And skiing? I'm half thinking of heading up the mountain after this and doing a days late season skiing at Turoa on Sunday if the weather looks like it will be ok still. Drop me an email if you are interested: patonomatic@gmail.com

Hey, just letting you know that season passes for next years ski season on Ruapehu are on sale for $370 (or $350 if you held one in 2009), and if you buy before November 30 (next Monday) then you can get that same price for the next 3 years... I've just bought one, so if you're thinking you'll be up the mountain a bit next year then ...

I'm thinking of heading to the mountain on Sunday or Monday (more likely) this weekend to ski. If anyone is interested in joining me for the car trip or to ski, let me know: kgiven@xtra.co.nz I'm actually in Levin this weekend but if you didn't have transport, we might be able to organise something. I have a roof rack for skis and plenty of ...

Count me in for the climbing!!! :) and I may skin up to ski a few times too :)

Hey guys,  Given i have missed the ski season up till now i am super keen to get up skiing as much as i can before the end of the season. I'm hoping to mainly get up for day missions mid week, so am looking for people who are keen. The weather looks pretty bad for the rest of the week, so probably not this week, but if people are keen for ...

Hi everyone, I'm planning to go up to the mountain this weekend. I'm heading up up on Sunday or maybe Monday for the day. I've got a car but only my restricted so I'm happy to take people if someone has had their full for two years (I don't feel like fines sorry!). I've got one space in the ski rack and a reasonable size boot for ...

Last night I wrote an extremely basic webpage for checking the ski reports on your cellphone: http://cubalan.net.nz/snow/ Check it out on your computer first, but there are three pages(summary, detail for each field), and its about 10 times smaller data wise than the official sites. Should prove useful, and more info than txt/phone ...

Hi guys, A group of us head up any weekend we can, usually leaving early(5am) Saturday and coming back Sunday evening. We stay at The Crossing backpackers. Most often we have 4 in the car, but I'll be sure to post when we have a space free! Where do you others stay?  

Hey everyone, Just a reminder that its uni holidays now and we'll be meeting at the pub for the next two weeks instead of up at uni. So come along to the Welsh Dragon Bar (end of courtney place near Embassy) from 7.30pm this Tuesday and next to enjoy a few beers, catch up and plan some holiday adventures! Sounds like theres plenty of scheming ...

Hey for any of you cool cats out there wanting to grab some snow, I'm going up to Turoa on wed. Weather is looking good. I know Annabel and Kieran  are staying thurs too so possible option to stay overnight. Let me know!   Cher   Scott.