Spring ski touring at the Snow Farm

A few photos below of one of the classic ski tours at the Snow Farm we did on Wed. If the snow is good quality it's one of those trips where you hardly notice the mileage, but in spring it's more of a mission - in fact the snow was icy and trippy initially then slushy, then started freezing again. All quite technical on skis akin to match sticks.

Meadow Hut - it used to be called Meadow Warming Hut, but these days we're either faster, warmer, or the climate really is warmer..


Same hut, and photographed from a different perspective, but in summer...


Well into the tour...


Late lunch with Vicky and Robyn at Bob Lee Hut...


This view is one I really like. The distinctive cloud base started forming at about noon and by 5 pm was pretty much gone. The middle foreground is the Criffel Range - the scene of the highest altitude old gold workings in NZ [lack of water except in spring would have hampered work on this old peneplain]. On the extreme left is Lake Wanaka, and Lake Hawea is just right of mid center...


Looking in the opposite direction toward Mt Pisa...


The trip back alongside the Roaring Meg - an area I so love especially at this time of year...


On closing what amazing stories are coming out of Christchurch. The community spirit makes me proud to be a New Zealander!