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=== Contacts === | === Contacts === | ||
| − | + | PO Box 2152, Christchurch, New Zealand | |
| − | + | Pre season bookings (before July 8th) contact Susanne on: 021 102 8081 | |
| − | + | Infoline/Bookings: +64 3 318 8711 | |
| − | + | Facsimile: +64 3 322 4512 | |
| + | Email: ski@craigieburn.co.nz | ||
| + | [http://www.craigieburn.co.nz Craigieburn website] | ||
== Planning == | == Planning == | ||
Revision as of 17:58, 29 October 2006
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- Overview
This club field enjoys a reputation as "The Big One". Three steep rope tow lifts take you up to Siberia Basin. The terrain is upper intermediate to expert. As their motto goes "Craigieburn offers something for everyone – except beginners." (All tows are toe-side for a natural rider.)
The modern Whakamaru day lodge overlooks Middle Basin. Lunch food and drinks can be bought there. Craigieburn and Broken River connect easily via Hamilton Col in the ridge between, to make a huge "off-piste" ski area.
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Location
Off Highway 73, the West Coast road.
Pros
- Steep, deep and cheap.
- No beginners.
- Huge off-piste terrain.
Cons
- Steep nutcracker rope tow lifts.
- Nothing for beginners.
- Rough gravel road.
- Can be closed after heavy snowfalls.
Contacts
PO Box 2152, Christchurch, New Zealand
Pre season bookings (before July 8th) contact Susanne on: 021 102 8081
Infoline/Bookings: +64 3 318 8711 Facsimile: +64 3 322 4512 Email: ski@craigieburn.co.nz
Planning
Getting There
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Accommodation
On Mountain
Club style accommodation, helping with chores in the kitchen, etc. Some double rooms.
Off Mountain
A B+B in Castle Hill village.
Lift Tickets
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Ski School
Yes.
Equipment Hire
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Resort Facilities
Getting Around
Nutcracker rope tows and walking.
Parking
Close to the lodges.
Activities
Skiing, boarding.
Dining
Club style nutritious food after a day's hard exercise.
Bars & Entertainment
The accommodation lodge has a bar.
Shopping
This is a ski area, not a shopping mall.
Children
A few tough little buggers ski there, who grew up there and can ride nutcracker rope tows before they can ride bikes.
Ride Guide
Beginner Areas
None.
Groomed Runs
No grooming.
Off Piste
It's all off piste.
Out of Bounds
Middle Basin, a big "back basin", is accessible from the top of the lifts, and offers about 2000 vertical feet of skiing down to the access road, where 20 minutes walking and another ride of the three rope tow lifts takes you up to do it all over again. It’s helicopter quality skiing at a rope tow price.
Cross Country
Alpine Touring or Telemark ski touring is done with skins for uphill travel.
See Craigieburns
Parks & Pipes
Natural terrain.
Bumps
Some form in Siberia Basin (the upper tow) at times.
Powder Zones
The whole mountain is a powder zone after a fresh snowfall.
Sheltered Runs
Gets a bit wind-stripped in upper Siberia Basin, a bit more sheltered lower down.
Snowplay
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Other
Weather
Gets most of its snow from cold North-Westerly fronts.
Geography
This is the northernmost of the Craigieburn Range ski areas, close to Broken River.
History
The club was started by members of the Canterbury Mountaineering Club in 1949 as a winter alternative to mountaineering.
