Very warm temperatures and some heavy rainfall has unfortunately meant there’ll be no summer skiing at Whakapapa in New Zealand this year.
Despite daily grooming work to keep snow on main trails and the Valley T-bar line over the last few weeks, the summer melting has been just too much.

Despite our best efforts the last few days have been a losing battle. The guys have worked really hard over the last few weeks to push snow around but in the end the snow we have is just melting too fast. We haven’t had a freeze for quite a few weeks and, with more warm rain in the forecast, we really didn’t have any option,”

said a resort statement.
With the call made to cancel summer skiing, the grooming crew has concentrated its efforts on building an epic snow sliding park at the back of New Zealand’s highest restaurant, Knoll Ridge Chalet. There’ll be toboggans for hire so the young and the young at heart can still come and enjoy the summer snow.