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Nicklas Meindl, a student at
Ruapehu’s Taumarunui High
School, competes in the
slopestyle at Turoa recently. He
also took part in the Waikato
schools event, winning the
snowboarding prize.
Photo: Liz Brooker.
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Ruapehu Snow Bulletin Spring 2016 • 1
Turoa licence up for renewal
The Minister of Conservation has given notice of her intention to and the licence granted in December 2015.
grant a 60-year concession to Ruapehu Alpine Lifts for the Turoa Ski Not all of the required reports have been lodged with the applica-
Area, with submissions open until 28 October. tion, with DOC advising that a cultural impact assessment has been
If required, a hearing would be held in November. commissioned but not yet received.
RAL’s current licence doesn’t expire until 2022, but has applied for a “RAL remain in on-going discussion with Ngati Rangi and Uenuku
renewal early because of the “Fuller Decision”, which led to a change in on this application,” states DOC in the report on the application.
DOC policy around automatic rights of renewal on concessions. “RAL have advised it intends to have that CIA (cultural impact as-
Without certainty of its future rights, RAL has said it can’t invest in sessment) … for the final report for the decision maker,” states DOC.
any upgrades to the ski area. “Ngati Rangi and Uenuku have formally advised the Department
The application is for an initial term of 25 years plus one extension that they agree to this application being processed up to and through
of 10 years, then five extensions of five years each. public notification phase without that CIA … available for considera-
The company underwent a similar process for the Whakapapa Ski tion.”
Area licence, with the Minister’s intention advertised in August 2015 “RAL has proposed to Ngati Rangi and Uenuku that they enter into
a relationship agreement, similar to that which they hold with Ngati
Ruapehu
Tuwharetoa for the Whakapapa Ski Area.”
“A special condition will be drafted for the final version of the li-
cence document should this agreement be reached.”
“The Department considers such a condition as has been suggested
has considerable merit.
Events If agreement isn’t reached, RAL “acknowledges that that might re-
sult in Ngati Rangi and Uenuku altering its position and the Depart-
ment re-evaluating the merits of the application”.
There is opposition from some iwi to the application.
Ngati Haua have said that as Treaty of Waitangi claims for the Ton-
gariro National Park had not yet been settled by the Crown that deci-
SEPTEMBER sion making on this application should be deferred.
Economic benefit
Big Air Turoa 10 Sept The importance of the ski area to the local economy was included
The Big Air is a showcase event for the best riders to come and show in the application, but DOC says “matters of economic benefit are not
what they’ve got over a kicker that will test the nerves. It’s the venue to able to be considered” as relevant under the Act.
showcase your talent to the world and potential sponsors. No new development
No new development has been sought in this application, but RAL
North Island Secondary School Ski
are proposing upgrades and replacements over the next 20 years.
Championship 12-14 Sept This includes an upgrade of the Movenpick Lift, a new quad de-
The NISSSC is back for another year here at Turoa!
tachable chairlift to replace the Jumbo T bar, a new café at Blyth Flat
to replace the Giant Café, expansion of the Alpine and Snowflake ca-
Turoa Boarder & Skier X 17 Sept
Come out for the Turoa Boarder and Skier X! This fun and exciting event fes and increased snow making reticulation and capacity.
for ALL ages to compete in a specially designed course against your peers. Any later developments would need to gain DOC approval with
“full environmental, cultural and planning assessments”.
K2 North Island Secondary School Fits Park principles
Snowboard Championships 19-21 Sept The application fits with the Tongariro Taupo Conservation Man-
Slopestyle, Boarder X and Dual GS are the events in this amazing North agement Strategy, says DOC, including “fostering recreational use of
Island Snowboard Competition public conservation land”.
GoPro Junior Freeride Tour NZ 23-26 Sept RAL also provides ski programmes for local youth and discounted
Don’t miss the final stop of the New Zealand Junior Freeride Tour, fol- access for local school children, which meets the principal of “en-
lowing Mt Olympus and The Remarkables. Whether you’re competing or hancing advocacy outcomes and community relations.
spectating, this is an event not to be missed! “The Department may wish to work with RAL in the future to in-
crease mutual conservation outcomes,” states the report.
OCTOBER Performance criteria
The agreement would include performance measures, which would
Peak to Keg Triathlon Turoa 8 Oct be of “benefit to RAL and to the Department”.
