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The Bulletin RUAPEHU SKI CLUB CONTENTS Volume 83, No 1 The Bulletin, March 2018 The Bulletin RUAPEHU SKI CLUB CONTENTS Volume 83, No. 1 March 2018 2 President’s column 3 Ruapehu news 5 Ski season bookings 6 Whanganui River 6 Gondola planned 7 Ski squads 7 Club week 8 Tides and eruptions 9 Two Olympic medals 10 Head honoured 11 Obituaries 13 Mürren Inferno 17 RSC calendar 17 New members 20-23 Winter Olympics 27 The nutcracker 30 World snow news Wonderful skiing at Whakapapa last season. Photo: Liza Fitzsimmons. 32 Club info page 2 The Bulletin, March 2018 PRESIDENT’S COLUMN be around 12 metres high and more or less twice the physical size of the towers Happy New Year to you all. I hope you serving the Rangatira Chairlift. have all had great Christmas and New Years The proposed project includes the festivities and a relaxing break with your temporary removal of the Waterfall Express loved ones. Chairlift as it will impede the path of As many of you may have heard in the the gondola as they both approach their media, Ruapehu Alpine Lifts has proposed respective upper stations. the installation of a new gondola. There are plans to either replace or Alpine gondolas are similar to detachable redeploy or the Waterfall Chairlift so that it chairlifts, like the Rangatira chairlift, runs from the same base station, outside the except that they carry enclosed pods Lodge, all the way to the top of the Knoll instead of chairs. There is room for up to a Ridge. The new Knoll Ridge Express will dozen people in each pod and, as they are replace the Knoll Ridge T-bar and will be enclosed, they offer complete protection the longest chairlift in the country. from the weather. Your Committee is in the final stages There is said to be a massive financial of assessing the impact of all aspects of investment in the project. The main the project on the Club and of forming motivation for it is understood to be that an official opinion on the matter. Our the area will attract a greater number of assessments include safety and icing sight-seeing visitors. management, visual impact and privacy The gondola will transform RAL into a and amenability, just to name a few. year-round operation that is less dependent At the same time, we are actively on the weather conditions. negotiating with RAL to mitigate or It is proposed that the path of the eliminate any negative impact there could gondola will pass from the Top o’ the be for RSC. Bruce to the Knoll Ridge Cafe. We will keep you informed on the state The base station is said to lie between of those assessments. Just this week, the Rangatira Chairlift and the Vertical the resource consent application for the Ski Shop. The top station is planned to project has been publicly notified. Details lie immediately adjacent to the western of the application may be found on the side of the Knoll Ridge Cafe. Ruapehu District Council website. We As the proposed gondola path passes invite members to visit the website and through Hut Flat, it is planned to run assess the application for themselves. overhead between the Lodge and Hut. The We appreciate any feedback from proposed path is more or less parallel with members regarding the project. However, the far western wall of the Lodge. (The wall we ask that anyone wishing to participate at the end of the accommodation wing.) in the resource consent process approach It is further planned that there will be a the RSC Executive instead of seeking direct tower on either side of Hut Flat. One tower involvement themselves. would be located some metres to the west We have the status of affected party and of where the old Ski Patrol building used would therefore expect to have a stronger to be. The tower uphill of us would stand voice than any individuals. on the ridge between Hut Flat and the Staircase Valley. Richard Nelson The plans that have been presented President to us so far indicate that the towers will 3 The Bulletin, March 2018 RAL this summer used its snow factory to provide January sledding outside the Top O’ the Bruce. RAL snow was also trucked to the beach front at Mt Maunganui. Photo: RAL. THROUGH THE LODGE It allows access to the Movenpick and Nga Wai Heke chairlifts during weekends WINDOW and some school holiday days, conditions RAL Whakapapa mountain manager permitting. Steve McGill left Ruapehu in December The upgrade to 2018 season passes after 36 years on the slopes. costs $79 and also offers night skiing at He worked his way up to general Whakapapa. manager and credits his career success Whakapapa chief fire officer Philip to strong leadership and inspiration from Smith was awarded the Queen’s Service former Swiss