Road Improvements Help Ski-ing
'THE most significant fac tor in the developmen' of Canterbury ski-ing with in the last 10 years has beer the improvement in th< West Coast road on and be yond Porters Pass. This has turned ski-ing week-end: from major expeditions intc sporting entertainment fo: the whole family. Originally, ski-ing in Can terbury was almost whollj a male sport. It had to be Only the very strong ant very fit could think of under taking the hardships invol ved
r was a long grind over Porters Pass before they struggled up the mountainside on foot, laden with skis, food and clothing. Then they had two or three downward runs before setting off home. To take children was unthinkable. Gradually huts were built, tows installed and rough access roads put in. But it was not until the main road was improved and travelling time cut to a minimum that it became possible for whole families to use the fields. It has become a family sport and it will probably become a commercial sport with the fields run on a pro-fit-making basis rather than by overworked club officials,
but none of this could have been possible had it not been for the road. t ii e s s o r iy 1 i-
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31152, 31 August 1966, Page 11
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