Say goodbye to winter and celebrate spring skiing with the iconic and unique Granting of licence extensions “requires performance from RAL in
triathlon - ski/board, run, bike, skull. Starting on the slopes of Turoa, this multi
order to meet the proposed performance criteria, rather than a right to
sport event sees competitors race down the mountainside by snow, foot
and bike to the famous Powderkeg Restaurant and Bar in Ohakune for the
extend based on limited decision making criteria”.
fourth and final stage of the event sculling a beer (or soft drink if underage). “This means that environmental standards will be imposed and will
need to be met on an ongoing basis. Likewise, standards will be set for
Pink Ribbon Bikini Downhill Turoa 8 Oct ensuring cultural standards and customer service standards are met.”
Fundraising for the New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation, the annual RAL have proposed that, “should the performance criteria not be
Bikini Downhill is back and fingers crossed, bringing the stunning bluebird achieved in one period that it may be ‘earned back’.”
weather enjoyed in 2014. Dust off those bikinis, mankinis or fancy dress “If any are not “earned back” then the final expiry date would be
and help Turoa raise heaps of money for the Foundation.
reduced.”
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Ruapehu Snow Bulletin Spring 2016 • 3
Turoa plans await licence process
With lots of plans for lifts at Whakapapa, where does that leave west of the field, from Sunset Ridge to above the top of the recently-
Ruapehu Alpine Lifts’ other ski area, Turoa? removed Jumbo T-bar and Moro T-Bar.
It would be easy to assume that they would be on hold until after Sales of life passes to fund developments has been used several
Whakapapa’s work is done. times in the company’s past, including at the time of the Turoa
But RAL chief executive Dave Mazey says that’s not the case. purchase and the construction of the High Noon Express. Dave Mazey
He said that, if the company gets its licence renewal (see separate said this idea “is always on the books”.
story), the first priority will be a new café at Blyth Flat to replace the The company is considering looking for external investors for
Giant Café, as outlined in the company’s indicative plans. developments.
Next on the list would be to convert the Movenpick to a detachable Overseas, including in Europe, ski areas under one pass, can have
lift. multiple owners of lifts, including companies, families, farmers and
Longer term, an express lift – 1.5km long – is on the plans for hotels.
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Chondola out, gondola in,
for Whakapapa
Plans for a ‘chondola’ – a combined gondola and chairlift – have slopes, for beginner to intermediate skiers and boarders.
been scrapped and replaced with a straight gondola. Dave Mazey says he’d “like to be bullish” and say the gondola
Ruapehu Alpine Lifts chief executive Dave Mazey said once would be built for the 2018 snow season, but “there’s a whole lot of
the company looked further into the options, they found the price ducks to line up” for that to happen. He says it’s more likely to be a
difference was much less than expected. three-year process, to get consents and approvals, order the lift, then
The idea of using gondola cabins is to better suit foot traffic visitors, receive and install it.
including outside the ski season, for sightseeing and snow play. Waterfall chair
RAL has also canvassed opinion from skiers and boarders and Work is progressing on the 4-seater fixed grip chairlift to replace
found that, faced with a 1.8km ride, they would also prefer to ride in a the Waterfall T-bar. RAL has bought a 12-year-old lift from Snow
cabin, especially when the Ruapehu weather is less favourable. Park near Wanaka, which has been dismantled and is at National Park
Dave Mazey said switching to a straight gondola instead of a ready for installation in summer.
combined lift eliminates any potential issues with foot passengers With no heavy lift helicopters in New Zealand, access is a problem
versus skiers and boarders at the loading and unloading areas. so RAL will cart the heavier components to the site over snow this
The gondola would run from the base to Delta Corner, where a new winter.
café would be built. The lift would give access to the upper slopes, Mr Mazey said the T-bar was built in 1979, predating groomers,
both the eastern and western terrain. snowmaking and snowboarding.
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Ruapehu Snow Bulletin Spring 2016 • 5
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Tourism NZ would support more
Mt Ruapehu marketing overseas
Tourism New
Zealand could do more
to market snow sports
at Mt Ruapehu to
international markets,
says chief executive
Kevin Bowler, but
they would need help
from the North Island
snow and tourism
industry with funding.
Unlike the South
Island fields, Mt
Ruapehu doesn’t
attract large numbers
of international skiers.
