nzlegend 1 Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 you know its bad when a resort website is advising people to "pray to the snow gods". "Despite being two-thirds of the way through winter, none of the smaller Canterbury club fields are open and the two main commercial fields, Mount Hutt and Porters Ski Area, are getting by on artificial snow." the smaller club fields are Temple Basin, Craigeburn, Olympus, Broken River. Cheeseman. http://www.stuff.co.nz/4146296a11.html Link to post Share on other sites
spook 0 Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 damn, that's no good. i've heard that temple basin is epic (when there's snow) Link to post Share on other sites
spook 0 Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 that was my 700th post by the way, i just thought i'd mark the occassion... Link to post Share on other sites
Manj 0 Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 Sounds a bit like Japan last season....... Link to post Share on other sites
Mantas 3 Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 It's uncanny how Oz and NZ reciprocate their bad seasons. Link to post Share on other sites
keba 0 Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 Aren't the ski areas in Otago doing OK this season? I though Treble Cone was having a big season. Link to post Share on other sites
keba 0 Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 I thought wrong... just checked their web site, and they're working on a 68cm base, and boasting of 5-7cm fresh overnight. Sorry if anyone had booked flights based on my last post... Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 There was a thing on tv last night about the worlds highest ski resort in Bolivia. The report was from Oz news and showed a once-huge glacier that is down to its last three meters. Here are some pics. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/02/world/...=rssnyt&emc=rss Link to post Share on other sites
keba 0 Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 Just checked the snow report from Portillo (in Chile). 205cm base, 35cm fresh in last 24h. Don't write off South America just yet. Link to post Share on other sites
spook 0 Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 you been skiing in South America keba? i know mantas did a big trip there (he talked about it in another thread), but i'm not sure if he hit the slopes Link to post Share on other sites
stemik 14 Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 who actually skis in South America....surely cannot be affordable for a vacation Link to post Share on other sites
spook 0 Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 if you lived in north america it similar to flying to oz/nz i'd imagine plus the mountains there look sick Link to post Share on other sites
keba 0 Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 I've been wanting to for a long time, and we almost had the trip booked in 2005, but logistics became a problem (and we ended up in NZ instead), and now with a 1 year old and another on the way, we will have to wait a few years more before we try again. Japan is a piece of cake to get to, by comparison. I don't see it as being any more expensive that travelling to Canada or the US to ski, stemik. One long-haul flight, a bus, hotel room, lift tickets, etc. Might even be cheaper in Chile than Colorado, say. Link to post Share on other sites
spook 0 Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 plus it's something different. the french canadians that were staying at FT's place last winter (simon and yannick) spent a season there. they had a vid, but it just looked kind of spring like the whole time. didn't seem like they copped alot of consistent snow. i'm sure every season is different though (as we have all seen in japan over the past few years) Link to post Share on other sites
stemik 14 Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 but surely the long haul flight to Chile is a lot different to say the US/Canadian ski fields - either coming from Europe or OZ Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 Had a mate who worked in Peru. From Oz you have to go via the USA. That makes it a horror trip. Link to post Share on other sites
stemik 14 Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 excalty must be 2 long haul flights Link to post Share on other sites
Mantas 3 Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 I dont think so. I think Lan Chile do a direct flight with a stop on Easter island. I never skied there myself, but my mate did , he said it was good, last year I did a back country tour in BC Canada with some cashed up Argentinians, They go to Whistler for their ski holidays, that should tell you something. From what I gather, the mountains are awesome but the snows hit and miss. Link to post Share on other sites
keba 0 Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 From Oz, Lan Chile fly via Auckland to Santiago (that was the flight we had booked). No worse than the Honolulu stopover on the way to LAX, as far as I can see. No need to go via US, unless your fussy about the airlines you travel with. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 For all the body cavity search hassles on profiled potential terrorist sympathizers, shouldn't the US be avoided at all costs if that's not your destination? Link to post Share on other sites
keba 0 Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Since 9/11, it's such a pain. Oz is nearly as bad these days, and Britain too, from what I hear. Japan and Canada aren't too bad yet. Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 What did jack me right of was when I flew to Bali via Guam, they insisted on processing me through immigration, instead of having a transit stream. Wholly unneccesary beaurocracy. Link to post Share on other sites
keba 0 Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Same thing in Honolulu. What used to be a no-hassle transfer from the arrivals back up to the departure gate with a passport/ticket check, suddenly became a bus trip to immigration, security scan, re-check-in, another bus transfer back to the gate, only so the plane could refuel for the forward leg to Vancouver. All at 1 a.m.! Never doing that again. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Don't get me STARTED on BALI! "Visa on arrival" they touted, but they didn't tell you the visa queue would be 600 long cos all the flights come in at the same time and WE ALL NEED VISAS. I waited for 20 minutes without moving. So did the only decent thing I could. I walked over to the local and visa exempt queue. Put US$10 in my passport and gave it to the immgration officer. He said he'd get the visa for me so I gave him the fee. It took me 5 mins to get through. The poor sods in the visa queue are still there I think. Link to post Share on other sites
spook 0 Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Originally Posted By: Mantas I think Lan Chile do a direct flight with a stop on Easter island. yep, and you can stop on easter island for a few days if you want too. i haven't been, but a bloke at work did it. the pics looks pretty ace - statues with heads almost as large as my massive noggin Link to post Share on other sites
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