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Ruapehu 2010
*edited 18 Jun 2010 14:23
there's an update on the 'noon on RAL site
3-4 weeks 
I read end of july inthe herald today...
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I am the freedom breeder!
so 4 weeks... ish...
we gotta have words with the weather - dump at night, sunny during the day please.
Originally posted by: atros
I'm thinking of taking some lessons as well. I "lost" my teacher for this season. My mate that was teaching me and showing me where I could improve broke his ankle skateboarding...
My snow buddy has moved to SI. Something about meeting a girl down there. Traitor.
Originally posted by: lovee5
snowboarding facsinates me too.... but i shud go for skying this time. I think ...
what the hell is skying?
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by the way..have they built a new bridge on the turoa road yet..CCS, your picture got me thinking.
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yep new bridge went in over summer. I took some pics the other weekend but as it was raining it focussed on the windscreen, so the pics are a bit hopeless, argh.
*edited 18 Jun 2010 14:52
Great pics CCS! Looking good up there for sure (bent towers aside!)..........on the snow front there appears to be more monsters brewing out there heading our way...!
2010 Season is looking great so far!
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"If you see a Scotsman with a cricket bat....he's not off to play cricket...."
I mean skiing
*edited 18 Jun 2010 14:56
bit of comsy tels us wat skying is? n slip of hand changes spelling.
Originally posted by: McAulay
*edited 18 Jun 2010 14:52
Great pics CCS! Looking good up there for sure (bent towers aside!)..........
...you realise they were 2009 pics tho?
Originally posted by: CCSOriginally posted by: McAulay
*edited 18 Jun 2010 14:52
Great pics CCS! Looking good up there for sure (bent towers aside!)..........
...you realise they were 2009 pics tho?
*cough*....errr........of course I did......
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"If you see a Scotsman with a cricket bat....he's not off to play cricket...."
Originally posted by: CCS
The Express opened at 230 so by the end of the day there was top to bottom riding, yeee ha.
I remember that day. Most people had almost written off the chances of the Express opening when suddenly BAM, there it went. I think we even scored a couple of laps of Solitude.
Amazing opening weekend. Top marks to RAL for pushing so hard to get it all open.
Originally posted by: lovee5
*edited 18 Jun 2010 14:56
bit of comsy tels us wat skying is? n slip of hand changes spelling.
In English now
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is it 2 lane?
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the bridge i mean.
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2 lane yep!
It's pretty cool, kinda likeyou know precisely where you are but you miss it all at once. Just a nice smooooooth road now.
oldscool
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Posted: 18 Jun 2010 13:46 quote
*edited 18 Jun 2010 13:49
Well, yeah. Top half of the old second chair
Which became the 3rd (Knoll Ridge) chair
Which became the National Downhill chair....
Didn't the second chair go from Hut Flat to the top of the Knoll Ridge??, and then get cut back to stop at the old cat shed?
Someone should write a book about the lift systems on Ruapehu over the years, like the book 'White Gold' on Mount Hutt, i'm sure it would sell well.
Or is there a book already?......
*edited 18 Jun 2010 16:44
Guy did a docu about history of skiing on ruapehu.
To many people not enough fact / history on the topic of skiing on Ruapehu for my liking.
Actually I came away feeling like I'd just watched the most elaborate suck up to the boss I'd ever seen
Originally posted by: Fridayoldscool
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Posted: 18 Jun 2010 13:46 quote
*edited 18 Jun 2010 13:49
Well, yeah. Top half of the old second chair
Which became the 3rd (Knoll Ridge) chair
Which became the National Downhill chair....
Didn't the second chair go from Hut Flat to the top of the Knoll Ridge??, and then get cut back to stop at the old cat shed?
Someone should write a book about the lift systems on Ruapehu over the years, like the book 'White Gold' on Mount Hutt, i'm sure it would sell well.
Or is there a book already?......
There is a book. Have a copy at my club. Was put out for Tongariro park centenary I think. The doco was made by Joh Ball. Interesting - talks about the chair at Whaka that fell down in an ice storm within weeks of opening/installation.
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reine de l'hiver
^^^
Would be interested in the book, i guess the number three chair went on up the Knoll before becoming the National Chair?.....
I was telling an 'older dude' at my work that i was thinking of going up and he told me 'back in the day' he used to hike up and go skiing before there was a road up! Wow that must have been a mission
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** SwearJar **
Looks promising...
We are working towards having the Movenpick and High Flyer operational for Sunday the 20th of June for those who are looking for a little more terrain than our currently operational Sunkid Carpet on the Alpine Meadow. We are optimistic on opening additional upper mountain facilities through the week with the snow forecast on Monday & Tuesday.
