How to have a good time in New Zealand

How to have a good time in New Zealand

With June almost upon us, you've either sorted out your NZ trip or you need to get cracking. What's that you say? You say you're not going to New Zealand? You're going to ski in Australia? Well. You're definitely not going to have a good time in New Zealand. That's a serious breach of step zero of skiing in NZ:

Step zero: Go to New Zealand

It would be a true feat of self deception to have a good time in NZ if you weren't actually there at all. And yet each year hundreds of otherwise reasonable and intelligent skiers and boarders fail at this most fundamental step.

Resort Write-Up: Rusutsu

Resort Write-Up: Rusutsu

Rusutsu straddles two mountains on either side of highway 230 in Hokkaido’s southwest. It’s close to Niseko (about half an hour’s drive), easy to get to from Chitose airport, sports seemingly endless tree skiing and gets great snow. There’s an awful lot to like, and with a combination like this it’s amazing that the place managed to fly under the radar for so long. But a very smart marketing campaign for international visitors, years of rave reviews from forums and travel websites, and a market that’s looking for alternatives to Niseko have finally started sending people and their credit cards Rusutsu’s way.

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