The Remarkables, NZ

[pcklein31]

I am spending a few days in Queenstown, NZ.  First of all, this place is just stunning...

Spent the last two days at The Remarkables which is a fun 'little/big' mountain.  It is weird as the vertical is similar to Blue but skis much bigger, but all does not have a lot accessible steep terrain.   All of the steeper terrain is off piste.  Due to light coverage I stayed away except the heavier travels area.  Overall a fun place to spend a day, but could see during a good winter this place would be really fun.

Lastly, the drive up may have been more exciting than the mountain itself... Crazy windy 13 km road with the last 3km gravel.

 

A few pics below..at add some others later

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Nice pictures..1,000 vert can ski short at Blue and long elsewhere.  Shit the last 1,000 vert of the Hobacks wears me out more than 200k vert at Blue but other 1,000 vert sections at JH ski shorter cause steep and groomed 

Edited August 29, 2023 by GrilledSteezeSandwich

[pcklein31]

1 hour ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

Nice pictures..1,000 vert can ski short at Blue and long elsewhere.  Shit the last 1,000 vert of the Hobacks wears me out more than 200k vert at Blue but other 1,000 vert sections at JH ski shorter cause steep and groomed 

.. and well .. I had not ventured up the final lift until today as it is an old fixed grip lift.  I guess that should have told me it was the fun part of the mountain.  You are dropped off inside an upper mountain bowl with options everywhere (albeit a lot with thin cover).  The slopes were a lot more fun and much less crowded.

 

 

[pcklein31]

Currently on my flight from Sydney to San Fran... Found this picture which shows the uniqueness of the NZ ski fields.  They say they get very little snow in the valley and the snow level is typically quite high in the mountains.  In this picture of you zoom into the bottom of the V of the snow line ... That is the base of the Remarkables resort.  Quite the drive to get up there ..

[Johnny Law]

Siiiiiick !!! Nz is almost all club fields so the skiing is all dirt bag which I love and shitty lifts. 

Super cool pics and way to get to a place most don't. 

[pcklein31]

On 9/7/2023 at 3:56 PM, Johnny Law said:

Siiiiiick !!! Nz is almost all club fields so the skiing is all dirt bag which I love and shitty lifts. 

Super cool pics and way to get to a place most don't. 

Thanks: Definitely making plans to get back and spend more time in NZ. I was only there for 4 nights, so I was maximizing my time and my Ikon pass.  But would be great to explore more.