The rest of the week went well. I didn't get to do any rolls with the kayaks cause all the spots were booked up. There are public rolling lessons every mon. night that I can go to for $5, I might do that sometime soon. Thurs. afternoon I was stuck in my room doing homework on a beautiful afternoon. I got a bit done so I figured Id go to the beach to relax and watch the sun set. I ended up getting there a bit late but it was still nice. As I a sat on the pier I realized how nice the breeze was and that I needed a kite. I on fri after my one class I found a kite on trade me (NZ ebay) for 8 bucks. I bought that right up and waited for the buyer to contact me. I went to the lib to finish that homework. I even asked some kiwis for some help cause I saw them doing the same stuff, they weren't very useful, I don't think they wanted to talk to me, oh well. Anyways I handed that hw in and went back home. The kite owner was going to be at there house for the rest of the day for me to come get it. I jumped on the bus and picked it right up. As soon as I got it I went to the beach to try it out. Its a stunt kite with 2 strings, kind of hard to fly. After about 3 hours of trying and untangling stings, I was starting to get the hang of it. I could use a 2nd person to help me lunch it. Anyways once the sun set I put the kite away and walked up the beach. I walked from the bottom tip of southshore to new brighton. It took a few hours but it was really nice to be on the beach at night when no one else was around.
This is a nice map of the city. I live in Ilam which is left of center.
Sat morning was off to go skiing at Temple Basin again, this time with the Canterbury University Snow Sports Club (CUSS). When we got to the goods lift it was kind of raining which was a bummer. The goodlifter assured us that I was nice at the top above the clouds. I was kind of worried about conditions because a guy I talked to on fri. night said it was raining at temple earlier that day. Anyways when we got to the top of the mountain I soon realized it was going to be a sweet day. It was partially cloudy but there was fresh powder. About 7cm of fresh, the only problem was that it was on top of a pretty slick icy crust. Anyways downhill basin was more or less untouched. I skied back there with one of the other CUSS members for the rest of the morning. Eventually the patrols got done blasting Bills basin which is where I took some good runs last weekend. We took a run through bills basin to get back to the lodge for lunch. Since it had just opened we where one of the first through there. It was some absolutely amazing skiing!! After lunch I headed back out to do some more skiing in bills. Did a quick hike to get more elevation. Had and absolutely mint run but the visibility started to get rough. The weather had moved back in and it was snowing with real flat light. I had no dept perception and was going all over the place. Since visibility was so poor I called it a day about 3:30.
We then just sat around the lodge and hung out till 7 for dinner. After dinner there was some prizes awarded for 80s outfits. Then we went out for some night skiing. It was still snowing so there was even more fresh powder. Only the front basin is open for night skiing but with all the wind blowing there was some amazing snow drifts to jump around on. A super fun night. We skied until 10. Back in the lodge the night was just beginning. The club had brought up a disco ball and sound system just for the party. Besides the 25 or so CUSS members, other people from the top lodge came down to socialize. It was still snowing outside and everyone was just pumped for a mint day on sun, not to mention it was great party!
Sun morning I woke up late to still more snow. All the basins where closed except for the front main one. We built a little kicker into some powder but visibility was just no good. We ended up going in pretty early. It was a bummer that we couldn't ski because the visibility was so poor.
Sat morning was off to go skiing at Temple Basin again, this time with the Canterbury University Snow Sports Club (CUSS). When we got to the goods lift it was kind of raining which was a bummer. The goodlifter assured us that I was nice at the top above the clouds. I was kind of worried about conditions because a guy I talked to on fri. night said it was raining at temple earlier that day. Anyways when we got to the top of the mountain I soon realized it was going to be a sweet day. It was partially cloudy but there was fresh powder. About 7cm of fresh, the only problem was that it was on top of a pretty slick icy crust. Anyways downhill basin was more or less untouched. I skied back there with one of the other CUSS members for the rest of the morning. Eventually the patrols got done blasting Bills basin which is where I took some good runs last weekend. We took a run through bills basin to get back to the lodge for lunch. Since it had just opened we where one of the first through there. It was some absolutely amazing skiing!! After lunch I headed back out to do some more skiing in bills. Did a quick hike to get more elevation. Had and absolutely mint run but the visibility started to get rough. The weather had moved back in and it was snowing with real flat light. I had no dept perception and was going all over the place. Since visibility was so poor I called it a day about 3:30.
We then just sat around the lodge and hung out till 7 for dinner. After dinner there was some prizes awarded for 80s outfits. Then we went out for some night skiing. It was still snowing so there was even more fresh powder. Only the front basin is open for night skiing but with all the wind blowing there was some amazing snow drifts to jump around on. A super fun night. We skied until 10. Back in the lodge the night was just beginning. The club had brought up a disco ball and sound system just for the party. Besides the 25 or so CUSS members, other people from the top lodge came down to socialize. It was still snowing outside and everyone was just pumped for a mint day on sun, not to mention it was great party!
Sun morning I woke up late to still more snow. All the basins where closed except for the front main one. We built a little kicker into some powder but visibility was just no good. We ended up going in pretty early. It was a bummer that we couldn't ski because the visibility was so poor.
We just kind of slowly picked up and packed up, had some lunch, then hiked down the hill. Because of no skiing on Sun we payed less cause of no lift tickets, but still I would have rather had a day of clear skies and powder skiing. We had to leave the mountains with tons of powder but we just couldn't wait the storm out. It will probably be storming for the next few days. If it doesn't turn into rain there will be some amazing skiing up there come mid week.
I didn't take many pics because I got many good ones last week. On the website there are a few pics of the lodge to check out. I have a test on Mon. but after that I am free all day. I may go to the beach to fly my kite some more. I need to decide what to do next weekend still. Either go skiing with CUSS again, or go with the tramping club for snowcraft which teaches winter survival skills. I promised my roommates that after ski season I will be around on the weekends more. Still we do a lot of bonding mid week.
Oh, on fri night the dude that told me about the rain at temple was at my place and we where discuss skiing with my roommate. I was saying how I liked to ski in the snow because it feel wintry. Nothing like being in the trees while its dumping. My roommate was saying how its better to have blue skis after a heavy storm. I guess I got my wish answered and got do some skiing in the snow, unfortunately it also stopped me from even more skiing. be careful what you wish for I guess
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