Snow in May does not stay, so old timer skiers in Wanaka say

Chain fitting in the Cardrona Valley today, for going over the Crown Range Road to Queenstown
Fitting chains in the Cardrona Valley
Chain fitting in the Cardrona Valley today, for going over the Crown Range Road to Queenstown

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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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/

click on any image to start a slide show

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