Blogs
Ski Selwyn as a Student
Thursday, 31 July 2025
Ski bum or first-timer, there’s no better time to be on the snow than as a student.
Packed car shuffles, frozen muesli bar lunches, and unmatched stoke all contribute, creating a unique experience – one you’ll talk about for years to come.
GRITT Snow Camps
Thursday, 31 July 2025
The club fields, for many reasons, capture the soul and essence of freeride skiing in Aotearoa. A unique combination of unmatchable terrain and a raw, adventurous spirit runs deep through the people who make these places what they are.
Ski Selwyn – Open for Adventure
Thursday, 17 July 2025
As the winter season kicks off and snow blankets the mountains, the excitement now builds as skiers head to the Selwyn ski areas. They offer a wonderful array of lifts, terrain, mountain accommodation and lively characters, all contributing to an authentic alpine experience we have when in the mountains, on any given day.
Kingswood Skis: A Selwyn native
Monday, 30 June 2025
Landscape has the power to shape us. The food we grow, the views we love, the work we do, and the leisure activities we enjoy.
The Selwyn mountains exert a fascination over locals and visitors alike; drawn to the peaks by their beauty and challenge. Few have felt this attraction as profoundly as Alex Herbert - who built a ski company to tame the conditions at the Selwyn resorts.
The White Room
Tuesday, 17 June 2025
The white room is the ultimate test of your freeride smarts: a vertigo-inducing netherworld of possibility and intrigue. It’s a barrage of face shots, a passport to pleasure, an endorphin overload, and a chance to faceplant into another dimension.
Highway 73 – The Great Alpine Road
Friday, 6 June 2025
Is the Great Alpine Highway 73 a pilgrimage, adventure, destination or just an asphalt Tardis? This legendary stretch of tarmac captures the soul of New Zealand freeride. It is a storied road that for snowsport tragics carries all the weight and meaning of Route 66 or the Gunbarrel Highway. Let’s take a trip on this most (in)famous of Kiwi roads; for so long the subject of art, movies, fiction, and documentary.
A Ski Week at the Clubbies
Thursday, 5 June 2025
A ski week at the Clubbies, the perfect action-packed holiday retreat. My memories of ski weeks go back years now, jam-packed with heaps of fun, progression, friendships and the very best moments of the winter.
Craigieburn Haute Route: a return to roots
Wednesday, 4 June 2025
In 2009 my family and I returned and found a paradise of community and local skiing, back in the old stomping grounds. I started a guiding company and now more than a decade later we are celebrating our signature trip: the Craigieburn Haute Route.
The Selwyn ski bum
Monday, 2 June 2025
The best place in the world to ski is the place you’re skiing that day.’ – Warren Miller
What is the best way to choose a ski resort?
Ski Progression at Porters
Sunday, 1 June 2025
Only 89km from Christchurch, Porters Alpine Resort is a great place to take your first steps on snow or learn to tackle the steep slopes of Buff Face.
For both skiing and snowboarding, Porters has a great variety of terrain and lifts to suit anyone's riding ability, being one of the smaller ski resorts you can enjoy less crowds on the slopes and heaps of friendly faces.
Teaching the kids the ropes of our slopes
Friday, 8 September 2023
Teach your kids how to ride rope tows with this handy 'how to' written by Anna Keeling and watch your child's independence grow on the slopes.
Snow play at Porters
Wednesday, 23 August 2023
Benny Dooms from Porters gives the low down on why it's a great ski field for kids and adults learning how to ski and the place to go for a fun snow experience with the family.