Remarkables Reconnaissance Rendezvous: Queenstown Winter 2016

1 week on snow in Queenstown 2016 - hitting Remarkables and Coronet Peak

Early season didn't give us the powder stashes that we crave, but riding top to bottom and sessioning the terrain park is always a smashing way to spend a day.

Take the opportunity at Remarkables to explore a little - we headed up to the top of the shadow basin chair and then hiked higher up to the lookout over Queenstown. There are some spectacular views and on a clear day there's no place better.

To see: Lake Wakatipu, 

To do: frisbee golf at Queenstown park, gondola and luge above the town, 

ski and snowboard at Remarks, Coronet peak, or Cardrona

Eat: Fergburger, Ferg Baker, Mrs Ferg gelato

Drink: $3 pints at Searle lane then head to Winnie's

Winter 2K15 - Park, Powder, Patrol

Albatross in the golf course

H. C. Snowboard Inc.

Where is Spot?

Splashin' in the Golf Course Fishbowl. 

Powder stretches in every direction, lines are bold and carves are deep. Cheeky boulders are now submerged and shrubbery is scattered like broccoli above a sea of vanilla clouds. Complete creative freedom is bestowed on those who venture this wide from the groomers with more pristine backcountry discovered every run. Park riding can wait.

Lewsers in the backcountry powderstashe

Icicles and tricycles

With great power, comes great responsibility to spray skiers

Powderhounds unite; Aus snow season at thredderz

Australia; a land of farming, deserts, alright beaches, and the odd marsupial or something.
But down south at the snowies, something magical was happening. Something not seen for many a season.

After a late night departure from central involving 3am food breaks and maccas breakfast we found ourselves at Thredbo's radiant white slopes. The weather held out with the odd break of sunshine giving bluebird conditions that made for unbelievable powder riding. With round 15cm of fresh fall every night coming right down to the village this was a snow season from another world.

Take me to the mountain

Es, Than, Monica :)

Night Skiing

Rail Jam

Jason calling out Torstein 

The morning of our last day saw some heavy winds and light fall high up the mountain putting Kosciuszko chairlift on hold until afternoon. But when we dedicated few made the journey to the highest lifted point, and headed into the backcountry, what we found at 2000m was something extraordinary...

Deep enough even for Jason

Nothing better than a powder day on the golf course

New Zealand - Coronet, Remarks, and Cardies

2 mates

3 mountains

11 days

17 beersies (prime number)

and like, 3 feet of air

New Zealand; the land of Ferg, Teapots, Frolf, and pow. After rolling up to the airport in some fine smelling mercedes monster, and getting stopped at customs due to sleep deprived me struggling to read departure forms, we were allowed into the heart of adventure - qt. After smashing down some ferg and taking copiously long showers at novotel we were up to smash some fresh lines and bring steeze back to the slopes. 

Welcome to winter

The Jason

Parklife...