Snowfall warning for North Island New Zealand Issued 24 July at 10am local time. A deepening sub-tropical depression will quickly cross North Island on Saturday accompanied by a short period of gales and heavy rain. Expect easterly blizzard conditions to develop on Ruapehu as well as the ranges from the Tararuas to the Kawekas and perhaps even further north. A Cool SE flow with further bands of snow for mountains elsewhere. Many resorts have seen more than 20cm snow over the past 24hrs.

Verbier, Switzerland

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Verbier is Switzerlands number one resort with great skiing and boarding. The terrain is fantastic, the views superb and the snow reliable. Unfortunately the Verbier is popular and the queues reflect this. Good for all abilities but experts will love the off-piste that is straight out of a magazine. Too good to be true? Well, Verbier is expensive and snobby to the extreme. There are ways to cut costs (a nice youth hostel in the valley if you can stand the commute) if you want but expect to pay through the nose for pretty much everything! Plenty of places to eat and drink if you have the money.

Resorts close to Verbier include: Nendaz (0 km), Le Chable (4 km), Bruson (5 km), Haute Nendaz (10 km), Ovronnaz (11 km),

	Trails (Pistes): 70	Halfpipes: 1
	Summit: 3330 m	Toplift: m
	Beg: 40% Int: 40% Adv: 20%	Terrain Parks: 1
	Vertical Drop: 1830 m	X-Country: 29 km
	Lifts: 45 (20 chair lifts, 16 surface lifts)	Snowmaking: 2%
	Gondolas / Cable Cars: 17	Slopeside accom.: Y
	Restaurants: 60	Acres of ski: 2236
	Bars: 10	Nearest Airport: Geneva
	Nearest Train: Le Chable	Info phone: +41277753888 \| Verbier Resort Info Website

Visitor Reviews of Verbier

Phil Davidson from UNITED KINGDOM writes:

Whilst I agree that the skiing potential is as good as it gets this really only applies to off-piste and the quality number of itinerary routes. For piste skiers, the lift system is woefully inadequate for the number of skiers that Verbier can attract, the Madran lift, for instance, had a queueing time of around 1 hour on Easter Monday! Then there is the way the resort is linked, or more precisely, the way it isn't! Many of the 4 Vallees require such a convoluted route to reach the unlinked valley floors that it is nigh on impossible to reach the outer limits of the resort when compiled with lift queues. Where, in France, one would expect and usually receive a four/six man express lift one finds a 1960s two man which barely moves, or outdated drag lift the length of the mountain. Alley this with no bus linkage between Nendez or any of the other smaller villages and if one were to run out of time then the only way home is a very expensive taxi ride. Even the bus to Bruson only runs every half hour and stops altogether at 4.45pm: once again a possible expensive taxi ride. The clientele too perhaps are worthy of mention, precocious, loud mouthed and poorly behaved children adorn the place and the overall feeling is one of too many Ruperts and Tiffanies who are clearly surplus to requirements!! So whilst I have hankered to ski here for years and I am a competent skier on Mont Gele coulouirs etc, this is not a resort I would recommend or will be visiting again. The 3 Vallees in France, Tigne, Val or Chamonix are much better alternatives and with significantly cheaper lift passes, are cheaper too!

2008-03-30

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