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Future Airport Proposed for New Zealand’s South Island

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New Zealand currently has four major international airports – Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Queenstown – but soon could add a fifth. The owners of the Christchurch airport recently proposed a new airport near the South Island town of Tarras. Tarras is a small farming community about 20 miles from Wanaka, the gateway to several South Island ski areas such as […]

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Taylor Stephan | July 24, 2020
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New Zealand Winter Outlook: High Stoke, Low Profit

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With winter in the Southern Hemisphere just kicking off, New Zealand ski area operators have mixed thoughts on the season ahead. New Zealand implemented one of the most comprehensive quarantines in the world when the COVID-19 pandemic first began. As a result of those drastic measures, the New Zealand government has given ski areas the green light to open for […]

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Taylor Stephan | June 26, 2020
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The Remarkables, NZ Conditions Report + Photo Tour:

Conditions are beginning to be a little spring-like at the Remarks with a few warm days in a row this week. There’s been no fresh snow for a few days now but the snow is still great overall. The main Curvy Basin is quite firm in the morning but softens nicely on the groomers by about 10, the off-piste takes […]

Marian Krogh | August 17, 2016
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Freeride Mountain Bike Legend Kelly McGarry Passed Away

Tragic news for the mountain biking community, Kelly McGarry, 33, freeride legend, just passed away Monday, February 1st 2016.  RIP Kelly.  Our thoughts are with your family and friends right now.  The entire community has expressed an outpouring of emotion over the loss of this legend.  His big smiles, big hair, and big air will never be forgotten.   A […]

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Keenan Grady | February 1, 2016
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Climber Hero Killed in Avalanche Near Remarkables Ski Resort, New Zealand Yesterday

30-year old Jamie Vinton-Boot was known in New Zealand as a hero as well as an impressive alpinist.  “When he [Jamie Vinton-Boot] was 21, he was part of a daring rescue in which he, his younger brother and a friend swum 300m out to sea in a strong rip to save a drowning man. The trio were alerted to the […]

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SnowBrains | August 13, 2013
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