Mt Hutt was on the news last night and I was
in Methven yesterday with a friend who's on snowmaking.
It's been really cold there since last weekend when
it snowed and it dropped a little sprinkling more
on Monday. The best thing is that the moisture content
rose and it means the fallen snow is almost becoming
a base, which at Hutt you need as it can get a tad
windy up there. Mount Shut is something they are trying
to shake as it's not that bad!
Anyway
Broadway has a good base of up to 50cm of man-made
and natural and most of the rest is coming online
now in terms of snowmaking. Of course I managed to
sneak a few runs in.
Eden
is up there all night every night for the next 4 weeks
to get it going...if it stays cold - fingers crossed!
They're opening Queens Birthday which is June 4th
all going to plan.
Concrete
Peak and the Regrettables are scheduled
the next week although this normally doesn't happen.
Simon Cawley, ski area manager was saying they've
had 800+ job applications this year for about 100
jobs - amazing!
Other
issue there is that Lord of The Rings is filming
in that area (actually on Mt Sunday which is near
Mt Potts -
awesome area) and there's another film up there as
well so there's very little accomodation in Methven
and it's now expensive, a bummer for seasonal workers...however
I'm sure they'll cope as always...
