Throwing rocks for easier slide
Having three diggers on Turoa over summer meant more than building a new lift. Lots of rock grooming went on, including midfield (pictured). Volcanic rubble has been moved to create a 2 metre fall from the top of the Park Lane chair to the start of the track to the Giant Chairlift. (Previously there was actually an uphill slope of over a metre - no wonder you couldn ' t get any speed up ! ) . A gentler track has been created to take sliders around and down to the plat-
ters and Snowflake Cafe. used to build snow catchAnd the rocks have been ing walls.
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Ruapehu Bulletin, Volume 12, Issue 542, 28 June 1994, Page 7 (Supplement)
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107Throwing rocks for easier slide Ruapehu Bulletin, Volume 12, Issue 542, 28 June 1994, Page 7 (Supplement)
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