“Certainly we’d be
open to doing more
work with the North
Island if they had
some money they
wanted to co-invest
with us,” Bowler said.
Whakapapa and
Turoa ski areas offer THE BIG PICTURE: Mt Ruapehu’s ski areas almost always have way more snow than South
world class skiing Island fields, but overseas visitors don’t know that.
when conditions are
good, but Ruapehu Alpine Lifts (RAL) is facing a persistent decline
in skier numbers.
Need
Accommodation?
Getting the North Island’s biggest mountain on the radar of more
international skiers and snowboarders could help address those
challenges.
Bowler said New Zealand’s ski marketing had often focused on the
South Island fields in the past.
“That will be because we’ve got money that’s come out of the
regions where those fields are or potentially from the ski industry
itself,” he said. With us, you can select the size, style,
“We’re pretty agnostic about where people ski – we’re keen to see and location of alpine accommodation
people ski in any part of the country.”
to suit your needs.
However, he said Ruapehu’s ski industry faced challenges including
limited hotel infrastructure and weekend capacity.
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had an international airport.
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Still, Guy said the central North island’s tourism industry was keen
on doing more international marketing.
“It’s up to all of us to work together collectively to drive the interest
and change the value proposition of skiing in the North Island.”
RAL chairman Murray Gribben said the Australian market was a
big opportunity for the company.
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Ruapehu Snow Bulletin Spring 2016 • 7
Jess ticks the freeride By Liz Brooker A chance tick on a bucket list entry turned into a surprise third place for her first-ever Four Star Frontier freeride world tour qualifier for Ohakune ski patroller Jess Hotter. In early September, Queenstown’s Remarkables field hosted a Two Star event where the Ohakune local made her debut in the sport. After crashing out, she thought there was no way she would come close to qualifying for a chance to ride in the upcoming Four Star run. “My only goal, for the two-star day was to land everything, but I didn’t. I front punched and hit my head on a rock really hard. “I was a bit of a space cadet for the next couple of hours and wasn’t expecting to get into the Four Star.” Luckily, somehow, there was a spot. “Sam Poots [Auckland University student] and I were in the same situation – she front punched as well, it was both our first comp. We both crashed out and they put us both through so it was really cool getting to do the Four Star. We were both really stoked.” The dream to hit an internationally-recognised freeride comp started when Miss Hotter was a student at Ruapehu College and saw one of the last Export Extreme events to be run by Ruapehu Alpine Lifts at Whakapapa. “I had a goal to do it since I was like 17. Circumstances never really lined up and then I never really made the effort to go all the way to the South Island to do it. “I wanted to do it when I was 18 but my parents wouldn’t let me do the one up here – the Extremes – because I had mock exams at school – I was so grumpy about that. “Then I was in Canada the next year and the last two seasons they cancelled the competition up here.” This season she decided it was going to be the year, packed up the skis and set sail for Queenstown. “Things hadn’t really lined up but I was like, bugger it, I’m going to do it. I’m going to make this happen and give it a go. “In a lot of ways working as a patroller helped, the physical work, the physical fitness and being able to be on skis all day – you get more comfortable with your gear. “The whole time leading up to the Two Star comp, I was really nervous, couldn’t really eat. “I was standing at the top and was really, really nervous watching other people go down and thinking God, I’m going to be dropping in soon.” Seeing other competitors heading out of the start gate only to crash and get injured proved to be pretty daunting. Whakapapa patroller Jess Hotter is very happy with her “I was trying to distract myself with finding the perfect song on first-ever freeride event. Photo: NZ Skier. 8 • Ruapehu Snow Bulletin Spring 2016
my phone, changed my song and they were like, ‘are you ready to go?’,
3,2,1 and I was gone.
“I was listening to a track from American battle rapper Lotta Zay, it
just amped me up a bit.”
Miss Hotter’s music choice for her more difficult ride was inspired by
a trip to a thrift shop.
“I decided I’ll wear my sweater today, I found this old retro Egmont
wool sweater at the op-shop in Whanganui last year and thought the
music was appropriate – now it’s my lucky sweater, I kind of want to
keep wearing it.
“I put on Cosby Sweater by Australian hip-hop group Hilltop Hoods.”
Her goal for the much steeper, tougher Four Star was simply to cross
the line at the bottom of the cliff.
