RAILWAY EXCURSIONS.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20027, 8 September 1930, Page 5

RAILWAY EXCURSIONS.

| GOOD SKI-ING AT ARTHUR'S j PASS. j Although in the afternoon a "baby" blizzard, a strong gusty wind with flurries of snow, was experienced, skiing enthusiasts who ventured to Arthur's Pass yesterday had a successful day's sport. It waß necessary to walk to the Bealey glacier, a journey taking about one and a half hours, to find a suitable place for ski-ing. At the glacier, however, the snow was in excellent condition, and it was calculated that there were about three inches of fresh snow there. Nearly all the people who went up by the excursion train went to the ski-ing grounds, while four trampers among the party climbed to the top of Mount Itolleston. Although the sky was overcast all day there was no rain, and in the morning little wind. In the afternoon there were occasional falls of snow, accompanied by a bitingly cold and gusty wind, making the return trip from the glacier to the station trying and unpleasant. At the Pass there was jess snow than at the glacier, while Springfield and Staircase also seemed to have had more snow than the Pass. One train went to the Pass taking about 190 people. The Timaru excursion was better patronised, 400 peoplo j going down, and about 300 coming a P*