A city skier Mr J. F. Kinghorn. made a long ski trip over the summits from Little River to Pigeon Bay. via the Hilltop, to visit relatives. He crossed drifts as high as 50 feet and had a difficult journey. Mr Kinghorn went along the Summit road route and the cattle track from the Hilltop, then down into Pigeon Bay on fairly soft snow. The trip back to the Hilltop was made against a stiff wind which, with snow, turned into blizzard. Taking advantage of the exceptionally fine opportunity for ski-ing in an area where it is seldom provided, a party of members of the Christchurch Ski Club visited the Hilltop. There was a good depth of snow on the slopes, and conditions were ideal and well varied. A novel aspect of the sport was provided by the discovery of glades in patches of bush where skiers were able to enjoy wood-running, which is not often possible in New Zealand. There was a pood deal of ski-ing on the Cashmere Hills.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 August 1939, Page 6
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