“It was pretty nerve-wracking at the top of the four star, it was much
more gnarly.
“The only thing I was thinking about was making it to the bottom
without hitting my head on another rock and not to try and huck [jump]
bigger than what I’m comfortable doing.
“The course was a bit of dust-on-crust and then it had wind drifted at
the bottom so it was really nice as you got further down.”
Having made it safely halfway down the run, she started to get excited.
“I went off this little drop, which was the biggest one of my life. It
was the one that I’d chosen because I knew it was a real good run out.
After landing that, I had to slow a lot to get to the last drop and it was a
real struggle to bleed speed fast enough but because it was dust on crust
and I hung a big right hand turn and all the snow came up all over me
and I came out finishing the run going, like yeah!
“I was just really stoked about getting snow on my face and finishing.”
Finishing third in her first ever round of competition behind Elisabeth
Gerritzen who incorporated three airs for a convincing win over Laia
Castellarnau, has fuelled Miss Hotter to try and take on the world.
“I owe a lot to my parents for all their support and just can’t thank
them enough.
“Money is going to be a hard one but I guess that’s just the world of
competitive skiing.
“I’m going over to Canada this summer and hopefully I’ll be able to
enter some comps over there, I’m just going to have to see how it goes.”
The North Face Frontier freeride event is part of a worldwide
qualifying series for the prestigious Freeride World Tour and is
sanctioned at four-star level, allowing competitors to earn maximum
points.
This Queenstown competition is the first time in many years that a
four-star event has been included on the New Zealand calendar. Jess Hotter in action at The Remarkables freeride
comp. Photo: NZ Skier.
Ruapehu Snow Bulletin Spring 2016 • 9
Celebrating winter
with snaps
By Liz Brooker
Stunning images from the Ruapehu Winter Photography
Challenge are going to be exhibited for four weeks, not just two
days this season.
Having now teamed up with the Fallout Festival, Challenge
organiser and founder Nicole Ledger-Blockley is delighted to be
able to continue to grow the Ruapehu photography showcase.
“The Challenge is an awesome celebration of winter.
“This year we have done things a bit different and teamed up
with Paul [Stieglbauer].
“He has offered his restaurant, 4 Thames Street and that’s going
to be turned into a pop up art gallery.
“We are going have an après ski opening on Saturday [10
September] so everyone coming down off the mountain can come
in and check out all the pictures.”
This year all the images submitted by photographers from
all over New Zealand will be printed and framed ahead of the
exhibition opening.
“At first I was thinking this was going to be a little bit smaller
and really easy to get up and running, but I’ve been just amazed
at the amount of people who have been in contact.
“I have probably had about 30 or 40 photographers email me
interested in participating in the event.”
With stunning entries rolling in from around New Zealand,
being able to show the photographs in a month-long exhibition,
rather than just the two days seen in previous event, continues to
inspire Ms Ledger-Blockley to volunteer her time.
“They also get to vote for their favourite photo and then we will
be doing a prize giving.
“More people are going to be aware of the event and are going
to be able to enjoy the photography as well.”
More information about the exhibition at 4 Thames Street,
Ohakune Junction is available from the Ruapehu Winter
Photography Challenge Facebook page.
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Ruapehu Snow Bulletin Spring 2016 • 11Skier days down: why?
The number of skiers and snowboarders taking to the slopes of of facilities due to the restricted tenure of the company as a result of
Turoa and Whakapapa have been steadily dropping in recent years, the Department of Conservation (DOC) licence renewal processes”.
from 377,000 in 2011 to 341,000 in 2015. With the renewal of the Whakapapa licence at the end of 2015, they
The totals have not matched the combined record of over 440,000, hope to see “increased numbers at Whakapapa as a result of the new
which was set way back before the school term was changed. lift replacing both the Centennial and Rockgarden lifts”.
Before that, there was just one period of school holidays, in August- They acknowledge reduced levels of customer satisfaction and
September. Now there are two lots – one in July and a second round quality of service.
in September-October. “In recent years an area of focus has been maintaining and reducing
The lowest number of skier days in recent years was in 2013, when costs, as well as focusing on our offering within our commercial
it reached 305,000. business units.
