Up on one of the landing sites near Mt Aspiring with the chopper in the back ground
We have had 3 days on the snow at Snowfarm. It is a nasty drive up with the road being full of serious mud and ruts. We are glad to have a hire car and it having 4WD is a bonus, trust me it is earning its keep driving up that road each day.
The set up at Snowfarm is amazing and a lot of international teams train here in the winter. The Canadians, Koreans, Japanese teams are all here training. The skills of these guys is amazing and it is great to see XC skiing at its best.
The building is massive and houses guests, has a cafe/ restaurant, gym, ski hire. The trails are groomed perfectly and as you can see terrace there way down the escarpment. I did a loop out yesterday that wound its way out through the Pisa range/ plateau. The snow was a bit soft but still fun. I am getting my ski legs back and hopefully it will all pull together for the Hoppet.
We were blessed today with sunshine, fast snow and no wind.... it was fantastic!
Tomorrow sees us do our last day of skiing so fingers crossed for some good weather.
I am outta here for now.... happy trails!
No comments:
Post a Comment