News

Beautiful snow cover!

Things are looking great out there today with passing cloud and lots of smiles. Lots of freshies to be had this morning with keen and eager skiers and riders out here waiting for Avalanche control work to be completed before enjoying the fresh white wonder that is Ruapehu.

Avalanche Awareness Courses

Avalanche Awareness Courses are run in conjunction with the Mountain Safety Council (MSC) for skiers, snowboarders and climbers to help them gain an appreciation of the avalanche phenomenon and what is needed to make decisions about personal safety when travelling in avalanche terrain. More

Turoa Hits the One Metre Mark

Both sides of the Mountain got fresh dumps of snow last night! Turoa has now hit the one metre mark, with fresh snow dusting over the Upper Mountain.  Whakapapa also received new snow last night, and is currently enjoying snow fall at the moment.  The forecast is for more snow to fall in the upcoming days!! More

2010 Season Opening Party

A great turnout for our Season Opening Event at SnowPlanet on Queens Birthday Monday.We had "Celebrity Judges", fancy dress, new skiers, old skiers and lots of Prizes.It was a chance to catch up with members we hadn't seen since last season, check our equipment still worked and acclimatise for the approaching winter. More

New Member’s Evening

There was an excellent New Member’s evening held at our President’s house last week. Members who have joined in the last couple of years, plus others still on the waiting list, joined with committee members to meet each other and hear about some of the club’s routines and history.Thanks to Alastair and Jill McFarlane for hosting a terrific event, aided by several active committee members.

2010 Work Parties

This year’s work parties were held at both Whakapapa and Ohakune in mid May. Stores and firewood were loaded in to Whakapapa, and both lodges have new soccer tables this year. Ohakune has a new stores room downstairs; and we have also had the bathrooms renovated upstairs – a major facelift!As always, the work parties were a heap of fun and very satisfying to all who took part. Both lodges are looking fantastic – ready for the season to start in just a few weeks!

AGM News

At our AGM in April, we welcomed our new President Alastair Macfarlane and new committee members Garth Hinton (Vice President) and Corinne Kennedy (catering – Whakapapa).We also thanked our retiring president Greg Knowles and farewelled retiring committee members Madelene Paine, Simon Tompkins, Vee Smit and Claire Baker, who have all given their time generously to the club over past years. More

Oh What a Wonderful Prizegiving!

A huge turn-out for our annual summer party and prizegiving in November. Many Thanks to the Hinton family for hosting the event at their lovely property in Coatesville.We were honoured to have several past presidents and life members present (as well as an even larger number of future presidents!). More

Oodles of freshies for October

The last two incredible days have seen a HUGE dump of snow at Ruapehu - more snow at the lodge in Ohakune than we've seen all season. Check out the mad video   at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B486si5yVx8 - and the crazy photos of Remy, Tom and snow people outside the Ohakune lodge! Twilight Skiing at Whakapa on the 17th/ 18th is shaping up to be spectacular- make sure you're there....book now!

TSC's Jagermeister Masters Racers

Tongariro Ski Club members and friends were well represented at yesterday's Master's race at Turoa. There were 11 entries, and more than half of them won a place in their category! More

Ngauruhoe Cup Success for TSC members

Congratulations to Charlotte McElroy, Ali Knowles and Anna-Fay Hinton, who came 2nd, 3rd and 10th (respectively) in their categories in the Ngauruhoe Cup last weekend. A challenging race - with many competitors having to walk up the Valley T bar to the top of the course when the lift broke down! More

Senior Club Races 2009

The battle was on last weekend - with almost every age group represented, some blistering times, plus a couple of elegant crashes. Thank you to our generous sponsors - Wagamama Restaurants, Brown's Ski Shop, Cutting Edge Ski Services, Vertical Shop, Kai Restaurant and Giro . More

John Knowles Wins Gold at Mt Hutt

An awesome result for our fastest Junior racer! At the National Youth Series at Mount Hutt last Sunday 23 August, John Knowles came first overall in the K2 age group in the Giant Slalom, winning a gold medal. More

Tongariro brings home the Silver!

In the Haensli Cup races last Saturday, our Junior team (Tongariro Top Guns) and our Senior team (Tongariro Terrorists) both scored third place overall, bringing back a handsome shield each. More

Junior Races

What a perfect day for our Junior Races! 23 Eager young racers competed hotly for their titles on the Valley highway course. A great picnic thanks to Paul, and followed by a fun treasure hunt which saw TSC young guns tearing round the mountain looking for clues. See the photo gallery for more! More

Bookings Officer Phone number

Our Booking Officers phone is now connected to her new number - (09) 475 5690 and fax (09) 475 5692. However, PLEASE use the website for making and checking your bookings, and checking bunk availability. Please contact Lesley about bookings after you've tried using the website! More

Fantastic July Holiday Skiing - Update

What to do when the weather is nasty.... David gets some air with an appreciative audience lining the TSCwindows. Don't ask him about the landing...! More pics in the photo gallery.. More

First Days of 2009 Skiing at Turoa

Wow! After some ugly weather on Saturday 20 June (Opening Day), Turoa laid on the best June skiing we've had for years. Blue skies and good snow cover were the order for most of the week. More

