Another beautiful day at all of our ski fields today as we enjoy a small area of high pressure hanging around till some point tomorrow. All 11 fields are enjoying brilliant conditions and excellent numbers coming through to all the fields on a daily basis.

The winter is well and truly set up now, get out this weekend and enjoy the fresh snow, we will be! If you've been holding off buying a pass, the snow is here, get online, book your pass, and go skiing! Mountain info as below....
Update around the mountains - (our report page for more information)  http://www.chillout.co.nz/reports.asp Temple Basin - A great weekend had by all at the Fire & Ice weekend with 160 people turning up for the weekend. They have an awesome base of 160cm on top, so well worht a visit.
Mt Cheeseman - Great conditions at Cheeseman with 35cm of fresh snow on the 5th August.
Craigieburn - Some fresh lines still to be had on the mountain, with a nice steady temperature of -2 degrees.
Mt Olympus - Proclaimed as the 'playground of the gods' its certainly living up to its billing, with 215cm base and a mixture of powder and chowder, its great fun up there.
Porters - According to Uli, its epic! Ewen was there on Tuesday and commented 'EPIC'! The best snow ever experienced is what others have said, so if you haven't been, nows the time to visit.
Broken River - Powder, Powder, Powder is the word from the BR crew, with everything open and night skiing available.
Mt Lyford - They have hit the mighty 3m mark and with more to come, they might be skiing at Lyford till 2009 at this rate!!
Hanmer Springs - More fresh Powder over the last couple of days with great conditions for the forth coming Bacardi cup fun and games.
Fox Peak - Open during the weekend, check snow reports for status this weekend.
Mt Dobson - Heaps of new snow (45cm) on top of already great conditions. Great base, new powder, awesome conditions.
Roundhill - Great conditions with the park looking awesome this year.... celebrate the 80s this weekend. Weather leading into the weekend
Below is the latest call from the Met Service for this weeks play time....
Thu 7th Aug          
Fine with morning frosts and not much wind. A colder southwest change overnight brings some cloud.     
Fri 8th Aug          
Occasional rain, with snow developing down to 400 metres. Cold southerlies developing.     

Sat 9th Aug          
Occasional showers, with snow likely above 400 metres. Southerlies becoming strong for a time.    

Broken River

Tele-markers will be in residence at Broken River this weekend with R & R Sport. Telemark Demo gear from R & R Sport and Black Diamond will be available to try all weekend. Fun events with R & R sponsored prizes on Saturday. Coaching clinics on Sunday - 2 hours of relatively informal morning instruction, 2 hours of afternoon cruising with an instructor after lunch - a great way to improve your skiing. Registration 10-11am Saturday at Palmer Lodge.

Roundhill 80's Fever

80s weekend...not to be missed, brought forward slightly this year in good timing with the new snow. Dust off your favourite piece of ugli-ness, boot up and swing the hips down the hill. Great fun to be had!

BIG WEEKEND NEXT WEEKEND!

K2 Big Mountain CHILL Series - REGISTER NOW http://www.chillout.co.nz/events.asp?DocID=60 The Craigieburn leg of the Series takes off next weekend - you can enter before this Monday http://http://www.chillout..co.nz/events.asp?DocID=60 http://http://www.chillout.co.nz/events.asp?DocID=60   and pay only $55 for both weekends. If you are traveling to CV, book your accommodation by calliing 03 318 8711 and bring cash to pay for your day passes. Allows for quick access up the mountain to inspect the course and spy your lines. The SNOW is all go, we'd like to host a super final in the Remarkables, given good weather we will run the event over the two days.

MTV Snow Jam Terrace Downs, Canterbury

Saturday 16 Aug 2008, 3pm. FREE ENTRY!
Featuring: Donavon Frankenreiter, P-Money, PNC, David Dallas, The Grates, The Potbelleez, Opshop and Cut Off Your Hands, Baby Bash & many more....
http://www.christchurchmusic.org.nz/events/mtv-snow-jam08  http://www.christchurchmusic.org.nz/events/mtv-snow-jam08

A.R.E.A 9

Mackenzie Country, 6 - 8 February 2009.
Featuring: Katchafire, Rhombus, KORA, Salmonella Dub, Tahuna Breaks, The Phoenix Foundation, The Black Seeds, dDub, Chris Moore, Nitidus, Cornerstone Roots, R T Owen and Band, Soulsystem, Ladi6, Troika, Oakley Grenell, The Valves, Flying Solo, Nitidus, LA Mitchell, The Steve Parr Slide, Sunburn, Doppler, The Dukes, Taos, DJ Hennez, Cairo Knife Fight and more..
http://www.missioncontrolled.co.nz/area9/event.html

CHILL HQ

At the new CHILL HQ, you can get all hire equipment you require - hire of gear nutcrackers / harnesses, trackers / shovel & probes. New to CHILL HQ is a great selection of second hand kids boots and skis, trade in and trade up as the kids grow.

Chillin Deals

Flock Hill Lodge have come on board and are hooking you up as a CHILL pass-holder, so get up in the alps and stay in comfort where it matters most! The perfect spot to base your trip in the Craigieburn Range, they'll sort you out with 15% off just for being a CHILLER! Hanafins Photo and Video - CHILL Photo Comp http://www.hanafins.co.nz/

This years Hanafins  http://www.hanafins.co.nz photo comp is underway - you need to get out there and into it, dust off the camera and get snapping. Email all your photos in to us at hq@chillout.co.nz, and keep your eyes peeled on the website for your shots on show to the world.

BR are also hosting a photo comp, check out their site  http://www.brokenriver.co.nz for more information and get snapping up at BR.

Many of you will have bumped into a mellow Scotsman hanging out in Springfield, and generally keeping it pretty mellow. Wanna find out how to get a Scotsman really fizzing? Check it out here.... http://www.chillout.co.nz/about.asp?DocID=23  http://www.helipark.co.nz Helipark is absolutely cranking, as you can see from the story above. You can book your Helipark experience with CHILL at CHILL HQ, give Ewen a call... 03 318 4830. For more info on any of the items detailed above, get to our website, or drop us a line at hq@chillout.co.nz. The CHILL Crew.