We are having some mild weather up the mountain and along with that comes more fine days than normal due to some persistent easterly winds with Whakapapa being in the shelter. The snow base is ample for some good skiing particularly, above the waterfall and above the west chair. With a mix of weather throughout the days that Jan and I have been up there, there have been some bluebird days and some changeable weather in which we have been able to ski while snow was falling giving exceptional skiing. We managed to ski eight out of 12 days.
The west chair was opened while we were there and there were just two possible ski runs down. We are expecting this to improve with more snow falling into September. The July school holidays were also blessed with some good weather so we had some happy people staying at the lodge and good occupancy rates for the lodge during both weeks. The occupancy rate for the lodge so far is looking good and there is a high number of forward bookings so an increase in interest is a welcome sign.
A reminder that the only club ski week outside of the school holidays is from 15th to 20th September and there is plenty of space available for that week. Non-member friends are welcome! Visit the website to book online and get a faster response: