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Snow Park NZ

In the dark days of the previous millennium most resorts were happy to push up a tepee-shaped mound of snow, set up an old farm gate and call it a terrain park. Snow Park is one of the reasons why no one can get away with that anymore.

Mt Hutt

A giant spiky baseball mitt specifically aligned to snaffle Pacific storms and leave their clouds eviscerated like white plastic bags flapping on a clothes line. Two-metre overnight dumps? It’s happened more than once. No wonder Mt Hutt is often the first ski resort in Australasia to open.