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Bonus Day at Mt Hutt

Time has slipped by and I forgot to write anything about that unexpected day at Mt Hutt the other week. As far as I was concerned my season ended up Ohau, some 4 weeks beforehand. But unpredictable as the weather is over here, Mr Dumpy came back for an end-of-season special. Got himself all excited and...

Posted to The Life of Sloth (Weblog) by le_sloth on 11-04-2007
Oh, go on then, just one more powder day!

Funny old season this one. I'd packed all my kit away a few weeks' ago, storage wax on the boards, all ready for summer. There's only Mount Hutt and Broken River still open here and it's been dumping at both of them the last couple of days! 45cm+ at BR and 25cm+ at Hutt. I know where...

Posted to The Life of Sloth (Weblog) by le_sloth on 10-11-2007
Bored of Mt Hutt

Not a lot to write about really, but went up to Hutt today. They'd had 24cm snow fall yesterday and it only opened in the avo, so was expecting a bit of powder to ride. And there was. Looking up at the mountain it was odd how loads of it hadn't been ridden. So up I go and straight off piste....

Posted to The Life of Sloth (Weblog) by le_sloth on 07-31-2007
Breaking in the new board

Was looking like another grey day in Christchurch today, but the report said blue skies up at Mt Hutt so finally got myself up there. Been ill for last week or so, which has been annoying cos wanted to get up there and try out this new board. The thing I don't understand about it up there is how...

Posted to The Life of Sloth (Weblog) by le_sloth on 07-18-2007
Mt Hutt Bluebird

I don't really need to say much about how the day started - just look at this photo. Perfect. After breakfast in Methven, got ourselves up the mountain again. Seems word had got around and even more people were up there - we got up at 10:30 and were already in the overflow carpark! Went to pick up...

Posted to The Life of Sloth (Weblog) by le_sloth on 07-08-2007
Mt Hutt Powder Day

Well, after yesterday's massive disappointment , Mt Hutt fully redeemed itself. Myself and SJ got ourselves up at 6:30am, checked the snow report and...yay!!! It's open. With 35-50cm of fresh dry powder . Got all the "right, thens" out of the way, out the door and on the road (via Maccas...

Posted to The Life of Sloth (Weblog) by le_sloth on 07-07-2007
Mt Hutt - the day that didn't happen

A very excited Sloth got up at 6:45am, knowing that it had been dumping all night. Looked at the snow report - yep, plenty of fresh, but Mt Hutt "On Hold". Well, that usually means that they're clearing the road and will get it sorted. Not wanting to miss out on a Greybird day, I drove...

Posted to The Life of Sloth (Weblog) by le_sloth on 07-06-2007
Good weather at last! (Winter Season Day 2)

Southern Alps from Mt Hutt Originally uploaded by le_sloth . I'd done 6 days riding by this time last year - just got back from my 2nd one of this season. Weather's been dodgy for last couple of weeks now, with so much snow in Queenstown they had to cancel most of the Winter Festival, driving...

Posted to The Life of Sloth (Weblog) by le_sloth on 06-27-2007
Mount Hutt Opening Day (Winter Season Day 1)

It was only a couple of days late, and Mount Hutt opened for the new season today. Got myself up there for about 10am, bit of a false start to find that my snow chains didn't fit Rosie's new tyres. Oops. New chains for her then and hitching up for the Sloth today. Only the 1 lift open and a couple...

Posted to The Life of Sloth (Weblog) by le_sloth on 06-13-2007

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