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Skifoan 15 - 19 July

Three days in Methven - Mt Hutt Village Skifield - were different than expected. Although we were already prepared for that skiing here is very different in Europe, but still we were somewhat surprised to arrive in Methven and see far and wide only flat land.

a snowball in July

irritating thing was the info that you can drive by car to Skifield and that lasts from Methven only about 35 minutes. We could only believe it when we saw it in the morning itself. The Gravel Road takes one directly to the parking lot at the start two of three chairlifts. Welcome to New Zealand's most diverse ski area.

Mt Hutt - all must be driven within the Boundary ... can

Ratzfatz we had identified our favorite track, because there are not many runs, just a hut with a café and lift it also enter without waiting (though still have school holidays).

Morning Glory, our favorite. Blue is the way moderate.

there was enough time to take some pics, pack the camera too comfortable in the car, watching the Keas in the parking lot and back to the gondola lift to the top.

One of many good Keas

mood in Snow

is après-ski, we could in the evening between the "Blue Bars" and "Brown Bars" option. Have drunk in both a beer, have been informed of kiwis on the horse race culture and an Australian has told us very proud of what he can say in German: "Kitty in de Forest" :-)

The next day was foggy and with the weather report we received advice that snow chains are necessary. Which can be rented at half the distance. They are assembled from two completely clad in mud people who spend the whole day there in the fog and obviously had a lot of fun. I would not have want to exchange, for only a few hundred yards you emerge from the clouds and the sun.

comes after nearly 14km gravel road, the ski area - all lifts in the picture.

Christine in front of sea of clouds

On the last day we were lucky with the weather and especially with our parking lot. From which we could directly down the first slope to the lift, we had not even tried. And by "directly" I mean that we could put on your skis on the car. Another run and the sledding hill end right next to our car, nice!

death bravely "in" the unverifiable plastic pan.

The best of the day was that we finally married at the steepest part of the Skifield: Bob's Knob. There it goes down almost vertically, and also the best snow does not help: If you have the misfortune to fall down, you slip the rest of the way on the bottom (even seen, not to happiness itself experienced). To get there you drive the "Virgin Mile" on the crest of the hill past the "Splatter Platter" and can not decide at all, in which direction you look like, because the view is great everywhere.

The small dots in the middle of skiers are on Bob's Knob. The Virgin Mile turn left on the ridge.