Lyford & Turoa in the Soup

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Early season snowfalls have set the industry up for a great start. This weekend will be the busiest so far with fine conditions everywhere in the south. Unfortunately Turoa is experiencing white-out conditions with increasing winds expected with more snow in the forecast for tomorrow and Monday. Remember that the Ohakune Mardi Gras is only one week away on June 27th.

If you live of the east coast of the South Island and you listened to that rain on your roof overnight and are now waking up to a cloudy wet cold morning. Head to the mountains where it is crisp and clear for a great days riding. Most of the unsettled weather is just brushing the east coast and not heading inland.

The place to be then is definitely the South Island. It is opening day at The Remarkables has over half a metre of snow with great snowmaking conditions forecast right through the first half of next week. Locals are peaking and gearing up for the Queenstown Winter Festival which starts on Friday next week.

After a great opening weekend last weekend, Dobson's snowmaking is hosing out the snow for their re-opening today. They are open weekends only until the 4th of July when they open up full time. The forecast looks great!!

Lyford is closed today. Lyford is close to the east coast and copping this coastal invader. At least it's snowing. The forecast has eased so it looks pretty good right through until the mid-weekend once this weather passes.

Mt Hutt Clear skies, light to moderate breezes and -6 degrees in the basin at 6am. Brrr, wrap up warmly! Expect the snowmaking to be operating all day today. Fine conditions will prevail for the weekend so get the gear out and get up there. Take care on the roads, the roads will be icy in the morning, especially on bridges.

Coronet Peak has been pumping out the white gold. Their white room is looking superb again after the spring condition over the last week. Their snow guns look fantastic in the dawn light. The forecast for the weekend looks good with just a little high cloud. Just two weeks now until the Queenstown Winter Festival

FORECAST: An anticyclone will dominate for the next week. Expect settled conditions with cold overnight temps. The entire industry will be sucking huge amount of power from the grid to make their white gold. Lucky the hydro lakes are full eh. It's going to get the biggest weekend of the season so get up their, push play and have a blast. Take care on the roads, a fender bender or worse will spoil your whole trip.