boss Lorenz Rieser and Medal in the New Year honours. former RAL CEO Dave Mazey. A park ranger for the Department of “We call ourselves the mountain whanau, Conservation, CFO Smith has served and it’s true. The local iwi are also great 38 years with the brigade and has been and I also have huge respect for the culture involved in many rescues around Tongariro surrounding the mountain.” National Park. Sledding on snow was available outside RAL has partnered with Zermatt in the Top O’ The Bruce at Christmas, thanks Switzerland to offer season pass holders to RAL’s snow factory. (See photo above). reciprocal access to each other’s resorts. The sled run was open daily from 10am Thus 2018 season pass holders for to 3pm, weather permitting, at an hourly Mt Ruapehu are eligible for two days at cost of $20 for adults, $15 youth and infants Zermatt for the 2018-19 European winter. 0-4-years free. Sleds were included with The Zermatt partnership is a two-year the pass. deal applying to season passes sold RAL is to offer First Tracks at Turoa for 2018 and 2019 only. Access is also this year, following its successful provided to life pass holders. introduction at Whakapapa in 2017. Tom van Vollenhoven, one of seven The option is an add-on to a season pass 1956 Springbok rugby players who spent and allows purchasers the right to ride the a week at RSC Lodge learning to ski, has lifts for an hour before the normal opening. 4 The Bulletin, March 2018 died aged 82. THE Van Vollenhoven was a dashing wing who had RUAPEHU SKI CLUB a long career in UK rugby league after his rugby (inc) Founded 1913 union days were over. P.O.Box 8064, Symonds St., Galatea dairy farmer Sjors Corporaal took Auckland, New Zealand 1150 out his seventh win in The Goat mountain run Telephone: 0-9-377 3856 from Whakapapa to Turoa, in a few seconds under Facsimile: 0-9-377 3859 two hours. It was the 15th annual race with 600 Email: [email protected] Website: www.rsc.org.nz competitors setting off from the Top o’ The Bruce. c/o McConnell Properties Corporaal also won the Tussock Traverse run Level 2 in 1 hour 51 min 14 sec. 204 Quay St Ruapehu snow made by RAL in its snow factory Auckland CBD 1010 at Whakapapa was taken to the beach front at Mount Maunganui at Christmas. A 60-tonne truck travelled 260km to take the snow to the surf. More than 500 turned up to play in the snow which had 25 prizes buried in the snow. The Skotel Alpine Resort in the Whakapapa village is for sale as a going concern, situated on a Department of Conservation leasehold site. Said the be New Zealand’s highest hotel, at an President: Richard Nelson elevation of 1134m, it has been in the ownership Vice-Presidents: John Benn, Liza of former Auckland city councillor John Strevens Fitzsimmons, Marion Quinn, Phill for the last 30 years. Thomass, Donald Webster It has been extended several times since the first Secretary: Catherine Hegley stage was built in the mid-1960s. Treasurer: Heather Chao Immediate Past President: The Desert Road will be closed at time and will Adrian Adriaansen be down to one lane for almost three months while Captain: Fiona Willison the deck is replaced on the Waihohonu Stream Vice-Captain: Catherine Gafa bridge which was damaged by a truck crash last Committee: Arran Birchenough, year.Drivers can call 0800 4 HIGHWAYS (0800 Jeff Davies, Vanessa Hills, Nils 44 44 49) to speak to the call centre team who can Johannessen, Matthew Lamb, Brent provide them with traffic and travel information. Moffat, John Payne, John Tetley Patron: Bill Speight The deadline for the June Bulletin will be Friday Patroness: Kath Harrison May 11th. Auditors: Hart and Co All items should be with the Editor by then. Admin Officer: Sheryl Brownlee Lodge Officer: Carl Burling THE BULLETIN Hut Officer: John Benn Founded in 1936 by Jock and Fitzie Graham. Chalet Officer: Phill Thomass Editor: Alan Graham, 63 Messines Rd, Karori, Turoa Officer: Donald Webster Heritage Fund Guardians: Wellington 6012. Richard Nelson, Adrian Adriaansen, Telephone: 04-476 4598. Robin Dallas, Bernard Smith. Email: [email protected] Fund Treasurer: Mike Wardle Advertising: RSC Administration Glacier Hut Custodian: Joe Gabriel PO Box 8064, Symonds St. 5 The Bulletin, March 2018 SKI SEASON BOOKINGS extra nights may be re allocated to the 2018 Chalet. Your bookings will be confirmed as Bookings with guests soon as possible after receiving your Our booking rules state that guests request, as long as subscriptions for all (non-members) are not able to have their those on the booking have been paid accommodation confirmed until two and there are sufficient funds in your weeks prior to staying.
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