DOMINION NEWS
SKI CONTESTS AT HERMITAGE. THE May 25. In the last week fields of dazzling white snow have stretched in every direction over the slopes and levels about the Hermitage, Mount Cook. The I oaks and the lower country have not been seen as they are at present for se’ven or eight years,, and such a fa I. 1 • t this time of the year is not ■'vithm the memory of some who have known the district for twenty years or more Higher up, nt the Ball Hut. the depth of snow af'tor the fall varied from four to five feet, cutting off transport communication with the Hermitage lor the whole of the week. It has been possible to drive only as far as the Blue Lakes.
Trucks and buses have not been able tn reach the hut z . but the journey has 1? >?n made by two parties on skis. At the hut- it ha« been reported there are excellent ski-ing slopes*, which will provide a foundation for later falls, ensuing one of the best seasons for winter sports ever known at' Mount Cook.
At present girls from many Now Zealand secondary schools’ are coming here for their annual ski-ing championships, which may be held to-morrow.
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Grey River Argus, 27 May 1935, Page 5
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