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Yorston also drove overnight from Christchurch to be the first on the chairlift when The Remarkables opened for the 2021 season last week. “I’m still recovering from my freezing night,” he said late on Wednesday afternoon. “It’s an excuse to go camping. I wouldn’t hang out in the middle of a field if there was nothing to do. “Some people spend $300 to go to Rarotonga. I spend $300 on petrol to sleep on a chairlift.”
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Yorston has been among those on the first chairlift of the season at Mt Hutt skifield for nine years in a row.
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Coronet Peak and The Remarkables have announced that
First Base; A Vintage Après Ski Soirée, will be hitting
the Queenstown mountains this July.
The two-day event
begins on Saturday 3 July at Coronet Peak with a special
Night Ski as part of Queenstown’s Welcome to Winter
celebration. The following day the soirée changes scenery
and moves to the Ice Bar at The Remarkables for an afternoon
session.
Guests can glide right off the slopes and
into First Base for an après party like no other with fire
pits, vintage outfits, bad sweaters and a smooth mix of