With recent snowfalls and snowmaking activity providing a good early season cover, Mt Hutt became the first full scale ski resort to open in the Southern Hemisphere last Friday.
With local Cantabrians journeyed up to Mt Hutt early to secure coveted first-on-chair t-shirts, Ski Area Manager James McKenzie said around 1,800 people were on the slopes to kick off the season.
McKenzie advised "it’s great to see everyone up here, everyone’s stoked, smiling and there’s an awesome energy in the air. After all the planning that’s gone into this season with Covid-19 it’s great to see the lifts spinning and people enjoying the slopes.”
Mt Hutt is scheduled to open for the five best weather days each week before opening daily from 1st July.
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Artist, geoscientist and specialist writer on the leisure industry, Karen Sweaney is Editor and co-founder of Australasian Leisure Management.
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