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reine de l'hiver
Originally posted by: Friday
^^^
Would be interested in the book, i guess the number three chair went on up the Knoll before becoming the National Chair?.....
Yes I think so. Can't remember name of book. Will look next time at club. They used to run 'cat' (ie tractor) trips to crater. Made up for the hours you had to wait to get on lifts if you weren't a RAL shareholder. Happy Valley and National/West (by Down Hill Ski Club) were run buy different concessions.
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reine de l'hiver
Originally posted by: Jude
They used to run 'cat' (ie tractor) trips to crater.
Wow, that look like fun! I wish they still had something like that
(Yes, I'm lazy)
*edited 18 Jun 2010 19:58
Originally posted by: atrosOriginally posted by: Jude
They used to run 'cat' (ie tractor) trips to crater.
Wow, that look like fun! I wish they still had something like that
No longer allowed under the gift arrangements from local iwi (Maori tribe who gifted the sacred peaks of Tongariro National Park to the people of NZ). Same reason you don't have heliskiing there. Hiking it makes it more worthwhile IMO - get a huge sense of achievement
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reine de l'hiver
Tukino is trying to set up a cat ski operation. was proceeding thru DOC ..not sure hows that going.
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Originally posted by: Freshie
Tukino is trying to set up a cat ski operation. was proceeding thru DOC ..not sure hows that going.
Won't be into gift area though. Understand High Noon and proposed Knoll go into gift area - just - but can get away with it as 'replacement' lifts.
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reine de l'hiver
Originally posted by: Jude
[Hiking it makes it more worthwhile IMO - get a huge sense of achievement
Yeah, I agree with you. I had a failed 2 hour hike up to the crater lake (we ended up somewhere else) but it was really awesome. Best ride for me so far. Next time I will make sure we take off from the top of the Far West T
Originally posted by: Jude
[Hiking it makes it more worthwhile IMO - get a huge sense of achievement
Yeah, that was my one goal for the season. But my main chance is first week of the school holidays (I'm a teacher) and don't think I could manage the walk up the High Noon before even starting the rest of the way. Would be a massive achievement though!
Originally posted by: JudeOriginally posted by: Freshie
Tukino is trying to set up a cat ski operation. was proceeding thru DOC ..not sure hows that going.
Won't be into gift area though. Understand High Noon and proposed Knoll go into gift area - just - but can get away with it as 'replacement' lifts.
didnt say it was..tukino is considerably lower than turoa. has damn good terrain, so loads of opoortunities there
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Originally posted by: atrosOriginally posted by: Jude
They used to run 'cat' (ie tractor) trips to crater.
Wow, that look like fun! I wish they still had something like that
I'd pay extra for cat skiing from the summit down to the bottom of the glacier on a good day, could make them a heap of money. $20 per trip would be well worth it on a powder day.
strange bunch you northerners. is it that hard to Pm each other cell numbers?
Originally posted by: brighton_pumps
strange bunch you northerners. is it that hard to Pm each other cell numbers?
You mean you goat-herders down south don't have mobile internet (and hence the forums) on your cellphones?!
*edited 19 Jun 2010 19:30
Originally posted by: impreza50Originally posted by: atrosOriginally posted by: Jude
They used to run 'cat' (ie tractor) trips to crater.
Wow, that look like fun! I wish they still had something like that
I'd pay extra for cat skiing from the summit down to the bottom of the glacier on a good day, could make them a heap of money. $20 per trip would be well worth it on a powder day.
Talk to the local iwi
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reine de l'hiver
It's about time the whakapapa cams get turned around so you can see what the snow is like, everyone has had enough looking at the construction sites.
^^ agree!
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reine de l'hiver
^^^ also!
Looks like reasonable snow in the forecast for the next few days. Warm as in Welly today - 17 deg on car temp gauge
Warm rain looks like it has washed away a fair bit of cover midfield at Turoa.
Early days though......patience.....
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reine de l'hiver
Yeah I saw the webcams today and wept, was hoping to steal a day on Tuesday before the weekend trip
Originally posted by: rozboonOriginally posted by: brighton_pumps
strange bunch you northerners. is it that hard to Pm each other cell numbers?
You mean you goat-herders down south don't have mobile internet (and hence the forums) on your cellphones?!
so you put a post on here saying hi im blahblah and im on xx chair heading out to ride superthighdeeppow gully lets meet up?
not forgetting colins on dialup so he wont have moblie internet
Is this forum mobile friendly?
I think the last time I've been to Whakapapa (late May) I got a 3G signal up there.
