The New Zealand Experience

Skiing at Mount Ruapehu, North Island

From the calm of Raglan to the danger of skiing. This was quite an event for Gill and I as it was our first experience of the sport.

The slopes were very busy but the cost was amazingly low compared with Europe. We hired all the equipment, had a two hour lesson and still had change from £50.

We woke up to the view of the mountain from our lodge

 

Easy does it...

Gill looked like she had been skiing for years   Gill going well whilst I struggle to get the skis back on the boots in the background

I could get the hang of this...

 

It was a busy place and not easy to avoid others when you get going on your own

Dave was having great fun watching us learn the ropes, despite the rain   We were both happy to have survived! Laura has seen it all before of course.

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