The weather forecast for Mount Ruapehu for the next few days:

SNOW!!!!!!!!!

OK, so the snow base is currently 0cm, but look at this – At least three days of snow.

Last season it was pretty crap, until halfway through the season a front from Antarctica came and dumped a few metres of snow on Ruapehu. I was in Queenstown for the start of the winter festival, and it wasn’t even cold enough for any of the slopes to run their snow cannons. This year, we’re still a month out from the official opening of the ski season, if it keeps this up, we may be in for a good one.

I’m glad I got my season pass.