So far, the 2016 season is tracking lower than 2015, thanks to a “In the winter of 2015 our average customer satisfaction score was
poor start in July. 47. This is measured using the Net Promoter Score (NPS), a rating out
RAL CEO Dave Mazey says the demand is very strong, with of 100, measuring whether or not customers would recommend our
the last week in August and first week in September showing good products and services.
numbers, thanks to a good run of weather. “Although this is higher than the average over the last five
But he said it was difficult to catch up after a poor July school years (NPS of 39 from ‘09-’13) there is still significant room for
holidays, thanks to low snowfalls and warm weather that precluded improvement.”
snowmaking. The company has reiterated the view that boosting mid-week
Ruapehu Alpine Lifts acknowledges the continued trend numbers is the answer, rather than pushing for ever-increasing
downwards. weekends.
“When analysing the reasoning for this there is not one factor Mr Mazey said during the recent good weeks, day counts of around
contributing to the decline,” states the company in their 2015-16 2000 to 2500 for each ski area and even nudging 3000 on one day.
Annual Report (available on the Mt Ruapehu website). “The market interest is there. We just need the good weather.”
The company says they believe the main reasons for the decline He said RAL needs to work with Ruapehu communities to develop
are the lack of facilities upgrades and reduced customer satisfaction. the area as a holiday destination rather than as a weekend or day trip
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12 • Ruapehu Snow Bulletin Spring 2016From front room
to showroom
By Liz Brooker
Expanding out of the front room into her very own boutique
showroom in the historic Ohakune Railway Station is an exciting
move for local fashion designer Janelle Hinch.
“I always wanted one in Tokyo but here home in Ohakune is just
as exciting.
“I have gone from one room, to two rooms and a four-car garage
where there is no room for parking any more.
“Now we are moving to our own flagship store and getting some
more machines so we can have more seamstresses on the go at the
same time.”
After spending the summer in Wellington with her husband Austin
Hobson working in the film industry, the chance to open her first shop
became too tempting.
“I constantly get offers via email, saying hey make your clothes
over here or people trying to convince me to send production up to
Auckland, but that defeats the whole purpose of me starting a local
fashion brand in Ohakune.”
She says people need jobs that don’t necessarily rely on the
mountain.
“Over the summer we are thinking of moving production up to the
shop so even if it’s quiet there can be someone here all the time and
people come in and see it being made right here.”
Keeping her 100% merino wool designs locally made has always
Janelle Hinch – catching the fashion train. Photo: Liz
been at the forefront of the fashion designer’s mission but an increase
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in production is not going to result in Ruapehu fashionistas wearing
the same outfit at après-ski events.
“Because I only buy my fabric in small lots, by default each design
is a very limited edition.
“That’s one of the reasons I started the whole business, I went to the
movies and accidently turned up in the exact same outfit as my friend,
right down to the shoes.
“We were wearing the same brand of jeans, same brand of t-shirt
and thought, this is not cool.
“I was 12 and that’s when I started making my own clothes, it was
too traumatising.
“People actually ask who else in town has this, and they’ll go, can
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Along with contracting several local seamstresses Ms Hinch is also
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Ruapehu Snow Bulletin Spring 2016 • 13Best primary races yet
By Liz Brooker
The “best one yet” is the feed back received by the host school of the North
Island Primary and Intermediate School Snow Sports Championships (NIPS).
National Park Primary School principal Jane Welburn couldn’t have been
more delighted by the feedback her and a massive team of volunteers have
just received.
“A group of ski parents in Auckland – they were saying it was the best NIPS
ever!
“What has also been really exciting is that numbers were up slightly on last
year with 129 teams consisting of over 550 competitors.”
This is the highest number in the 37 years it has been held and they also had
large number of new schools enter and all of them are saying they are coming
back next year.
Rather than resting on their laurels, the NIPS committee of Robin Dixon,
Sam Clarkson (chairman), Ray Goff, Jon Jarvis and Miss Welburn had been
working through the summer to continue improving and future-proofing the
largest snow sports event held in the North Island.
“As a committee we have made lots of little changes to make the event
run even more safely and increase the communication with competitors, their
families and schools.
“This year we had electronic communications through Facebook and we
also had an electronic sign up for volunteers so they could choose what races
they want to help to do.
“We also ran surveys – that’s been a big thing this year, each of the three
weeks we were gathering feedback as the event was running and adapting to
suggestions as we were going along.
“We want it to be the best schools event in the country.”
Catering for this year’s 550 junior skiers and snowboarder is no mean feat.
