First day of skiing and we headed up to Coronet Peak which is the closest area to Queenstown and only takes about 30 mins in the car. The weather was good but they haven't had a huge amount of snow so far this season so most of the snow was man-made - but not bad though. We actually parked up and skied before getting the lift base station to get breakfast following which we skied pretty much non-stop (apart from lunch) until the lifts closed at 4pm (as Kevin & Maureen will appreciate - Annette& Andrew were in their element!)
None of the ski areas in NZ are of the same scale as Europe or the US but there's quite a lot of territory covered by 4 or 5 lifts and plenty of choices to make your own off-piste tracks between trails.
Overall a good day's skiing - and not bad for August!
Helen says -
went skiing and we had to ski from the car park to get breakfast first time ever lol. skiied the whole day apart from lunch. the area is tiny compared to places we normally go to we managed to ski every run by 4 pm(the lifts closed then)
gettin into our boots at first was horrible even tho they managd to fit in fine in the rental shop it felt like we were breaking our ankle to get in tem but wen we were in them they were fine.
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