Photo Post: Skiing the Volcana at Whakappa

Turoa and Whakappa (to pronounce it correctly, replace the “wh” with “ph”), on opposing sides of Mt. Ruapehu, are the two most popular ski resorts in New Zealand. Turoa ski resort, on the North Island’s Mt Ruapehu currently has 4.65metres of snow surpassing the largest ever snow base at any ski area in New Zealand of 4.55 metres which they had announced on 19th August.

After a week of driving from Auckland last summer, this amazing Volcano rose from the grassy farmlands into the sky. It was an amazing site to see.

The skiing was ok too… but the base was still pretty thin so we managed to trash our edges pretty effectively.