Along with the massive job of entering all the data needed to allocate the
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Eivin Lynghaug arrived in New Zealand from Norway in 1949. His
Established family business since 1975 love of the environment drew him to the Ruapehu area, where he met
his wife Lorraine.
National Park
He bought her the Village tearooms, which later they transformed
into a 4 Square store. They then established a cafeteria where the ski
and board rental is today and then started a second ski shop in the area
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They established Eivins Ski and Board Rental National Park
and later developed Eivins Lodge, Motor Camp and Ski Rental at
Tongariro. (The Tongariro sites were sold in 2006.)
Accommodation As foundation members of the National Park Ski and Country Club
Inc., both he and Julie Forbes have been made honorary members of
Challenging Indoor the amalgamated Iwikau Clubs.
Trophies bearing the “Lynghaug” names the most were recently
Climbing Hall gifted back to Eivin.
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18 • Ruapehu Snow Bulletin Spring 2016Primary races
From Page 14
equivalent number of race bibs and answering parent
queries, over 70 course volunteers and 129 team
managers also need help.
“Another great thing are hearing from competitors
was that families were enjoying the opportunity to
get to know children from other areas of the country
who love ski racing and competitive snow sports.
“It was also great to see our children performing
so well, I’m very proud of all our children.
“Their attitudes are winning attitudes, now they
are starting early and enjoying it early – and they
have really excellent attitudes.
“The many years of training whether it be in our
1-day programme, weekends with mum and dad or
skiing three days with Ruapehu Snow Sports I think
that’s all starting to pay off.
“They are starting to look more technical, that is
not luck or something you can improve on overnight
– that takes a few years to get to that kind of level.”
Skier cross was part of the primary races. Photo: Malcolm Pullman.
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From Page 18
Grand daughter Mel Seator
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They have an immense
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Their daughter Anastasia is
an avid fourth generation ski
racer. She trains, competes and
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studies thanks to the support
of the Mammoth Mountain
Community Foundation, which
has been integral in creating a
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along with the National Park
Shuttle Services
School, where she is currently
studying as an external online
Snow Express Mountain Shuttles
student.
She trains with and represents All Mountain Bike Tracks
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Ruapehu Snow Bulletin Spring 2016 • 19Waimarino Transfer Station
Old Station Road, Ohakune
Winter hours - open 7 days per week
Friday, Saturday and Sunday 8.00am to 5.00pm Ohakune Mountain Rd
& Turoa Ski Field
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or society paying property rates can also qualify as a ratepayer elector.
For more information on elections for Ruapehu District Council
and the National Park and Waimarino-Waiouru
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Voting documents will be posted to all enrolled
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20 • Ruapehu Snow Bulletin Spring 2016Passing on the freeride skills
By Liz Brooker
A year off from competing in the European Extreme free ride circuit
has benefited local kids with skier Michael Norrie spending his winter
as all-mountain coach for Ruapehu Snow Sports (RSS).
Born in New Zealand Michael Norrie started skiing when he was
three-years-old on the Blue Mountain fields of Australia.
Aged six, his family returned to Wellington and his competitive
skiing career began at Ruapehu.
“I quit racing and started jumping off little cliffs, doing jumps and
then bigger cliffs.
“Ski racing is very much here is a gate, turn left then turn right. Free
riding is your personal interpretation of that.
“You are given this huge face, no-one tells you where to go, you get
to decide what you want to do and how you want to do it and you get
to put your personal impression on the mountain.”
After completing his computer science degree he travelled overseas
and spent six months in a range of Four Star events from the Eldorado
Freeride in Andora, to the Nendaz event in Switzerland, finishing
with a peak international ranking of 37th and 67th for the northern
hemisphere season.
“A couple of my friends had some really serious injuries – one
broke their back, another broke their back and one blew out their
entire knee all in one week. That’s not really fun.
“I decided to take a year off just to re-evaluate how much I wanted
to risk getting seriously injured so I thought, why not coach for that
year and give back to the kids.
“Especially up here (Mt Ruapehu), there is not really that many free
riders – Ruapehu is a forgotten part of the country.
“When I started I had no teacher and had to teach myself everything
so I wanted to teach the next generation how to do things safely, not
make the same mistakes I did.”
Making his freeski debut in the now-defunct Ruapehu Alpine Lifts
Export Extreme event, Michael entered for fun.
