Snow, glorious snow has replenished the fields at Coronet Peak and extended the skiing season into the Australian school holidays. Photo / Getty Images, File
Snow, glorious snow has replenished the fields at Coronet Peak and extended the skiing season into the Australian school holidays. Photo / Getty Images, File
Two southern skifields are extending their seasons to make the most of good snow conditions.
Coronet Peak and Treble Cone have put their closing date back by a week, and will now close on October 2, capturing the first week of the Australian school holidays.
Coronet Peak ski area managerNigel Kerr said the ski field was "skiing epically at the moment".
"It's that old story. When Coronet's good, it's bloody great."
Cardrona Alpine Resort and Treble Cone general manager Bridget Legnavsky said given the "fantastic" snow conditions and strong visitor numbers, they decided to also extend Treble Cone's season.
An NZSKI bus stuck on the access road to Coronet Peak yesterday morning closed the road for about 45 minutes. Passengers were shuttled to the skifield. Photo / Supplied
The mountain had received about 15cm at the weekend.
The Remarkables ski area manager Ross Lawrence said there was a base of about 2m across the mountain, and they were looking to halt snow-making.
"With the amount of snow we've got there now, and if it does hold nice and cold like this, we've got no problem at all seeing a good long winter through."
