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Mt Ruapehu on track to bounce back this ski season after some challenging times 19 May, 2021 05:00 PM 3 minutes to read Mt Ruapehu s snow factory has been in use for the past month. Photo / Supplied Mike Tweed is a multimedia journalist at the Whanganui [email protected] Mt Ruapehu s Happy Valley ski area is on track to open to the public over Queen s Birthday weekend in early June. Whakapapa ski area manager Steve Manunui said his team was feeling confident about the upcoming season. The snow factory has been pumping out snow for the last four weeks and there s been a couple of dustings [of snow], Manunui said. ....
Excitement is building for winter at the North Island s only commercial ski resort Excitement is building for winter at the North Island s only commercial ski resort 24 April 2021 After a challenging 2020, teams have been working hard to prepare Mt Ruapehu s Whakapapa and Turoa ski fields. Ruapehu Alpine Lifts chief operating officer Travis Donoghue says he s looking forward to some normality. ....
He d noticed some other activity a bit earlier in the season. Not so many weeks ago there was quite a good steam puff that we videoed as it kind of came off the lake and then went westwards. We kind of thought that was definitely a minor increase in activity. So we made sure we turned around and got out of there quick-smart. The volcanic alert bulletin for Ruapehu was issued just after midday yesterday, as the temperature of Te Wai ā-moe hit 43C. Such heights aren t uncommon, but GeoNet said what caused the escalation of alert level were the accompanying bursts of volcanic tremor, and the marked increase in the amount of gas passing through the lake. ....