Originally posted by: brighton_pumpsOriginally posted by: rozboonOriginally posted by: brighton_pumps
strange bunch you northerners. is it that hard to Pm each other cell numbers?
You mean you goat-herders down south don't have mobile internet (and hence the forums) on your cellphones?!
so you put a post on here saying hi im blahblah and im on xx chair heading out to ride superthighdeeppow gully lets meet up?
not forgetting colins on dialup so he wont have moblie internet
Yeah man, means he can't track me down and 'have a pop at me' as old raceway suggested elsewhere.
Originally posted by: CCS
I caaaaaaant, my brain is fluff, my head is full of freaking acronyms learning my new job today.
ok ccs, now you had a nice weekend off!
your brain should work, should only take you 5min at work.
clue--
find out what kgb is first.
S___ K___ B_______!
or could be
K___ S___ B_______!
both work
Who's going to Mardi Gras?
Did anyone get up to Rua in the weekend? Bit of Alpine Meadow action LOL
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If you don't like my fire don't come around.
I'm gonna go down tomorrow and stay Wednesday. Weather's looking average at best, but I need a fix!
If nothing else I'll just hit the boxes in alpine meadow all day.
Originally posted by: impreza50
It's about time the whakapapa cams get turned around so you can see what the snow is like, everyone has had enough looking at the construction sites.
OK I will email them now, why don't we all do it...
info@mtruapehu.com
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Winter is always coming!
Originally posted by: kingkarl
I'm gonna go down tomorrow and stay Wednesday. Weather's looking average at best, but I need a fix!
If nothing else I'll just hit the boxes in alpine meadow all day.
'Tis a good call. I'm having a mare at work today and would like nothing better than to slide a few turns.
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If you don't like my fire don't come around.
Originally posted by: SDOriginally posted by: impreza50
It's about time the whakapapa cams get turned around so you can see what the snow is like, everyone has had enough looking at the construction sites.
Ok I will email them now, why don't we all do it...
info@mtruapehu.com
Agree.
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reine de l'hiver
Originally posted by: kingkarl
I'm gonna go down tomorrow and stay Wednesday. Weather's looking average at best, but I need a fix!
If nothing else I'll just hit the boxes in alpine meadow all day.
Take some shovels and go for a walk, made what could have been crap into a great fun day for us.
Scooby, I'll be up there that weekend but probably won't go to Mardi Gras itself... heard a few horror stories. A friend of a friend has just opened a bar at the Junction though so we might drop in there and check out the scene.
*edited 21 Jun 2010 14:57
what the suitcase? We are thinking of naming an old bar the Handbag or the purse to match
Originally posted by: rob_rips
*edited 21 Jun 2010 14:57
what the suitcase? We are thinking of naming an old bar the Handbag or the purse to match
Haha, that's the one.
I heard over the weekend that the cat skiing is all go
Originally posted by: Freshie
tukino is considerably lower than turoa.
And veeerrryyy small in regards to the permitted ski field area (45h I think). So I'd think that any operation outside of this would be near imposible. El Prez was talking about one of the club member using an argo to go a little bit higher / wider than the top of the 2nd rope tow.
But 'cat skiing' cat skiing....
Originally posted by: rozboon
Take some shovels and go for a walk, made what could have been crap into a great fun day for us.
where and what did you build? or just what if its secret, might head up on Wednesday for a look, as I have said usually dissapointed this early in season, but oh well.
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Winter is always coming!
Originally posted by: SDOriginally posted by: rozboon
Take some shovels and go for a walk, made what could have been crap into a great fun day for us.
where and what did you build? or just what if its secret, might head up on Wednesday for a look, as I have said usually dissapointed this early in season, but oh well.
Just a little step down, maybe 20ft odd if you popped hard. At about the altitude of the snowmaking pond, just around from the 3 or 4 snowguns clustered on that ridge. It's probably washed away by now in this rain... well the kicker itself probably hasn't considering how much snow went into it but the run-up is without a doubt going to be rocks and plants by now.
Anyone else going up tomorrow?
My mates are only maybe's with t minus 12 hours to departure 
... Useless *******
0274977188 if anyone wants someone to ski with
I hope to be heading up from Welly tomorrow morning. Just as a teaser before staying a few days over the weekend. Got some new gear that needs breaking in.
Originally posted by: Blunt
Did anyone get up to Rua in the weekend? Bit of Alpine Meadow action LOL
yep, Rob and I hiked to the giant cafe on Saturday, more of a fitness game than anything, but the snow was a bit nicer up there too.
Sunday was a write off, went for a look and the waterfall on Mangawhero Corner of Clarry's was cranking.
Has it snowed yet? I've been stuck in a windowless room all day and haven't looked outside...