PHOTO JOURNAL – Early season at Alta Lake

June 17th, 2013


In a few weeks this lake will be covered in snow and frozen over completely, you can see why they use it to train for Antarctica Image:: Vaughan Brookfield
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Over in Queenstown, The Remarkables are actually not quite open for business. The official opening day isn’t until Saturday 22 June. This however, doesn’t mean that local Queenstown photographer Vaughan Brookfield and friends are going to hang out by the lake. Last week, 10 days before opening, the boys made the most of the excellent early season snow and went out for a hike to Alta Lake. 

Lake Alta is only a short hike in from the bottom lift. It is below the famous Remarkables chutes. The lake in the shots is usually frozen over, but with the large early dumps we got to see it still pretty much unfrozen and with good snow around. Come winter time, the lake will become completely frozen, the Antarctica New Zealand Dive team even use it for pre deployment training.


Nick Hyne floating an early season spin over some Remarks rocks Image:: Vaughan Brookfield


Stef Zeestraten slashing some fresh Image:: Vaughan Brookfield


As you can see, there was plenty of snow after last weeks storm, Imagine what is there now Image:: Vaughan Brookfield


Connor Harding getting inverted in June Image:: Vaughan Brookfield


Stef Zeestraten scoping by the lake Image:: Vaughan Brookfield


Mini Shred!! Image:: Vaughan Brookfield


One last pow turn for the day… Image:: Vaughan Brookfield

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