“I thought how hard can that be? I’m going to do that and did quite
well finishing fifth, which was a bit of a surprise and I wanted to do
more.
“A friend of mine, Sam Lee, just made the World Tour, he’s got a Michael Norrie is loving passing on freeride skills to RSS
contract with Head skis and manages to make a living out of it. kids.
“It’s the top thirty in the world who get to make a living out of it and exciting a dusting of fresh snow is.
everyone else has to work to get there. It can be really hard.” “Now I want to be more instinctive when I compete, I don’t want
Having come home to New Zealand to think about his options to compete on ice, I know it’s all about being extreme but I want to be
coaching his young RSS charges has proved to be the perfect tonic for extreme when the snow is great.
the athlete who now plans to return to the international free ride stage. “When the conditions don’t suit, that’s when the accidents start to
“They are all so excited, they want to ski in the rain and the fog, happen, so I’m going to be a bit more selective about what I do and
they are all really keen to learn and sometimes we forget just how when I do it.”
Ruapehu Snow Bulletin Spring 2016 • 21Ben Griffin goes from strength to
strength & conditioning coach
By Liz Brooker
Following his 2014 retirement from the international ski racing
circuit, Ohakune’s Ben Griffin is now spending his winters back with
the New Zealand team as a strength and conditioning coach.
The ability to study extramurally while racing anywhere in the
world allowed Ben Griffin to plan for his future and complete a
Bachelors degree in health science with a sport and exercise major
through Massey University.
“When I finished up I was really happy with what I’d done, I
thoroughly enjoyed it but it was time for something different.
“Leading into last year I got offered the role with the New Zealand
ski team as their strength and conditioning coach – I took that on and
carried it on this year.
“Now I’m working with Willis Feasey and Adam Barwood, the two
top guys in the country at the moment.
Ben Griffin in race mode: now he’s working to help others
“I’m getting a kick out of working with those guys, they are both achieve on the snow.
really hard workers and are getting some good results lately so it’s event in 2008 and he was the 2007, 2009 and 2010 New Zealand GS
quite motivating to do what you can for them.” national champion as well as the Super G national champion in 2006,
Based back in the South Island where he had spent so many years 2007, 2009.
training, Ben Griffin also has the job of FIS coach for Team Hutt. In 2008 he broke his neck in a training accident and missed the
Despite retiring, back-to-back winters are still the norm – his entire New Zealand ski season.
southern summer job is the head coach at Rebelstoke Mountain Resort In 2009 he commenced an impressive comeback, recording a fourth
in Canada. place finish in the French Giant Slalom national championships at
“I knew I wanted to work in snow sports and pass on the knowledge Meribel.
I’ve gained from a long racing career. A career high world ranking of 123 in Giant Slalom followed in the
“Working back with the NZ team wasn’t lined up as a dream job, it 2010/11 FIS race season.
was just fortunate that I am able to use my learning and experience in Having missed selection for the New Zealand Winter Olympic
a field I thoroughly enjoy and use what I’ve learnt to try and improve squad to Sochi in 2014, he retired after winning 12 New Zealand
it for them.” national titles, seven ANC titles, six FIS races and having been on the
Along with competing in the Giant Slalom and Super G for New podium at 24 FIS races around the world.
Zealand at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, Ben’s career He also represented New Zealand at three World Championships
highlights include 14 point FIS results in a Giant Slalom Nor-Am and ten World Cups.
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Queens
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Inspired by the fairy tale by
Hans Christian Andersen, a
bunch of snow queens wowed the
audience at the annual wearable
arts show in Ohakune recently.
It was the show best yet, says
organisers Rabbit Nottage and
Diana Booth.
Winner of the overall prize was
Mayhla Howells’ entry ‘Aoraki’.
Second place went to Lee Artz
and third was Llana Waara.
Talula Hodder won the
recycled prize.
First in the Snow Princess
category for young designers
went to the combined entry from
Emma Davidson and Jada Meads.
Second was Chaya Connelly.
Winner of the Snow Pixie
category was Stirling Elers.
Judges for the show were
Janelle Hinch, Kirsty Davidson
and Iko Groot.
Profits from the event will go Jada Meads was one of the designers of the ‘Yin and Yang’ Snow Queen entry, along with
Turn to Page 24 Emma Davidson. Photo: Barbara van de Woerd.
