Quick retreat of New Zealand’s glaciers an issue for tourism | Stuff.co.nz

August 9 2016

Visitors are running out of time to see New Zealand’s dwindling southern glaciers, which are becoming a safety hazard.The central Southern Alps has lost a quarter of its ice in recent decades, and stands to lose another 50 to 60 per cent.It meant its spectacular glaciers were shrinking at an unprecedented rate, some having lost several kilometres of ice this century.It was a topic discussed at the Sustainable Summits conference at Mt Cook this week.

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Snow Farm NZ ~ photo gallery 1

The Snow Farm is a ski area near Wanaka, New Zealand, dedicated to cross-country and nordic skiing [including biathlon, snow-shoeing and tobogganing]

And host to:

The Merino Muster
Worldloppet Race

The Snow Farm, Cardrona, Wanaka, New Zealand
22nd Edition
Early September each year
42 / 21 / 7Km Cross Country Ski Race

Experience one of the Southern Hemisphere’s top XC ski events

The Snow Farm is also open in the summer for mountain biking and hiking

+64 3-443 7542

http://www.snowfarmnz.com/

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Lake Wanaka ~ winter’s evening

From the bicycle seat this evening ~ Lake Wanaka, Black Peak on the left, Fog Peak in front of the sun…

Wanaka evening

This first good snowfall for the winter

A typical NZ scene – happy sheep that have just been fed and they’re quite oblivious in their thick wool coats to the heavy snowfalls on the mountains.

St Bathans Range in the background
St Bathans Range in the background