Scoop Images: Whakapapa Opens For 2004

Tuesday, 6 July 2004, 3:57 pm
Article: Alastair Thompson

A photo essay of a trip to Whakapapa Ski-field on the first weekend of the July school holidays by Scoop co-editor Alastair Thompson and family. Much to the delight of everybody around 50cms of snow fell on Saturday night, setting up both Whakapapa and Turoa ski-fields for an excellent holiday period. A further 10cms of snow fell last night. See Snow.co.nz for webcams and snow reports showing current conditions. (Click images below to see high resolution versions...)

The First Snow - Just Outside Taihape, Sunday 4th July
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Our First View Of Mt Ruapehu
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Ngaruahoe At Dawn On Monday
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The Ski Areas...

(please note an extra 10cms of snow has fallen since these photos were taken.)

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Happy Valley
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The Rock Garden
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The Waterfall Chair
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The View From The Top
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Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.

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