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Conditions On Mt Ruapehu Lead To Extended Season

Tuesday, 16 September 2008, 10:09 am | Ruapehu Alpine Lifts

Awesome Conditions On Mt Ruapehu Lead To Extended Ski Season - Turoa base set to reach 5 metres – More >>

Prices Thaw For Spring At Mt Ruapehu

Monday, 8 October 2007, 3:40 pm | Ruapehu Alpine Lifts

Mt Ruapehu Marketing Manager, Mike Smith says there's some great skiing still to be had. "We've got a snow base over 2 metres at Whakapapa and 1.95 metres at Turoa. Its some of the best spring conditions we've seen for quite a while." More >>

Restriction On Whakapapa's Far West T-Bar Lifted

Wednesday, 3 October 2007, 2:45 pm | Ruapehu Alpine Lifts

Scientists from GNS and DOC can now confirm volcanic activity on Mt Ruapehu has settled back to "background", or those levels that were present before Tuesday's eruption. More >>

Consent Process Delays Valley Express Construction

Wednesday, 6 June 2007, 2:01 pm | Ruapehu Alpine Lifts

Ruapehu Alpine has announced that construction plans for the Valley Express chairlift proposed for Whakapapa Ski Area will be delayed due to the need for a more lengthy approval and consent process. More >>

Top To Bottom Skiing At Mt Ruapehu

Thursday, 21 July 2005, 7:39 pm | Ruapehu Alpine Lifts

Mt Ruapehu has had a positive start to the 2005 season with decent snowfalls for the busy school holiday period -- both Turoa and Whakapapa ski areas now have an upper mountain snow base of more than 1m. More >>

Image: Turoa Ski Area To Open Tomorrow

Thursday, 16 June 2005, 4:33 pm | Ruapehu Alpine Lifts

Operators of Mt Ruapehu, Ruapehu Alpine Lifts, announced today that the Turoa Ski Area will open as planned tomorrow, Friday 17 June. The Alpine Meadow beginner's area will open tomorrow, and the High Flyer Chairlift will be operational from Saturday, ... More >>

Action Hots Up At Mt Ruapehu As Temperatures Cool

Thursday, 21 April 2005, 10:38 am | Ruapehu Alpine Lifts

Snow enthusiasts wanting Mt Ruapehu season passes only have 10 days left to purchase them at cheap pre-season prices. Ruapehu Alpine Lifts (RAL), operators of Mt Ruapehu, say sales of the season passes have been good, and are expecting a lot of last-week ... More >>

Mt Ruapehu On A High After Bumper Season

Thursday, 31 March 2005, 3:38 pm | Ruapehu Alpine Lifts

Mt Ruapehu is looking forward to the upcoming winter following the 2004 season which saw the mountain enjoy the best snow conditions in 10 years. More >>

Image: Turoa is Open

Thursday, 24 June 2004, 10:03 pm | Ruapehu Alpine Lifts

Click for big version Jeff and Max Booth enjoying opening day on the Alpine Meadow On June 23rd More >>

Mt Ruapehu Delays Turoa Opening Till Tomorrow

Tuesday, 22 June 2004, 5:00 pm | Ruapehu Alpine Lifts

The opening of the Turoa Ski Area on Mt Ruapehu has been delayed until Tuesday 22 June, due to forecast poor weather conditions over the upcoming weekend. More >>

Get in Quick - Mt Ruapehu Season Pass Offer

Thursday, 22 April 2004, 2:51 pm | Ruapehu Alpine Lifts

Skiers and boarders have just one week to scoop up a cheap Mt Ruapehu Season Pass before the pre--season deal ends on Friday 30 April. More >>

Early Snow And Cheap Mt Ruapehu Season Passes

Thursday, 1 April 2004, 11:29 am | Ruapehu Alpine Lifts

This year's ski season's shaping up to be a winner with cold autumn temperatures bringing early snow -- just in time for Mt Ruapehu's season pass offer. More >>

Image: Spring Season Extended At Mt Ruapehu

Friday, 3 October 2003, 6:00 pm | Ruapehu Alpine Lifts

The recent cold front has prompted Ruapehu Alpine Lifts (RAL), operators of Mt Ruapehu to extend the Spring season to 16 November at both Whakapapa and Turoa ski fields. More >>

Safety teams clear ski fields

Wednesday, 3 September 2003, 11:51 pm | Ruapehu Alpine Lifts

Ruapehu Alpine Lifts management is satisfied that no-one has been caught in the avalanche which travelled through the Turoa Ski Area earlier today. More >>

Mt Ruapehu Gets 15cms In A Few Hours

Friday, 15 August 2003, 3:45 pm | Ruapehu Alpine Lifts

Mt Ruapehu is currently enjoying a huge dump of snow with up to 15cm falling in the last few hours at the top of the mountain. More >>

Mt Ruapehu Introduces Bulk Lift Pass Sale

Friday, 11 July 2003, 12:30 am | Ruapehu Alpine Lifts

Launching a new concept for the NZ ski industry, Ruapehu Alpine Lifts (RAL) is selling 5,000 discounted Daily Lift Passes from 8am Monday 14 July to entice skiers and boarders to Mt Ruapehu for one of the quietest mid-weeks of the season. More >>

Winter Ski Season On Mt Ruapehu Gathers Momentum

Friday, 27 June 2003, 10:36 am | Ruapehu Alpine Lifts

Whakapapa's Happy Valley and first of Turoa's upper mountain facilities to open More >>

Images: Turoa Prepares For D-Day This Friday

Wednesday, 18 June 2003, 11:59 am | Ruapehu Alpine Lifts

An image of Turoa Skifield's Giant T-Bar taken this morning. In recent days a fair amount of snow has fallen on the mountain, setting it up for the planned opening of the field this Friday. More >>

Turoa Ski Area On Mt Ruapehu To Open This Friday

Tuesday, 17 June 2003, 4:37 pm | Ruapehu Alpine Lifts

Ruapehu Alpine Lifts (RAL) will open Turoa Ski Area on schedule this coming Friday, 20 June. More >>

Images: Turoa In Snow!

Wednesday, 11 June 2003, 5:14 pm | Ruapehu Alpine Lifts

A wee jem of a photo taken at Turoa today. The cold weather that has battered the lower North Island the last couple of days has been dumping snow on Mt Ruapehu, down to the base area at Turoa as you can see. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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