So who's up for a bit of snow kiting this year? going to head up with the Kite Republic crew and give it a bash, in the words of Bart Simpson "what could possiblr go wrong".
No worries, if you change your mind then there's a few trips in Aug in VIC and Wannakite over in Wanaka NZ end of Aug.
Hirafu vid looked good.
Hey never snow kited but walked to the top of Kosi in summer a few years ago and from the top of Crackenback Chair in Thedbo there is SOOO MUCH back country !!
As I was hiking out all I could imagine is snowboarding with a kite across that area - woo hoo!
And then I think back to the skiing conditions - windy and white out,, or clear blue and still :(
So how many days out a typical 7 day holiday in the snow do peeps get to actually kite on average??
It would be awesome but finding yourself 20 km away from home and the wind drops ( or becomes balistic) as it seems to do in the mountains would be a bummer!!
From several trips over the last decade, I've only had reasonably kiteable conditions about 1/3 of the time - so either 1 trip in 3 (not good) or for a week long trip, about 2 days in 6. Depends whether you're feeling lucky.
I'm going to give it a go, I'm always at Perisher, hopefully there's a spot not too far from the resort but well out of the way of people and lifts.
Where are you going?
