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A Hot Tub with a View

Few hot tubs can compare to the scenic beauty of these ones, located in the finest ski resorts spanning the globe. Full Article

16th August 2012
New Zealand Prepares to Open With More Than a Meter of Snow

NZ has up to a meter of pre-season powder already; resort openings start Saturday. Full Article

6th June 2012
Summer ski safaris in the Southern Hemisphere

Take a guided ski safari of Chile, Argentina or New Zealand this summer. Full Article

22nd March 2012
Shaky start for Southern Hemisphere's skiers

Australia's ski season is underway, but New Zealand and South America are forced to postpone due to lack of snow. Full Article

17th June 2011
Down Under: Australia's Snow Gums To New Zealand's 'Southern Alps'

Australia? New Zealand? The winter Down Under is the opposite of North America and the European Alps so that means plenty of fun for those who live there and those who make the trek to feed their habit year-round. Full Article

27th April 2009
FIS World Cup Snowboard Event At Cardrona

Cardrona resort on New Zealand's South Island will host the first stop on the 2008/2009 LG FIS Snowboard World Cup tour on September 6. The resort is expecting over one hundred athletes from eighteen countries with athletes taking to the twenty two foot halfpipe, the only one of it's kind in the Southern Hemisphere. Full Article

4th September 2008
New Zealand Blizzards Kick-start The Season

NEW ZEALAND - Both the North and South Islands experienced a fierce snowstorm July 5, dumping over half a metre of snow on most of the country's resorts. Full Article

9th July 2008
Prime Minister To Open Cardrona

NEW ZEALAND - Cardrona Resort on the South Island of New Zealand is celebrating the season opening June 27 with a special guest, the Prime Minister of the country, Helen Clarke. The leader of the country last attended the opening of the Cardrona Whitestar Express chairlift in 2004 and will return this season to officially open the new high-speed chairlift at Cardrona, the Captain's Express. Full Article

24th June 2008
Winter conditions in spring in NZ

New Zealand has experienced fresh winter snowstorms in the first week of spring, bringing over half a metre of fresh dry snow. Full Article

9th September 2007
FIS World Cup results from Cardrona

The first FIS Snowboard World Cup event in New Zealand was held at Cardrona this week with competitors from around the world converging upon the South Island. Fifty five men and twenty three women from seventeen nations took to the half pipe in windy conditions to launch the World Cup snowboard season. Full Article

9th September 2007
Mt. Ruapehu breaks all records

Ruapehu's new six seater high speed chairlift worked overtime on Saturday, August 25 as a record 12 500 skiers and boarders descended upon the snow fields of Whakapapa and Turoa. Full Article

29th August 2007
Snowboard FIS World Cup in New Zealand

Cardrona Resort plays host from August 31 - September 1 to the world's top snowboarders with the first Nokia FIS World Snowboarding Cup. Full Article

9th August 2007
Snow blankets New Zealand's South Island

Winter arrived on time in New Zealand this week with major snow storms bringing snow dumps to the Central Otago region. Full Article

26th June 2007