FIVE THOUSAND FEET HIGH ON SKIS AT ARTHUR’S PASS.— (1) A section of a Christchurch Ski Club party crossing a steep wow slope. TheY are moving in steps made by the guide, and exercising great care the snow being half frozen. A slip might have been disastrous. (2) A stand-up luncneon in a rise in s basin under the peak. Snow lies in the basin throughout the summer in normal yearsl A suggestion is that a hut should be built on this rise. The party made many ski-ing glides off the slope at the back, passing to the right. (3) The fun at its height, (4)A rest on the way up the mountain. Guide Oscar Coberger, a Swiss ski-ing expert, ,s on the right. (5) An exhilarating slide down a slope.

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 787, 7 October 1929, Page 16

FIVE THOUSAND FEET HIGH ON SKIS AT ARTHUR’S PASS.— (1) A section of a Christchurch Ski Club party crossing a steep wow slope. The Y are moving in steps made by the guide, and exercising great care the snow being half frozen. A slip might have been disastrous. (2) A stand-up luncneon in a rise in s basin under the peak. Snow lies in the basin throughout the summer in normal yearsl A suggestion is that a hut should be built on this rise. The party made many ski-ing glides off the slope at the back, passing to the right. (3) The fun at its height, (4)A rest on the way up the mountain. Guide Oscar Coberger, a Swiss ski-ing expert, ,s on the right. (5) An exhilarating slide down a slope.