Posts by julie from nz

Spring skiing is Septemer. Our season starts proper in July, typically July/August are winter conditins. But our winter conditions are mild compared to North America. Do a search here to find other postings on NZ, and look for...

A 17 year old kiwi , Jossi Wells, got a silver in the slopestyle, you can watch his run here, what amazed me is how relaxed he looks when he is doing it. http://www.snow.co.nz/media/media_ne...sletterId=5878 This guy started...

Greg, not this year .... tempting, but unfortunately I don't have endless annual leave and some years priorities change. So I won't be able to do any runs with you this time, but I am sure there will be lots of others who will, have a...

I second what spindrift and co said about a midday meeting place. Both Gatherings I have been too, there have been some bears who travelled from a long way away and ended up not finding anyone for the whole day. They may have been late...

I am curious about the 'new and improved' Powdigger, what have I missed?

Because it is early in the season it may be a matter of stopping off to ski where the best snow is. Assuming that you are here to see the scenery, you should be going by many of the mountains the ski areas are on, cause if you don't you...

I try to always wear mine in bounds. Once you own it , it costs you nothing to wear it except batteries. I bought mine for skiing at club areas in NZ cause they are expansive areas with minimal staff to find you, but will now always wear...

Environmentally, I too have wondered about the carbon footprint of ski domes, especially in hot places like Dubai (they would have plenty of sun for solar panels?). But in the scale of things, it is just a small part of what must be a...

New Zealand is in mourning, an amazing man. He is the most respected and famous new zealander in our life time, and is being given a state funeral, which he fully deserves. I have never heard a bad word said abut him. Some articles on...

Happy Birthday from Dave and I. I trust spindrift picked a good bottle of wine from the cellar, you deserve it. A nice way to finish a special year. Just been watching a little blue penguin swim around outside my office feeding, but...