Paul and Caitriona arrived a few days before Xmas and this is their first time in North America. They are here for the skiing and they are getting used to how we ski here in the north…….. Caitriona and I decided to use her Irish heritage and my ‘shackle dragger’ heritage to take over the kiddy castle……  Down with the English!!!! The Irish Hobbit Queen … Continue reading Hutchinsons in America

There wasn’t much snow up high this season and as such I didn’t get as much touring in as I had hoped (the Grand Couloir will have to wait for another year). So when AJ called saying he was interest in a post season ski on the peak I was keen to dust off the skins (100% baby seal) and have one last day of … Continue reading Out of Season Ski

Last weekend a few of the boys and I headed over to Jacksons Bay on our annual ‘Whitebaiting Trip’.  Since we’ve never caught much whitebait, there was a rumour about town that we never went whitebaiting and really went to Vegas for a few days. In years past, I’ve been able to name each individual whitebait that I caught….. not this year. For those of you who don’t know … Continue reading Queenstown Kunts

This will be a bunch of pics from Spring – there will have to be some more posts here but with daylight savings and some stunning days I’m trying to give all the toys a run. Last Tuesday I went for a ski, paraglide, mountain bike ride, a swim, tennis was cancelled so I got in a quick 9 holes instead. Start things off with … Continue reading Spring

Awakino is a tiny little club field 3hrs north of Queenstown.  For the last 2 years AJ and I have been talking about doing a mission up there. Last weekend we finally shook the sand out of our v-jay-jays and got up there. It has been a tough year snow wise but the planets aligned, the opportunity presented itself and we had a vehicle that … Continue reading Road Trip – Awakino

Justin was in town for a week or so of ‘man skiing’. We had a little bit of snow and some gorgeous days up high, above the clouds and away from the crowds. The rest of ‘Justins’ crew really couldn’t understand why anyone would go to the Remarkables……  the more people who don’t understand, the better. There were a few a few tumbles caught on film … Continue reading Justin

This was a mission through Skippers Canyon to the base of Mt Aurum (something that will no doubt be climbed/skied in the future). I had read that there was a 4WD track in there…. so I figured I’d use the dirt bike for the first 25kms, then walk the last hour into the hut. Here are some pics of the easy part of the ride. … Continue reading Bullendale Mission

There hasn’t been as many guests this winter… relatively speaking of course. Moc and Steve were here before I arrived, Kronbush was here over New Years, Little Spoon has been here most of the winter, Cole and Gabriella were here in late Jan, Fi and Josh in Feb, Doug and his gaggle of girls are being entertained at the Chateau Grindlay most weeks and Shazza … Continue reading Shazzered

This time of year the weather is intermittent at best – normally it is windy enough to blow Christ off his cross. Thankfully, this spring has been gorgeous. So I saw the forecast and I lined up a super early start. I was up at 6:30 – I didn’t know there was a second 6:30 on the clock. After a run and a swim I … Continue reading Gorgeous Days

The building address is: Hidden RIver Lodge 22714 Hwy 6 Keystone, CO, 80435 The condo number is 5964 (it is weird I know). At the building entrance there is a set of double doors. In between them, on the right is some PO Boxes. To the left of the PO Boxes, there is a cupboard with a bunch of lock boxes. My lock is on … Continue reading Checking In

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Couple of movies for my mate Caleb. Not sure how you can download them, click them, maybe right or left click them if that doesn’t work. Kenny the Movie Click here for the trailer – click here actually).  Very Aussie, sweet and rather PG maybe lots of swear words.  I haven’t watched this for a while. Hunt for the Wilder People This is a family … Continue reading Downloads for Mates