Under Fives Weekends at Ohakune

Always popular with our young families we’ve now extended our Under Fives weeks to four extra weekends at Turoa More

2009 Season Opener

TSC's season opening event on Sunday 26 April at Snowplanet was extremely well attended. Around 55 eager members turned out for a fun dual slalom, team games and a warm up for the season. Fantastic Prizes were donated by Snow Centre, Wagamama Restaurants, Snowplanet and AMI Insurance. More

Bookings Open May 01

Season bookings open on May 01, so be in quick to plan your skiing for this year. Please only book if you are definite about going - cancelling often or at the last minute makes life diffiult for our everyone. There's more important info on Ski Training programmes 2009 in the latest Newsletter More

Whakapapa Building Works Update

Our building repair project at Whakapapa is going extremely well, with the majority of the work complete and coming in under budget. The Lodge is now looking fantastic, with the damage repaired, new cedar weatherboards freshly painted, window flashings all replaced and interiors regibbed More

President's Dinner 2008

A fabulous 'Hollywood' party in the best of TSC tradition was held at Whakapapa on Labour weekend. Many thanks to Madelene Paine and others who helped her to oprganise this great event. More

Turoa Open till November 16!

Great news for ski lovers! RAL has announced that there's so much snow that Turoa will stay open three weeks after Labour Weekend - till 16 November. Best of all, from October 28, our Ohakune lodge will be open to members and their non member guests at the reduced rate of $20 pp/pn (sans food)! More

Twilight Skiing 2008

Despite no lifts operating, Club Captain Moppy turned on a hilarious evening - peppered by crazy games, outrageous haridos, and a mixture of bubbly, crackers, cake, more bubbly and lots of running around in the snow outside the Whakapapa lodge. A fabulous meal with guests from Graduates Ski Club... More

Glenda's 60th Birthday

Wishing Glenda a VERY Happy 60th Birthday on Friday 14th NOVEMBER from all the Tongariro Ski Club members. More

Reg Churton's Famous Annual Rambles 2008

Another brave group of seven, set off with Reg for one of his famous annual rambles down to the Chateau for a promised icecream. More

Happy 40th Mike! A Crater Expedition...

Mike Cook, Tim Winstone and Geoff Leyland ventured to the crater in perfect weather on 6th September, bringing back some fantastic photos. Check out the Photo Gallery for more! More

Senior Races 2008

Great participation, hot competition and great prizes for all who competed in the club races on Saturday August 23! More

Junior Races 2008

With a terrible weather forecast for the mountain, for the first time we decided to have our junior club races at Snow Planet. The event was really well attended, with 35 keen racers and a host of supporters and helpers! More

The Day (and Night) of the Storm

TSC Guests Amanda and Ali had an interesting time at the lodge during the storm - but later, things got more interesting. Stephen Boyle had decided to take his boys Finn (7) and Rory (5) for an introduction to the snow last weekend, but none of them had any idea they'd end up rescued by TSC! More

Best July Holidays for Years!

These July Holidays we enjoyed the best snow we've had for years - sking everywhere on the mountain, great weather and good company. More

Update to Ohakune Door Code

The door code has been changed at Ohakune. To find out the new code, you will need to login to the website and read this article or contact the booking officer at bookings@tongariroski.co.nz More

Thatcher Sheild Awarded to Madelene Paine

Madelene Paine was awarded the Thatcher Sheild for service to the club in recognition for the contribution she made in coordinating the 75th Jubilee Celebrations. More

Life Membership awarded to Liz Winstone

Liz Winstone has been awarded Life Membership to the ski club at the 2008 AGM for her outstanding service to the club. More

New Committee for 2008/2009

Following the AGM on the 4th of June, a new Committee has been appointed. Greg Knowles now takes the position as President, following on from Simon Tompkins. For the full committee please read on... More

Updates to the Website

The Tongariro Ski Club Website has recently been upgraded. For more details open this article. More

Ski Tuning for $20

To raise money for his ski training, John Knowles is offering to tune you skis for $20. See the message board for more details. More

Bookings for 2008

A reminder that bookings for 2008 will not be confirmed until May 1st More

Getting Ready for the 2008 Season

Although the ski season is still some months away, your committee is starting to plan for the year ahead. More

Eruption At Ruapehu

On Tuesday 25th of September there was an eruption at Ruapehu which trigger multiple lahars. More

Photos of the Senior Races

Check out the photo gallery for some photos of the Senior Club Races held on the weekend. More

Jubilee Photos available for order

Photos from the 75th Jubilee dinner are now available to view and order. More

Website issues have been resolved

The problems that we were experiencing with the website have now been fixed. More

The Messageboard is a great way to contact members

Do you want to car-pool, sell some skis, get in touch with other members, well... The TSC website has a message board where members can post messages to other members. More

Whakapapa and Turoa Open

Enough snow has fallen over the past week that RAL has now opened the beginner feilds at both Whakapapa and Turoa. More

The Snow is falling

It looks like winter has finally arrived, and the snow has started to fall! More

RAL Announce that Valley Express Chair Delayed

RAL have 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 than had originally been expected. More

New Updates to the website

There have been some new features added to the TSC website that we wanted to let you know about. More