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    Snow in NZ

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    Update from ES instructors Emma & Jojo, in Queenstown, New Zealand…

    If you ever get the chance to come to New Zealand, jump at it – it’s an amazing country, so beautiful, stunning views, friendly people, chilled atmosphere and generally clear, sunny weather.

    We’re working and playing out here for the winter, Emma at the Remarkables and Jojo at Coronet Peak. Both really nice mountains to ski at & within easy reach of Queenstown. Jojo has been excelling in race training at Coronet and Emma has been working on her Freestyle & Big Mountain skiing in the park and off piste at Remarks. It’s very unspoilt here, there are huge mountain ranges completely untouched – I imagine it to be like the European Alps before it was taken over by lift developments.

    There’s still some winter left – we’ve just had a good dump of snow, which was needed – and now we’re back to cold but clear days.

    Photos to come…

    Weathermen. Bless them.

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    I know being a weatherman (or woman) is probably a desperately difficult job, one requiring a towering intellect and terrifying understanding of the Earth’s complicated and chaotic weather cycles.

    However, the one’s responsible for telling us what’s going on seem to be a little behind the pace, because for the last week we’ve been looking at reports that have told us that we’re about to receive rain and cloud, and we’ve promptly enjoyed days of blistering sunshine and blue skies, with a few cotton wool clouds thrown in for aesthetic effect…

    There are probably complex things happening in the stratosphere that make forecasting Verbier’s weather dead tricky, but the net result is that there are a lot of people walking round looking a bit like matchsticks – crimson faces supported by slightly pasty rest-of-thems.

    (Sadly there are no photos today as I neglected to take my camera, so you’ll have to use your imaginations – just picture a photo with lots of blue in it, a load of dramatic mountains in the bottom bit, and lots of people swanning about with pink faces. Good isn’t it?).

    Sun, Sun Sun

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    Sun, sun, sun in Verbier on Easter weekend. A few clouds were seen in the sky this afternoon but that didn’t really cool things down too much. There was also some wildlife seen on La Chaux – anyone spot the rabbit? There were quite a few wearing T shirts to ski in and getting the red arms to match!!

    Lots of people were enjoying the facilities on slope such as the Chateaux Carlsberg with resident DJ and deckchairs. The 1936 bar further down the mountain has also proved irresistable to those seeking a sofa in the snow.

    The Alpimages photography guys were out in force making the most of the great weather with their Great Bernard – Sheena and a palm tree at Lac des Vaux and Chris and Yovo ready to take outstanding shots at La Chaux.

    Les Esserts saw its final day today and well done to the team at Televerbier that kept it going so long. Beginners will now need to head up to Ruinettes or La Chaux to find suitable terrain. The Bruson ski area is also now closed for the season. However, all the itinerary routes are currently open including Col des Mines and Vallon D’Arbi. Fontaneys in the afternoon is great for getting to grips with those slush moguls!!

    Skiing to the other resorts of the 4 valleys is still blocked due to the breakdown of the Siviez to Tortin chairlift. The run down to Medran is also critically thin – best advice is to take the lift down from Ruinettes at the end of the day.

    Weather for the next couple of days will continue to be sunny with on mountain afternoon temperatures of up to 12 C – get that sunscreen on to avoid the lobster look. Later in the week more cloud cover is forecast – lets hope this brings some late season snow with it.

    Anyone recognise this man????????

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    Rumours were rife today that our illustrious leader had been spotted on the Les Esserts beginners slope – Could this be true??????????

    Well photographic evidence doesn’t lie and in the first appearance in living memory the great man was indeed spotted hiding amongst numerous other E.S. jackets and even riding the magic carpet.