Snow camps begin
Snow camps begin
Women-only ski and snowboard freestyle camps, the Burton Snowbroads, will be held at The Remarkables at the end of the month.
Southern Snow
Mountains his ministry
Mountains his ministry
Andrew Higgins is the pastor on the powder and the mountains are his ministry.
Living in darkness
Living in darkness
Snow Park snowmaker Leith Huffadine describes his "nocturnal" lifestyle during winter months as "a bit of a blur".
Skifield buses prove popular
Skifield buses prove popular
The buses NZSki lays on to take snow enthusiasts to Coronet Peak and Remarkables skifields are proving popular this winter.
Games on agenda
Games on agenda
Next year's Winter Games New Zealand will be a platform for national and international competitors on the road to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Games chairman Sir Eion Edgar says.
Series sports highlights
Series sports highlights
Visitors to Queenstown Airport will be welcomed with visual evidence it is possible to snowboard and surf in one day.
Skifield ice bars popular with patrons
Skifield ice bars popular with patrons
The recent clear skies and sunscreen days atop Queenstown's skifields have meant the ice bar at Coronet Peak has been kept busy, and a similar bar at the Remarkables' will open tomorrow.
Snow cover thinning out
Snow cover thinning out
The next seven days are "not looking particularly good for the skiers" Lakes Region weather forecaster David Crow says.
Interfield series to begin
Interfield series to begin
The Southern division of the 2012 Junior Interfield Series will begin this Saturday at Coronet Peak.
In no hurry for a change
In no hurry for a change
Wanaka man Scottie Little (40) has clocked up 23 seasons as a staff member at Cardrona Alpine Resort and has no immediate intention of giving up his "dream job" as a lift supervisor and health and safety representative.
Ski instructor is from the highest city in Germany
Ski instructor is from the highest city in Germany
What makes the city of Oberwiesenthal famous is a question few in Otago besides Snow Farm cross-country ski instructor Ronny Fudel are likely to know the answer to, without consulting the internet.
Fundraising and contests at skifield
Fundraising and contests at skifield
The impending close of the ski season is not stopping the action at the Remarkables skifield, with the country's first snowboard-wakeboard crossover event and the Bikinis for Breast Cancer fundraiser both taking plave on Saturday.
Ski season tough: CEO
Ski season tough: CEO
To say the 2011 ski season has been a challenge is to drastically understate the obvious.
Youngsters get tricky
Youngsters get tricky
Treble Cone welcomed more than 80 young freestyle skiers and snowboarders to the mountain's free-ride terrain last weekend for the Pump Mini Mountain, a competition focusing on children 13 years and under.
Freeskiing all a matter of judgement
Freeskiing all a matter of judgement
A skier plunges backwards off a jump, rolls upside down twice and spins three times, then lands and gracefully glides off another jump into yet another aerial roll - or maybe splats in a puff of snow, legs akimbo, skis scattered far and wide.
Ohau skifield to close
Ohau skifield to close
Ohau Snow Fields will farewell winter this weekend before closing for the season on Monday night.
Skifields topped up
Skifields topped up
Southern skifields received up to 20cm of snow on Tuesday, providing perfect spring skiing conditions on the mountains yesterday.
Sisters stack up ski medals
Sisters stack up ski medals
Queenstown sisters Charlotte and Frances Newbold took sibling rivalry to a new level at the Uni Snow Games in Wanaka.
Overseas students key
Overseas students key
International students made their mark on this year's Uni Snow Games in Wanaka as competitors, volunteers, and event organisers.
National hat trick for Griffin
National hat trick for Griffin
Ben Griffin scored a triple win at this year's Alpine National Ski Championships, defending his super G and giant slalom titles and adding the slalom title.