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Mt. Hutt, New Zealand, Reverts Back to June 13 Opening Day Due to Too Much Snow in Forecast

There is such a thing as too much of a good thingโ€”Mount Hutt, New Zealand, announced on its social media channels and website yesterday, June 3, that the resort will not open this coming weekend. Instead, the season opening will be on Friday, June 13, as initially planend, due to around 1 meter (3 feet) of snow forecast for the […]

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Kiwi Brains | June 3, 2025
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Early Snow Hopes Melt as Mt. Hutt, New Zealand, Delays King’s Birthday Opening

Just weeks after Mt. Hutt, New Zealand, surprised the New Zealand ski community with its earliest planned opening in 16 years, the Canterbury ski field has been forced to delay operations due to recent poor weather. Warm temperatures, rain, and wind eroded the early-season snow cover in the last couple of weeks. The resort confirmed today, May 26, that it […]

Kiwi Brains | May 25, 2025
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Mt. Dobson Ski Area in New Zealand Listed for Sale After 50 Years of Family Ownership

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After five decades of family ownership and hard-earned legacy, Mt. Dobson Ski Area is officially on the market. Peter Foote, now 82, confirmed he is selling the South Island, New Zealand, ski field he first envisioned in the early 1970s. The announcement, reported by the New Zealand Herald, marks the end of an era for one of the countryโ€™s most […]

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Kiwi Brains | May 12, 2025
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Mt. Hutt, New Zealand, Sees Record May Snowfall

Over the weekend, Mt. Hutt in New Zealand’s Canterbury region has experienced a remarkable snowfall of approximately 1.2 meters (3.9 feet). This takes the current snow base at the top of Mt. Hutt to an estimated 1.8 meters (5.9 feet) and the lower base to 50 centimeters (1.6 feet). However, the exact snowbase is currently hard to establish, as wind […]

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Kiwi Brains | May 5, 2025
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Tลซroa Ski Area Gears Up for Epic Winter Season on Mt. Ruapehu, New Zealand

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Tลซroa Ski Area, New Zealand, just dropped its winter opening plans, with hospitality and snow play kicking off in Alpine Meadow fromย Saturday, May 31, and the ski and snowboard season set to launch onย June 28, in time with the start of the New Zealand school holidays. Tลซroa Ski Areaโ€™s Marketing Manager, Joanna Campbell, says the team is ready to welcome […]

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New Zealand Conditions Report: Awesome, Abundant August

Since the start of August the snow has been consistently falling in small waves up and down New Zealand. July had minimal snowfall across the whole country, with one dump at the beginning and another at the end of the month. So far this month, there has been nearly one snowfall per week, allowing for more fields and terrain to […]

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Nathaniel Lewis | August 14, 2024
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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.ย 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 […]

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Nathaniel Lewis | July 5, 2023
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Twin Ski Areas at Mt Ruapehu, New Zealand, Saved But Could Be Split Into 2 Separate Ski Resorts

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After the worst ski season in decades last year at Mt. Ruapehu, New Zealand, the operator of the twin-resorts Tลซroa and Whakapapa on the North Island was forced to file for voluntary bankruptcy in late 2022. The New Zealandย Government declined to provide another lifeline to the operator, which could have kept the largest ski area in New Zealand going until […]

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Julia Schneemann | May 14, 2023
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