The Fonz finds new cool (yep, that’s really his name). Photo: P.M.Fadden
Report from 1 August, 2024
Old Man Winter’s been enjoying a right good rowdy-up at Ohau Snow Fields, in the Mackenzie Highcountry of New Zealand’s Southern Alps.
Certainly not a secret but kinda hidden all the same, Ohau dazzled under approximately three-feet of fresh powder snow; Wowzer.
A storm total such as this doesn’t fall from the sky everyday. It might one of the deepest examples we’ve ever skied here.
We’re stoked to share it in photo essay form.
The Southern Alps, all dressed up to play. Photo: P.M.Fadden
Top Shack Hilton at Ohau Snow Fields. Photo: P.M.Fadden
Campbell Jackson-Wee kindly demonstrates that the sharks have lost their teeth—mostly. Photo: P.M.Fadden
Paint your canvas here. Photo: P.M.Fadden
A sign of good things to come. Photo: P.M.Fadden
Quicksilver eye candy. Photo: P.M.Fadden
And finally, sundowners on the back deck. Life is good. Photo: P.M.Fadden
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