With less than six weeks until opening day (June 30th), and summer developments all complete it is great timing and an exciting start for the upcoming season says Area Manager, Jackie van der Voort.

The Snow Making team started work on the mountain this week and have all thirty snow guns ready to start making snow as early as next week, weather conditions permitting.

The early snow fall is also a timely reminder for skiers and snowboarders to take advantage of the Early Bird Sale and purchase their Season Passes at bargain prices. The sale which ends on the 31st of May includes a range of passes from a 5 Day Pass to the Premium Pass which provides unlimited skiing and riding for the entire season. We are very happy with how season pass sales have gone this year says Ms van der Voort and with early bookings out of Australia up on last year its looking like we’re in for a good season.

Teenage skiers and snowboarders can look forward to two new Freeride programmes this season which are being introduced by Treble Cone’s Award Winning Snow Sports School. Tim Williams ,Snow Sports School Director, says the programmes have been set up in response to growing customer demand last year and are specially designed to cater for teenagers who wish to progress in the dynamic sport of free skiing / boarding. The TC Freeski Camp will run during the school holidays while the all new Freeride Programme will run each weekend from July through to September.

Treble Cone continues to lead the NZ ski industry in sustainable tourism initiatives, with a major focus on energy savings, car pooling, and recycling. 2007 saw a 10-15% saving in energy and the average car load increased by one person per car. Ms van der Voort is delighted with how staff and customers embraced the initiatives last year and is excited about improving on these this season.