Popular Post pcklein31 Posted August 29, 2023 Popular Post Report Share Posted August 29, 2023 I am spending a few days in Queenstown, NZ. First of all, this place is just stunning... Spent the last two days at The Remarkables which is a fun 'little/big' mountain. It is weird as the vertical is similar to Blue but skis much bigger, but all does not have a lot accessible steep terrain. All of the steeper terrain is off piste. Due to light coverage I stayed away except the heavier travels area. Overall a fun place to spend a day, but could see during a good winter this place would be really fun. Lastly, the drive up may have been more exciting than the mountain itself... Crazy windy 13 km road with the last 3km gravel. A few pics below..at add some others later 9 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted August 29, 2023 Report Share Posted August 29, 2023 (edited) Nice pictures..1,000 vert can ski short at Blue and long elsewhere. Shit the last 1,000 vert of the Hobacks wears me out more than 200k vert at Blue but other 1,000 vert sections at JH ski shorter cause steep and groomed Edited August 29, 2023 by GrilledSteezeSandwich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post pcklein31 Posted August 30, 2023 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted August 30, 2023 1 hour ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said: Nice pictures..1,000 vert can ski short at Blue and long elsewhere. Shit the last 1,000 vert of the Hobacks wears me out more than 200k vert at Blue but other 1,000 vert sections at JH ski shorter cause steep and groomed .. and well .. I had not ventured up the final lift until today as it is an old fixed grip lift. I guess that should have told me it was the fun part of the mountain. You are dropped off inside an upper mountain bowl with options everywhere (albeit a lot with thin cover). The slopes were a lot more fun and much less crowded. 11 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcklein31 Posted September 5, 2023 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2023 Currently on my flight from Sydney to San Fran... Found this picture which shows the uniqueness of the NZ ski fields. They say they get very little snow in the valley and the snow level is typically quite high in the mountains. In this picture of you zoom into the bottom of the V of the snow line ... That is the base of the Remarkables resort. Quite the drive to get up there .. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Law Posted September 7, 2023 Report Share Posted September 7, 2023 Siiiiiick !!! Nz is almost all club fields so the skiing is all dirt bag which I love and shitty lifts. Super cool pics and way to get to a place most don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcklein31 Posted September 15, 2023 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2023 On 9/7/2023 at 3:56 PM, Johnny Law said: Siiiiiick !!! Nz is almost all club fields so the skiing is all dirt bag which I love and shitty lifts. Super cool pics and way to get to a place most don't. Thanks: Definitely making plans to get back and spend more time in NZ. I was only there for 4 nights, so I was maximizing my time and my Ikon pass. But would be great to explore more. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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