As I look out the window as we near the top of the more than 1500 metre ascent, I turn to my friend who has the unenviable task of driving and say, “You’re not scared of heights are you mate?” It was ...

A few days ago, Mt. Hutt, a ski resort in New Zealand, hinted that thanks to several feet of early-season snowfall, it might begin running its chairlifts earlier than usual. Now, those plans are ...

Canterbury’s Mt Hutt had its busiest day in a decade on Friday, following a slow start to the season. More than 10,000 people hit the slopes over the three-day Matariki weekend, with around a metre of ...

When it's "on", Mount Hutt has some of the best skiing and snowboarding in New Zealand . The mountain is like a radar dish that attracts snow. It's all a matter of timing, though. To get freshies you ...

The start of snowmaking today (Thursday May 23) at Mt Hutt in Methven and early this morning at Coronet Peak in Queenstown signals the impending opening of two of New Zealand’s most popular ski fields ...

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After severe weather delivered 230mm of near-freezing rain falling in the base area in just 48 hours, temperatures at Mt Hutt plummeted last night (Wednesday) and rain turned to snow with 20cms of the ...

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