminated With Australian Bushfire’s Ashes Last Wednesday, the first of January 2020, people in the South Island of New Zealand woke up to what has been described as an “orange haze and red sun”, caused by the drifting smoke coming from the bushfires in Australia. The wildfires have been burning for more than 2 months, more specifically in the states of New South Wales and […] Brains Micho | January 3, 2020 1 Comment
Cardrona Alpine Resort, NZ Gets Approval for $7-Million Purchase of Treble Cone Ski Field Cardrona Alpine Resort in New Zealand has been granted approval from the Commerce Commission to complete the acquisition of Treble Cone skifield near Wanaka. On Friday, chairwoman Anna Rawlings said in coming to its decision the commission had focused on whether the price of single-day, multi-day and season ski passes would increase with the acquisition. It also considered the extent to which […] Industry News Kiwi Brains | December 20, 2019 0 Comments
New Zealand Volcano Erupted Yesterday: 5 Dead and 8 Missing The White Island Volcano in New Zealand erupted yesterday killing 5 people and injuring 31. 8 tourists are still unaccounted for. A cruise ship filled with tourists was exploring the island in the Bay of Plenty when the volcano erupted. 47 tourists were on the island at the time of the eruption. Currently, rescue helicopters, other aircraft, and tourist boats […] SnowBrains | December 10, 2019 0 Comments
‘Absolutely Historic’ First Descent of Caroline Face on Mount Aoraki in New Zealand On October 27th, 2017, Italian mountaineer Enrick Mosetti and British mountaineers Ben Briggs and Tom Grant completed the first ski descent of the Caroline Face – the extremely challenging and dangerous southeast face of Mount Aoraki/Mount Cook (12,217′) in New Zealand. Local media in New Zealand has labeled the feat as “historic.” Mount Aoraki, commonly known as Mount Cook, is […] Climbing Martin Kuprianowicz | November 29, 2019 1 Comment
Severed Ropes Cause Climbers to Fall 1,000-Feet to their Deaths in Remarkables, New Zealand Two Australians have plummeted to their deaths, falling 1,000-feet from the Remarkables mountain range in New Zealand, in a horror climbing accident. Brett Alexander Lentfer, 62, and James Harry Spaile, 44, died after their ropes were severed during a climb near Queenstown on the South Island. The first rescuer on the scene said it appeared the Australian men’s ropes had been […] Climbing Kiwi Brains | November 7, 2019 3 Comments
Body of Chinese Tourist Without Winter Climbing Equipment Found Near Whakapapa Village, New Zealand A 51-year-old Chinese woman was found deceased near Red Crater in Tongariro National Park on Sunday. The tourist was part of a group of four hikers who left Whakapapa Village on Friday with the intention of completing the Tongariro Northern Circuit. Related: It’s ‘Snowvember’ at Mt. Ruapehu! | Whakapapa Resort, New Zealand to Remain Open in November The group separated […] Kiwi Brains | October 21, 2019 0 Comments
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