Picking the weather at Mount Hutt

The New Zealand weather is pretty hard to pick sometimes. Being an island sticking out between the Pacific Ocean and Tasman Sea can make funny things happen. So here’s an outlook for the next few days: After a pretty good week weather-wise at Mount Hutt it looks like snow is on the way. Two out […]


Hotel Mt Hutt

Well, I had the pleasure of staying at Mount Hutt overnight last week. Unfortunately I didn’t have much choice and neither did the other 1200 people stuck there for the night after 200km/hr winds closed the access road. The day started out a little breezy which is not uncommon at Mount Hutt but the winds […]


Skiing at Hutt

Well the skiing at Hutt is pretty good right now, the mountain recieved about a metre of new snow from the last storm and conditions are great. Unfortunately a few areas are closed due to avalanche hazard but there is still plenty of terrain open and fun to be had. I’ve been taking things slow […]


Mammoth in Summer

Summer time in Mammoth is awesome. Just about everyday dawns fine and crisp with things warming up nicely during the day. Whilst it can get pretty hot in the sun a lot of the time the many trees provide some refreshing shade. However, coming from NZ where rain is never too far away I’d have […]