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(Previously) Wandering amongst the mountains of New Zealand in search of cheese

June 2009 - Posts

  • Mt Hutt - Winter 2009 Day 1

    I almost ran out of time, but there was no way I wasn't going riding in June, especially as Mt Hutt had been open since the end of May! Got someone from Snowpool to come up for the day, which was all good. Must've been a bit excited/Alain/whatever on the way up as went to overtake a coach on the road up, not realising what I thought was road was actually a snow drift Embarrassed. Trusty old Rosie kept going though and farmed it back on to the road. That would've been sooo embarassing to get stuck! Or worse if I'd gone off the edge. Stoked to get parked straight in front of the steps too - nobody around.

    Anyway, here's the rest of what happened, not that I'm selling out to GoneBoarding, but I just got round to writing that report straight away:

    Sloth's Report on GoneBoarding

  • It’s snowing at last!

    We’re a full month into the season and this Sloth still hasn’t been up the mountain yet! Things are finally looking up though, up the top, right up there. 10cm freshies overnight, still snowing now and more looking likely for next couple of days. All of this with no wind makes Sloth a happy Sloth.

    Just wish I’d got all my kit together last night now. Vis isn’t looking great today though. No idea what Metservice are on about this year. How can they forecast rain when the freezing level is 800m? Fools! Their forecasting is bad at the best of times, but now it doesn’t even make sense.

    Hopefully the next report you get will be of a powder-laden Sloth :)

  • Sloth has a new Helmet

    It’s not shiny or polished, but it is rather large. Fortunately it has good ventilation as I wouldn’t want it getting too sweaty.

    That’s all, thought I’d let you know as everyone likes a good helmet in the morning.

    Here she is.

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