Ruapehu Snow Bulletin Spring 2016 • 23Crater Lake warms up
The possibility of record low temperatures at Mt Ruapehu’s Crater
Lake now looks unlikely, with the temperature rising to 17.6°C by 2
September.
“Recently the Lake has been cooling and we even discussed the pos-
sibility of new record low temperatures,” reported volcanologist Brad
Scott.
The Crater Lake displays temperatures that typically range between
about 15 and 40 °C.
The lake had cooled to a minimum of 12°C on 15 August, but has
now started to heat rapidly.
GeoNet obtains temperatures from the lake using a data logger with a
temperature sensor in the lake and communications via a satellite link.
“In early August we discussed the possibility of the post 1995/1996
Crater Lake reaching a new low temperature as the lake was cooling
strongly at that time.”
For much of August the lake temperature ranged 13-14°C, occasion-
ally looking like it maybe going to turn and start heating.
The temperature was starting to rise, very slowly, in late August, but
with quite a bit a lot of variability.
“However by 2 September a rising trend was clearly established.”
On 11 May 2016 the lake reached a high of 46°C, the highest ob-
served since it reformed in 1999-2000.
This high temperature was also accompanied by volcanic tremor and
an increase in the output of volcanic gas.
About two days after the lake temperature stared to rise on 2 Septem-
ber, the level of volcanic tremor also started to rise and has remained
present since 4 September, reports GeoNet.
The heating and cooling cycles are controlled by a mix of volcano
and geothermal processes. Further sampling and visits to the Crater
Lake are planned as the weather allows, being part of the standard
GeoNet monitoring programme for Mt Ruapehu.
Samantha Reyes models ‘Aoraki’, Mayhla Howell’s
winning Snow Queen entry. Photo: Barbara van de Woerd.
Open through Summer
Snow Queen wows
From Page 23
December to Easter to the Ruapehu College CACTUS youth development programme.
The organisers thanked their main sponsor, Spark Wanganui, as
Accommodation - Bar - Restaurant well as TCB, Mountain Kebabs, La Pizzeria and helpers Dave and
Robyn and photographer Barbara van de Woert.
Rabbit said the entries were a third up on last year, the venue at the
Ohakune Club was the best yet, the stage set up was great, the quality
of the entries was outstanding and the audience numbers were up.
24 • Ruapehu Snow Bulletin Spring 2016Mountain films on show
By Liz Brooker producer Will Lascelles’ crew followed Wanaka-based Sam Smoothy
The NZ Mountain Film Festival (NZMMF) has made its debut in on a personal pilgrimage to La Paz in Bolivia and the Andes mountains.
Ohakune. His father climbed in the Andes mountain range and as a child the
Started in 2002, it’s grown to become internationally recognised New Zealand skier had been brought up with countless stories of his
as one of the world’s premier mountain film festival events and the adventures.
films played often go on to do well in similar festivals like the Banff More information about the remaining dates and venues on the
Mountain Film Festival, Sundance Mountain Film Festival, Kendal NZMMF nation-wide film tour programme can be found at http://
Mountain Film Festival and Vancouver Mountain Film Festival. mountainfilm.net.nz/programme/national-film-tour/.
Having premiered its 2016 season in Wanaka, Cromwell and
Queenstown in June, highlights from this year’s programme are on a
nation-wide tour and included a showcase evening in Ohakune.
Inspired by the opportunity to bring the films to town and at the
same time raise money for a local charity, Ohakune festival organiser
Jude Chevin put a call in to friend – NZMMF Festival director Mark
Sedon.
The Ruapehu Bulletin paid for the rights to show the movies;
Fallout Festival’s Paul Stieglbauer stepped in as host for the evening
and DoubleDrop Sound donated their expertise for the event held at
The Kings.
“We played a range of New Zealand and international films with
four short films and one being a feature,” said Jude Chevin.
“I thought it would be a good thing for the community – it fell in
well with Fallout and the big mountain theme.
“We had about 70 people there on the night and raised $1000 for
RARO [Ruapehu Alpine Rescue Organisation] which is going to help
cover training and equipment costs.
“I think we should do it every year, it’s a great way to continue to
show our support for the adventure tourism industry.”
Of the five films shown on the evening Jude Chevin’s favourite was
the Los Gringo’s. Adventure in the mountains was the main theme of the
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