![Fitting chains in the Cardrona Valley](https://i0.wp.com/southernlight.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/wanaka-snow-may17-17.jpg?resize=750%2C546)
A selection of photos of the early season snow around Wanaka- most of them are in the Cardrona Valley. Click on any image to begin a manual slide show…
![wanaka-snow-may'17-23 Cardrona Valley snow](https://i0.wp.com/southernlight.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/wanaka-snow-may17-23.jpg?w=153&h=272&ssl=1)
![wanaka-snow-may'17-3 Sheep in the snow, Cardrona Valley](https://i0.wp.com/southernlight.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/wanaka-snow-may17-3.jpg?w=589&h=272&ssl=1)
![wanaka-snow-may'17-17 Fitting chains in the Cardrona Valley](https://i0.wp.com/southernlight.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/wanaka-snow-may17-17.jpg?w=288&h=210&ssl=1)
![wanaka-snow-may'17-4 Willows in the snow, Cardrona Valley](https://i0.wp.com/southernlight.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/wanaka-snow-may17-4.jpg?w=454&h=210&ssl=1)
![wanaka-snow-may'17-14 Cardrona Hotel and snow](https://i0.wp.com/southernlight.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/wanaka-snow-may17-14.jpg?w=526&h=363&ssl=1)
![wanaka-snow-may'17-2 Hillend, Cardrona Valley and snow](https://i0.wp.com/southernlight.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/wanaka-snow-may17-2.jpg?w=216&h=144&ssl=1)
![wanaka-snow-may'17-11 Cardrona Hotel and snow](https://i0.wp.com/southernlight.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/wanaka-snow-may17-11.jpg?w=216&h=215&ssl=1)
![wanaka-snow-may'17 Cardrona Valley road and snow](https://i0.wp.com/southernlight.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/wanaka-snow-may17.jpg?w=220&h=124&ssl=1)
![wanaka-snow-may'17-24 Sheep in the snow, Cardrona Valley](https://i0.wp.com/southernlight.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/wanaka-snow-may17-24.jpg?w=220&h=220&crop=1&ssl=1)
![wanaka-snow-may'17-18 Cardrona Valley snow](https://i0.wp.com/southernlight.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/wanaka-snow-may17-18.jpg?w=522&h=348&ssl=1)
![wanaka-snow-may'17-19 Cardrona Valley snow](https://i0.wp.com/southernlight.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/wanaka-snow-may17-19.jpg?w=374&h=207&ssl=1)
![wanaka-snow-may'17-8 Branch Burn, Cardrona Valley and snow](https://i0.wp.com/southernlight.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/wanaka-snow-may17-8.jpg?w=368&h=207&ssl=1)
![wanaka-snow-may'17-9 Branch Burn, Cardrona Valley and snow](https://i0.wp.com/southernlight.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/wanaka-snow-may17-9.jpg?w=424&h=239&ssl=1)
![wanaka-snow-may'17-7 Branch Burn, Cardrona Valley and snow](https://i0.wp.com/southernlight.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/wanaka-snow-may17-7.jpg?w=318&h=239&ssl=1)
![wanaka-snow-may'17-6 Branch Burn, Cardrona Valley and snow](https://i0.wp.com/southernlight.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/wanaka-snow-may17-6.jpg?w=463&h=353&ssl=1)
![wanaka-snow-may'17-21 wanaka-snow-may'17-21](https://i0.wp.com/southernlight.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/wanaka-snow-may17-21.jpg?w=279&h=163&ssl=1)
![wanaka-snow-may'17-16 Cardrona Hotel and snow](https://i0.wp.com/southernlight.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/wanaka-snow-may17-16.jpg?w=279&h=186&ssl=1)
![wanaka-snow-may'17-5 Branch Burn, Cardrona Valley and snow](https://i0.wp.com/southernlight.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/wanaka-snow-may17-5.jpg?w=199&h=133&ssl=1)
![wanaka-snow-may'17-10 Branch Burn, Cardrona Valley and snow](https://i0.wp.com/southernlight.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/wanaka-snow-may17-10.jpg?w=225&h=133&ssl=1)
![wanaka-snow-may'17-15 Cardrona Hotel and snow](https://i0.wp.com/southernlight.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/wanaka-snow-may17-15.jpg?w=177&h=133&ssl=1)
![wanaka-snow-may'17-20 Willow, Cardrona Valley and snow](https://i0.wp.com/southernlight.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/wanaka-snow-may17-20.jpg?w=133&h=133&crop=1&ssl=1)
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A selection of photos of the early season snow around Wanaka- most of them are in the Cardrona Valley. Click on any image to begin a manual slide show…
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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
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Early September each year
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Experience one of the Southern Hemisphere’s top XC ski events
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From the bicycle seat this evening ~ Lake Wanaka, Black Peak on the left, Fog Peak in front of the sun…
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.