The Ashvegas Snow (56k beware!)

HaWk · Post by **HaWk** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 10:12 pm

While many aucklanders spent 3 hours without power due to high winds, that day many hillbilly Ashburtonians couldnt even open their front doors to get out and tell ma to get off the dang roof.

Thought i might post some pics, just unbelievable amounts of snow dumped in "vegas" in such a short period of time. I dont have school tomora, havnt since monday, coz half the country bumpkins arnt allowed to drive the tractor in to town coz the 4wd wont get past the gate. enjoy

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This is my street while its still snowing.

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This is me thinking about how the FCK im guna get my car anyway (iv given up, and it still sits there with snow surrounding it)

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The snow started to eat my TS banner

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Under all that is a 1984 purple kp61 starlet (my wheels for the week as it has so much clearance and just goes anywhere).

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Thiis is my house while snowing

[Oversized images changed to links - BlakJak]

SkylineObsession · Post by **SkylineObsession** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 10:30 pm

That is so incredibly unspeakibililililily awesome.

:cry:

zEpHyRiNe · Post by **zEpHyRiNe** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 11:10 pm

Cool. Makes Chch's snow efforts look pathetic. I want snow like that damnit!

Voodoo · Post by **Voodoo** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 11:38 pm

wicked, almost worth coming back for a visit just to see that, never had that much when i was there

so when did that snow fall? the first dump that the south got, or has there been another one? still hitting 20 here during the day

bluemaumau · Post by **bluemaumau** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 12:23 am

wow that looks mean, good shit i wish it snoweed up here :cry:

Snoozin · Post by **Snoozin** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 8:46 am

Whoaaaah awesome. That's some serious snow action right thurr.

Pffrt you just wanna drive the KP because it's RWD....

RWD + snow = chortling.

Ako · Post by **Ako** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 9:11 am

SnoozinEuro wrote:Whoaaaah awesome. That's some serious snow action right thurr.

Pffrt you just wanna drive the KP because it's RWD.... RWD + snow = chortling.

You just wanted an excuse to say chortling didn't you :lol:

HaWk · Post by **HaWk** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 10:54 am

Voodoo: U so shud have mike my neighbour is the only one i know who has seen worse snow in vegas and that was in 1945 or something (hes an old codger)

The snow was good for the first couple days but im still not at school today and everythings just going to be hell trying to catch up and shit (stupid year 13!).

Richard: Hell yea man i have been having some serious fun in the kp, i havnt even bothered trying to dig the levin out

Snoozin · Post by **Snoozin** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 11:14 am

Ako wrote:
SnoozinEuro wrote:Whoaaaah awesome. That's some serious snow action right thurr.

Pffrt you just wanna drive the KP because it's RWD.... RWD + snow = chortling.

You just wanted an excuse to say chortling didn't you

Did I what.

"Today's word is chortling," and so on..... :lol:

BR0Z · Post by **BR0Z** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 12:07 pm

Fantastic pic's

:cry:

we didn't even get any snow out in Sumner :cry:

Mt Hutt should be good this year!!

Cheers, Mark

JT · Post by JT » Thu Jun 15, 2006 1:09 pm

BR0Z wrote:Mt Hutt should be good this year!!

See ya up there Mark

Im riding home from dunedin on sunday, definately looks like I wont be taking the inland road but by the looks of things SH1 could be just as bad. Ment to be another southerly coming through soon

How are the roads from timaru to ashvegas now?

DRFTIN · Post by **DRFTIN** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 2:05 pm

most of the roads are fine now, even the inland ones i'd say are probably clear, everywhere that isnt a road still has at least o foot of snow on it, not gonna melt in a hurry

we had a big chunk of a brick wall fall off at work, landed on dads Safari 4WD that i was driving, roof is now fcuked... and we've got a tractor front end loader holding the rest of the wall up so it doesnt fall over
got stuck at home today trying to pull the 2wd hilux out so i have something to drive

bluemaumau · Post by **bluemaumau** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 2:31 pm

any of you southerners know hat queenstowns like? finally got enuf cash to come to a south island mountain, yeah!

,snow levels on the mountains this is?

Dunny · Post by **Dunny** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 3:22 pm

bluemaumau wrote:any of you southerners know hat queenstowns like? finally got enuf cash to come to a south island mountain, yeah!

,snow levels on the mountains this is?

Mt Hutt looks like the pick of the bunch at the moment, Cardrona looks ok but not sure if it's open yet, Coronet opened today I believe with a 30cm upper base, which usually means it's pretty crappy man made snow barely covering the lower and off trail slopes. Remarks hardly have anything and won't be open for awhile. Haven't looked at TC.

Check out the web cams and the likes

HaWk · Post by **HaWk** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 7:19 pm

Hell yea Mount Hutt is pumping at the moment, 70cm upper and lower base so itll be good riding all round. Im heading up Saturday hopefully guna catch a fine spot during the southerly this weekend which may bring more snow

!

JustinSpiderholden · Post by **JustinSpiderholden** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 10:39 pm

damn nevr snowed like that for the 1 14 years of my life while i lived there

ke25sr · Post by **ke25sr** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 11:46 am

man that is so damn cool.

i wish it would snow like that in dunedin.