As soon as we landed in Christchurch, we grabbed the rental car, got familiarised with the left-handside driving and drove to Methven, where we would base-camp at least for the first few days.
To warm up, we headed to Mount Hutt the next day, a commercial ski field similar to what we are used to in Europe, with ski lifts. We got there pretty late after renting the skis and crossing many many people that where coming down from the field due to abd weather.
A nice surprise to start with :
Chains even for 4WD needed to go up !
Sooooooooooo, how does this worrrkk ?
Luckily some guy who probably saw us (or rather Ben) struggling with the chains came to give us a hand...
Only two of the 4 ski lifts were open ( i tot aixo pel modic preu de 89NZD, uns 50€, que no hi ha preu de mitja jornada!) but at least the sky cleared up as soon as we reached the parking lot and we had enough time to enjoy both the skiing and the scenery !
It was probably the first time I saw the sea from the mountains while skiing !
PS : In Methven, we stayed at the welcoming Alpenhorn Chalet, a warm nice hostel that we strongly recommend !
3 comments:
anda que....dos enginyers incapaços de posar unes cadenetes de res....quina vergonya per la professió!! xd
Sérieux, allez faire du ski en plein mois de juillet/août, faut vraiment être débile!
crec que aquiQ falta alguna que d'altre actualització!!1
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