Lifts & De-Icing | Education | Mt Ruapehu

From T-bars to the exposed High Noon Express & the impressive towers of the Sky Waka, all the lifts at Tūroa and Whakapapa are hit hard by New Zealand's extreme Southern weather.
During the lengthy storm cycles we've recently been hammered by, we managed to get an often unseen look into what it takes to get all our lifts turning.
The lift ops and de-icing teams at Mt Ruapehu work incredibly hard during and after storms to clear immense build ups of ice, coming back day after day to bash away at the same spots.
The goal; smiling skiers being whisked away uphill. The maunga we ski & ride on is a unique place, an extreme place, but it's a magnificent spot to enjoy the snow when the storms clear.

[@mattdow3208]

These people don’t get enough credit

[@noughyou2841]

True. It's a tough demanding job. I did it about a decade ago. You Need to be very physically fit.

[@ollydow5343]

Dry

[@RebekahAPinto]

They deserve a bonus.

[@chonglong]

That's some hard yakka for an early morning

[@tli55w]

that went from hitting it with a stick to automated chemical sprays and nano technology really fast

[@matejaem]

Okay but 3:27 was so satisfying😫

[@user-rw9gc5zq7l]

❤

[@annamoore-ml6ft]

So cool

[@RufusEatsCheese]

Wonderful 😌 Brought back some memories 💕

[@flowerlittle1017]

I bet it has such a acomplishment feel to it, looks like fun.

[@conradstephens8254]

Nice one sticky

[@arlyndelaluna7614]

Nice place!

[@victorginger]

that's some fucking hard mahi mate,,,,,, these guys should get a pay raise

[@mackakiwinz4353]

Long live Ruapehu🤙

[@StephV407]

Te fact that this is a whakapapa channel then the guy goes " hey guys I'm from turoa" lol😂

[@011CJ]

What kind of tools do you guys use and wait can I find them. We don't get ice like you get ice but when we do It would b nice to have something. I can not per ounce how u say the name of the stick .we have maletts

[@vragood8889]

👌👍👏😉🇸🇰🍀

[@rv7980]

Music ?

[@conradstephens8254]

And ben 👍

[@JamesZJi]

for those towers yes, but for each of the chair, aren`t you supposed to demount them and store in the station at the end of each day? In australia, I see them store all the chairs indoor everyday and release them again the next morning so no one ever need to de ice the chairs.

[@ginganutjob]

nope they're kept on the lines even in off season

[@kharndowdell1810]

Shot crew our mountain dose get the most ice in New Zealand

[@Crazy_Alex_7667]

2:30 reficulous ice then nothing in the distance