Road Clearing continues, Opening day delayed

At this stage the road along Jacks Pass still requires some work, so Opening Day has been put back to Sunday 30th June at earliest, we will update the snow report when the all go is given.

Big Snow Dump - ready for Opening Day

Opening day is this Saturday, June 29th - it promises to be epic with the huge dump of snow we have had over the last week. Here are some aerial images taken on Sunday to get you in the mood.

Working Bee 13th/14th April 2013

Just a quick reminder that the working bee is on up the hill this weekend. The gates will be open by 9am on Saturday. Bring warm clothes a spade/ shovel and some lunch/ dinner. It's on both days so please come up whenever you can.

A couple of shots from last weekend up there to get you all fired up about the upcoming season.

Anyway hopefully we will see a few of you up the hill this weekend.

Some photos from the season thats been - 2012

here are a few shots of the season as we saw it! thanks again to everyone who supported us - without you we would not be able to run the field.

Field officially closed for season

The warm weather has finally got the better of us and staff are leaving the field today with the season officially over. Many thanks to everyone who supported the club over the season, without you all we would not be able to continue financially. We hope you enjoyed your time up at our great ski field and hope to see you again next year.

Grabone pool passes honoured until 30th Sept deadline

Anyone who has a Grabone voucher for ski pass and pool pass and did not redeem it during the season has been given an extension until 30th September 2012 to redeem their pool pass. This is a generous gesture from the club to extend beyond the voucher expiry date of 4th Sept.
If you are one of these voucher holders that did not redeem your pool pass then simply email us at info@skihanmer.co.nz with your name and voucher number from each voucher. Advise us of your snail mail address and we will send out your pool pass via snail mail.
This extension of time is not obligatory under the terms and conditions of the voucher however the club wishes to give back to those who have helped to keep us running over the season.

Field on hold Thurs/Fri - reopening Saturday 1st Sept

Conditions are so warm at present (got a sunburn in the hanmer village today) that we are closing the field until this Saturday 1st Sept - to conserve the snow that we have left for the weekend. Apologies if you were planning on coming up Thurs/Fri - but just delay the trip until the weekend - see ya then.

TAKE A MATE Wed/Thurs FOR ½ PRICE!

This Wednesday (29^th) and Thursday (30^th), we are offering this great promo were one adult pays full price ($60) for an all mountain pass to Hanmer Springs Ski Area and a second "mate" gets a ½ price all mountain pass for the day. No other discounts apply. Just mention "take a mate promo" to the office staff when purchasing your day pass.

So call the boss up early morning and tell him you can't make it in and get up here to enjoy the spring snow and sun.

Club Champs this weekend & flare skiing Sat night

Our annual flare skiing Saturday night is a great event to stay up the mountain, followed by the club champs on Sunday arvo - see you up there!

Latest photos of skifield

Here are a couple of photos to show the snow cover as it is at moment, looks like more snow maybe early next week! Why not come up and experience one of these magical sunrises.....

Poma ready to go

What a great storm last week was for skiers, not so good if your a lamb! We received over half a metre of new snow which has allowed us to reopen. Plenty of powder up there so get up there and enjoy it.  Chris, Ben and the lads up the hill have been working flat out to get the Poma ready to go and I am told that she is all guns blazing once we have enough snow on the tow line to run it. Top work chaps. Fingers crossed for a bit more snow.

Sun & calm conditions

Lots of powder from last few days ready for you to make fresh tracks in - so come on up!

Another 25cm of powder overnight

Still snowing up mountain and expected to continue all day! 4WD must fit chains - no 2WD up road. Enjoy fresh powder!

Ski Field re-opening Saturday 11th August

The field will re-open this Saturday after our latest snow, keep an eye out for what tows are working on our snow report which will be updated early Saturday morning.

Fresh Snow overnight

Field received between 35cm and 40cm of fresh snow overnight - staff are heading up asap and we will let you know as soon as the field is ready to open. Looks like another weather front could be upon us soon as well with more snow predicted - so check updates here and on snow report for conditions.

Field back on hold

Currently conditions need improvement before we can re-open field - watch this space for updates and lets hope we get more snow!

Field re-opening Sunday

The Learners area will open on Sunday 29th July (weather dependent) - the latest snowfall has covered most of the shirtfront and we will look to open the shirtfront area after the oncoming storm (expected Sunday/Monday). Staff are back up the mountain.

Field closed temporarily

At the moment, almost all of the club fields in the south island are struggling after the horrible rain that we got last weekend, and unfortunately, that includes us. Because of the damage the rain caused to the field we have closed down the mountain temporarily, to preserve the snow that we have left so that an infusion of new snow can bring us back for the season. We don't need much to get back in action, but with what we have at the moment, sadly, we can't run the lifts. Don't give up though, and do some snow dances, because hopefully there will be some snow coming our way as early as next week, and we will hope to be open asap!

New Facilities celebrated at Hanmer Springs Ski area

With lovely cloudless skies and great runs down the shirtfront, the official opening of the new sundeck and beginners tow facilities at Hanmer Springs Ski Area were completed over the weekend. Happy faces were seen all over the mountain as the weather really turned on a great weekend. Here's hoping there will be many more days like these to savour over the season - thanks to everyone who has helped out in these important projects over the summer and autumn, your help will insure many enjoy these great additions over the seasons to come.