With 20 cm of fresh snow reported at Whakapapa and 15cm of fresh at Turoa there are lots of itchy feet waiting for their chance to get out and enjoy them. More snow is expected throughout the day and once the weather improves there will be some great skiing and ...

The Export 33 Xtreme and Mother of All Snowboard Challenges is a week away from kicking off registration and the opening night party down at Basekamp bar, National Park. We are excited to have be receiving early entries from as far away as Germany, Austria and the USA! There's ...

After poor visibility early on Sunday at Turoa the clouds lifted meaning those that made the trip up the mountain got to enjoy some fantastic riding conditions. The fat flakes of snow that fell late in the day continued overnight with Turoa having added another 5cm of fresh snow! Whakapapa ...

Both Mt Ruapehu's Ski Areas received fresh snow all last night, with Whakapapa adding 7cm and Turoa another 3cm. Its white white white up on the Mountain today, and although the sun isn't shining (yet) there are freshies to be had, and someone has to make first tracks. Why ...

Its time for all the oldies to register up in the Alpine Cafe at Turoa for todays Jagermeister Snowboard Masters! Registrations are open from 8:30am till 10am, with the event kicking off from 11am after the rider briefing. With heaps of cool prizes to be won from Smith Optics, ...

Its been snowing big flat flakes this morning up on Whakapapa!  Everything is white white white up here and with low temperatures expect plenty more snow to fall!

The Ski Area looks magnificant with all the fresh snow so come on up the hill and enjoy first tracks on the slopes!!

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It's been 19 months since the devastating arson that destroyed the Knoll Rdige Chalet abd Cat Shed. Today the new Knoll Ridge

Who ever put the weather order in for this week is doing a great job!The sun is out, clouds are high and passing and there are plenty of smiles to be seen as those who are up here enjoy the day ahead. Where are you? If you want to see ...

Both Ski Areas received 10cm of fresh snow last night which has given fantastic cover. Visibility is slightly reduced up here on Turoa, but it is snowing again!! The joys of this Mountain is that over on Whakapapa the sun is out and there's blue sky to be seen! So ...

The sun is coming out and showing us what a beautiful morning it can be with 2cm of fresh snow overnight at Turoa and the big cloud leaving only patches of blue sky behind! Come on up, enjoy a few fresh turns and experience the wonder that is Ruapehu mid ...

Over 30 and still shredding? Plan to take the board along with you to the very end? Why not join fellow oldies in their quest to dominate in the upcoming Jagermeister Snowboard Masters Nationals Set to go down next Saturday the 28th of August at Turoa Ski area. Rumour has ...

What are you waiting for? The snow is mint, sky is blue and we are up here waiting for you! Today is going to be a great day on the snow with an even better time ready for those keen to enter the Mother Freestyle Series Nixon Von Zipper Bx/Sx ...

Things are looking great out there today with passing cloud and lots of smiles. Lots of freshies to be had this morning with keen and eager skiiers and riders out here waiting for Avalanche control work to be completed before enjoying the fresh white wonder that is Ruapehu. Check it ...

Mother Nature is playing nice and is leaving us more of the pretty white stuff on the ground. Things are looking great up here with plenty of new white stuff falling and freshies still to be had. If you haven't had the boots on in a while, come join us, ...

We've had at least 5 - 10 cm's of new snow overnight with some good drifting

RAL is hosting a public Avalanche Awareness Evening this Saturday 21st August. Experienced instructors will lead the evening from 7pm onwards at Basekamp Bar in National Park. It is a proactive and positive evening that is aimed at raising awareness for avalanche safety in the North Island and will ...

Congratulations to Shelly Gotlieb on her second place finish in the Burton New Zealand Open Slopestyle event. Ohakune local Shelly impressed the the judges in her first of two finals runs, but a crash left her sitting down in sixth. Experience came into play in the second run with ...

Things are still looking nice and white up here with great snow on the trails thanks to great work by snow making and cat crews.... Mother nature looks like she bring some natural white stuff as a top up as there is snow in the forecast for Wednesday this week. ...

Its only a week to go till the Nixon Von Zipper SkierX BoarderX hits the slopes at Turoa! The Skier/Boarder X is similar to an alpine race by highlighting the most agressive and technical competitors. This is done bymatching up to four competitors head to head on a specially ...

After careful consideration of multiple factors, the second event in the Mother Freestyle Series, the Smith Sessions Slopestyle will be rescheduled to the 18th of September at Turoa Ski Area. Saturdays weather forecast looks less than promising for the event. In order to pull off the best event possible ...