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The Grand Opening of New Zealand's Newest Ski Area
 Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead

And it's indoors !!! Snowplanet near Auckland has opened for business. 365 days a year...

We first covered this topic some time back in this topic {Edit - links in 1st post of this old thread are no longer working} It's good to report the project is completed on time and our Kiwi friends can now indulge their love of snow sports all year round. The boarders might not be too happy with button lifts, however. Full story with many photos on snow.co.nz

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Snowplanet is the only all-year snow resort in the southern hemisphere and is the world's fifth biggest snowdome, as measured by total area. The snowhall is the size of two rugby pitches or 12 tennis courts.

It is bigger than any of the five snowdomes operating in the UK and some 50,000 cubic metres of earth was moved to build it.
It seems from that quote that the other southern hemisphere snow dome in Aussie must have closed. Anyone know ?
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The main slope is 202 metres long and 41 metres wide with a gradient of 30 degrees at the top, easing to 9 degrees at the bottom. The section at 30 degrees is abount the steepest on offer at any indoor snowhall anywhere in the world.

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Skiing is charged for by the hour with adults costing $29 and children $24 but there are plenty of package options to bring the cost down
I'd certainly hope so. Shocked

Any comments on the new NZ facility ?
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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kuwait_ian, That's still a lott less expensive than MK, per hour! The exchange rate for 29 NZD to pounds works out at just over £11. MK is £20 per hour wink
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?

Thanks for that Michelle I'd forgotten the down south $ is good value these days. Lucky Kiwis - longer, steeper and cheaper than MK.
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Aw man, only just saw this thread.

Michelle, actually cost-wise it's not "good value" by NZ standards (relative to income and general cost of living)...... but it's not incredibly bad value either, considering 3 cocktails in Auckland cost about the same.

And anyone traveling on £££ is gonna love the cost of everything in NZ.

Haven't been myself (not been back to NZ since 2003), but as snowplanet is located north of Auckland (i.e. away from the rest of the country) it's really only accessable to Aucklanders and I wouldn't be surprised if the rest of the country sees it as yet another poncy playtoy for the JAFAs (Just Another F***king Aucklander) who're too limpwristed to cope with real slopes. wink

It's a Kiwi thing.
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