Working at Ruapehu

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Been a great snow season so far. Learning a lot about grooming and having a lot of fun. Havent got to travel to far away yet but that will come soon.

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Photos

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Riding in the winch cat with Duffy, from Iceland. Sometimes they hafta use another cat as an ancor for the winch so i get to ride with him.

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Beginning of the season we were pushing lots of snow. Here Dave is pushing snow out of a Gulley and we are using the winch cat to push it up and shape a run.

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Turns out excavators are excellent at catching snow.

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Moon rising over Pinnacle ridge. Amazing how well the moon lights up everything.

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Building traverse of fear into the side of the mountain. 50 degree slope.

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Phillipe taking a look at the corner we needed to get too.

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Just an awesome sunset that i get to see most nights as im starting work.

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Duffy standing in front of his winch with clouds rolling in the valley.

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Got a call one night to go to Happy Valley here. A woman slipped on the ice above and fell off this cliff. Broke three ribs and her t-12. Fortunate that is all

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We take all the snow off the runs to build these safety walls so people dont ski off cliffs. Instead they hit the rocks on the run.

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1 km down the road and still can only see through the maury hand print on the icy window.

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no visibility because snow and wind so duffy, Kiwi dave and i enjoying some coffee.

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Had some snow campers get themselves in trouble. several really cold but one girl we had to go rescue. Climbed up this hill to the cave to help the 2 guides bring her down. We picked her up walked about a meter before wiping out on the ice and sliding to the bottom. Winds were pretty crazy you can see it in one of the videos.

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Roads part of the way to Wellington for convention. Snowed a foot in wellington 1 week before. Best snow in 40 plus years.

Comments

[Brenda]

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Awesome photos! Miss you. Be careful out there!