A couple of days of bad weather was a good excuse for a rest, went for a couple of drives around Christchurch. Checked out the shipping container mall which was cool. An old greenstone carver we met there told us some greenstone tales and then showed us how to identify greenstone so we could get rid of a backseat full of useless rocks we had collected from our west coast greenstone hunt. Kept a few potential greenstone's to!
Our next resort was Mount Olympus. The adventure to get to Mount Olympus is rad. Gravel roads, lakes, farm gates, driving across sketchy scree slope roads, all crazy scenic. When you finally get to the bottom of the road up you have to radio up from a hut to let them know your driving up, its super backcountry kiwi style. Upon arrival I could see how the snow was just solid ice, it looked terrible. Went up to the lodge for a coffee and after a hour or two it had softened a bit. After a couple of runs it started getting real soft and turned out to be the funnest lap, a few hits then a super slushy steep face then a few more hits. Ended up being an epic day and probably my favourite clubby spot I've been to in NZ. The lodge is real cool looking and the amount of terrain you could get to with short hikes is amazing. Can't wait to get back here next season!!
Our next resort was Mount Olympus. The adventure to get to Mount Olympus is rad. Gravel roads, lakes, farm gates, driving across sketchy scree slope roads, all crazy scenic. When you finally get to the bottom of the road up you have to radio up from a hut to let them know your driving up, its super backcountry kiwi style. Upon arrival I could see how the snow was just solid ice, it looked terrible. Went up to the lodge for a coffee and after a hour or two it had softened a bit. After a couple of runs it started getting real soft and turned out to be the funnest lap, a few hits then a super slushy steep face then a few more hits. Ended up being an epic day and probably my favourite clubby spot I've been to in NZ. The lodge is real cool looking and the amount of terrain you could get to with short hikes is amazing. Can't wait to get back here next season!!
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