As we had only got out one weekend on skis this year we
thought we would head south to try to catch the end of the ski season. We had
booked a week of ski touring on the glaciers with a guide, so the couple of
days before the ski tour we thought we better get some practise in and remind
ourselves how to ski. On the way south we spent a day at Mt Hutt Ski field,
which has amazing views down to the braided Rakaia River crossing the
Canterbury Plains, even as far as Banks Peninsular. Several of the runs had some
great names... but it got a bit soft and heavy by mid afternoon so after a few
tumbles we gave up around 3pm.
View from Mt Hutt skifield of the Canterbury Plains with Banks Peninsular volcano in the top left corner
Aaron at the top of Mt Hutt - which of the runs to go down?
We also practised skinning up hill in the Remarkables,
heading up to Lake Alta and then up to the col between Alta and the Wye Valley.
Skiing back down was harder than going up as by the mid afternoon the snow was
also pretty heavy.
Aaron skinning up the slope
To get our tramping legs back we did a short 3 hour hike up
to Diamond Lake and Rocky Knob. We got some great views over Lake Wanaka,
although the surrounding mountains were all bathed in cloud. Aaron enjoyed
taking lots of photos, practising using his new camera.
Looking down on Lake Wanaka
Aaron practising using his new camera
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