Author Archives: Chris

No skiing today (lift access)

Posted on December 11, 2010 by Chris

The plan was to get a few turns in if they opened the top of the mountain, but wouldn’t you know it , it’s blowing a gale and there is [...]

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Getting there !!!!!

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Chris

Woke to about 20cm of new snow, after a sleepless night of worrying if I will get my car off the mountain this morning, But I am confident the Subi [...]

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8th December ……Nearly There

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Chris

We have had about 10cm of snow since yesterday morning, still not enough to get this part of the mountain going, but there is talk of opening the top of [...]

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First reportable snow this season

Posted on December 4, 2010 by Chris

First snow worth talking about this season…..woke to find about 7cm had fallen overnight, still not enough to get things started , but a welcome sight, all I have to [...]

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Paradise 22nd February

Posted on February 22, 2010 by Chris

Another bluebird day with relatively warm temp, which are also predicted for the next few days, crowds will be down from yesterdays frenzy, and there may even be a few [...]

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Paradise 21st February

Posted on February 21, 2010 by Chris

Have had a few dramas past few days with running out of kerosene, hence no report, anyway there wasn’t much to report so not a lot was missed.Today however finds [...]

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Paradise 17th February

Posted on February 17, 2010 by Chris

Things are looking a bit better today…we have had about 4-5″ of fresh snow overnight ,and it is still snowing lightly, not quite enough to cover tracks from previous days,or [...]

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Paradise 16th February

Posted on February 16, 2010 by Chris

Well a bit more of the same  today. Only a very light dusting, and temps have dropped quite a bit , it is -5 here this morning, and we have [...]

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Paradise 15th February

Posted on February 15, 2010 by Chris

Morning started off with some high dark clouds, which has developed into light snowfall as I type . Temp is -1 at 1100 m, and will be colder up higher [...]

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Paradise 14th February

Posted on February 14, 2010 by Chris

Another beautiful day on paradise …ski patrol is doing first sweep and it looks pretty sweet with about 3″ new snow on the overnight groomed course in front of my [...]

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