Central Otago high country snow

For general weather and landscape photos
Andy
Posts: 1438
Joined: Tue 27/05/2003 14:15
Location: Alexandra

Central Otago high country snow

Unread post by Andy »

These pics were taken on the 5th of June. This was the first big snowfall of the season from the the weekend before. The photos are around the base of the Hawkdun Range top end of the Manuherikia valley about 1 hours drive north of Alexandra.
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
Top
Andy
Posts: 1438
Joined: Tue 27/05/2003 14:15
Location: Alexandra

Re: Central Otago high country snow

Unread post by Andy »

some more :-)
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
Top
User avatar
David
Posts: 7651
Joined: Sat 18/08/2007 21:02
Location: Howick, Auckland

Re: Central Otago high country snow

Unread post by David »

Beautiful scenery! =D>
Image
Top
User avatar
snowstormwatcher
Posts: 1655
Joined: Wed 23/09/2009 09:45
Location: South Canterbury. 20km inland from Timaru.

Re: Central Otago high country snow

Unread post by snowstormwatcher »

Nice photos. How high above sea level would you be there?
Top
Andy
Posts: 1438
Joined: Tue 27/05/2003 14:15
Location: Alexandra

Re: Central Otago high country snow

Unread post by Andy »

snowstormwatcher wrote:Nice photos. How high above sea level would you be there?
Around 650m-700m
Top
User avatar
NZstorm
Posts: 11333
Joined: Mon 10/03/2003 19:38
Location: Grey Lynn, Auckland

Re: Central Otago high country snow

Unread post by NZstorm »

Awesome photos!
Top
User avatar
03Stormchaser
Moderator
Posts: 4433
Joined: Tue 09/12/2003 12:11
Location: Prebbleton

Re: Central Otago high country snow

Unread post by 03Stormchaser »

Great photos, considering that im in Hong Kong atm I cant imagine photos so completely different.
NZ Largest Storm Chasing Facebook Pagehttp://www.facebook.com/nzstormchasers
NZ Largest Storm Chase Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/NZStormchasersGroup
NZ Stormchasers TV https://www.youtube.com/@NZStormchasers
Top
Richard
Posts: 8720
Joined: Tue 14/07/2009 07:32
Location: Medbury, Inland North Canterbury

Re: Central Otago high country snow

Unread post by Richard »

great shots there. =D>
Top
Tim S
Posts: 379
Joined: Tue 26/09/2006 16:49

Re: Central Otago high country snow

Unread post by Tim S »

Great shots! each of those photos probably have more snow in them than on the entire Nelson Lakes Mountain range. :) In that first shot it looks like that little lake is frozen over, was the ice thick or was it just a surface layer?
Top
Andy
Posts: 1438
Joined: Tue 27/05/2003 14:15
Location: Alexandra

Re: Central Otago high country snow

Unread post by Andy »

Tim S wrote:Great shots! each of those photos probably have more snow in them than on the entire Nelson Lakes Mountain range. :) In that first shot it looks like that little lake is frozen over, was the ice thick or was it just a surface layer?
Yes the pond was frozen enough to walk on. Snow depth was about 15-25cm around the bottom of the mountain. On the mountain i would guess around 50-100cm and deeper. :>
Top
spwill
Posts: 10197
Joined: Sun 29/06/2003 22:39
Location: Mt Eden Auckland

Re: Central Otago high country snow

Unread post by spwill »

Super shots, another location for me to visit.
Top

Return to “Photographs”