Aardwolfs Ice Hockey Club
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| 28th June 2009 11.50pm |
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DISCLAIMER: These reports are based on: phone calls, emails, trips to the ice, lakes and ponds. Please NOTE that YOU SKATE AT YOUR OWN RISK and these reports only give you an idea of what to expect when you arrive. Conditions can change very quickly in the mountains and though we make every effort to keep these reports current in season, please be careful when skating.
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Ice Skating Locations |
Natural Ice Reports for 2009 |
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For Ice Skate Hire in the
Christchurch Area |
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Saturday 28th June 2009 11.45pm:
Staveley From Ron James, by email |
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Staveley may be opening Wednesday, Ring 08 329 1747 for more info.  |
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| Saturday 28th June 2009 11.45pm: Lake Clearwater & Lake Camp From Ron James Glen Cameron by email | |
Good Skate at Lake Clearwater and Camp, some f the ice
was a little thin and broken into pieces.
 Jeff at Lake Clearwater. Photo Ron James |
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| Saturday 27th June 2009 11.45pm: Lake Clearwater & Lake Camp From Ron James and Fred van Slooten, by email | |
Great day skating at Lake Camp and Clearwater, lots of
ice, going again on Sunday for a day night session. bring BBQ food meeting
Countdown Upper Riccarton Car park at 12.00am. More Photos
Here Locals Skating at Lake Clearwater, Photo Fred van Slooten  The Crew at Lake Camp, check out the perfect day, Photo Ron James |
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Saturday 27th June 2009 6.25pm:
Coalpit Dam From David Young by email |
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| Coalpit Dam - skateable on the shaded side. Lower Coal Pit, skateable in shade and before the sun hits it. | |
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Saturday 27th June 2009 6.25pm:
Idaburn Dam From David Young by email |
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Good skating on main area. Hoar Frost, Great skating down
the gorge but a bit thin getting there. You can walk to the gorge. If the
frosts continues it will improve. Hoar Frost Idaburn Dam Photo David Young  The Gorge Idaburn Dam. Photo David Young |
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Saturday 27th June 2009 8.58am:
Manorburn Dam From David Young by txt |
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Manorburn: thick ice across the main basin, ice thins out
further up by the neck. The surface is rough from snow melt but there are some OK
patches to skate on, its foggy and not cold, but the ice surface is still
hard. Good Skating on the Lower Basin but be careful. A couple of frosts
will fill everything in. Lower Basin Manorburn Dam Photo David Young  Skating at Manorburn. Photo David Young |
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Thursday 25th June 2009 9.45pm:
Lake Clearwater From Alan Knowles |
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| Most of the Lake is frozen, good skate today, some softening round the edges, should last till the weekend. | |
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Thursday 25th June 2009 8.45pm:
Lake Evelyn From Clive Murphie |
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| Plenty of Ice at Lake Evelyn with about 2/3 of the lake frozen and skateable, 16 people were on the Ice last night in the 6 degree temperature and cool light southerly breeze. The Ice thickness is up to about 100mm though the surface has slightly deteriorated from Tuesday night. Still a great night out. The Ice should last over the weekend, snow and rain will be the only things that spoil it. | |
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Wednesday 24th June 2009 4.45pm:
Stavely Ice Rink From Emily Skinner by Facebook message |
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| Stavely Ice Rink had rain recently which reduced the ice thickness, they are hoping to open for the school holidays. | |
| Tuesday 23rd June 2009 8.45pm: Videos of Lake, Dam and Pond Skating, From Clive Murphie, | |
| For videos of Natural Ice Skating check out the Aardwolfs YouTube website: http://www.youtube.com/user/Aardwolfs | |
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Tuesday 23rd June 2009 8.45pm: Lake
Lyndon From Ron James. |
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| The Lake is about 2/3 frozen and skateable over about 1/3 of the Lake at the southern/chalet end, the surface is uneven and the ice has broken up and then refrozen. Lake Evelyn is the better skate at the moment. | |
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Tuesday 23rd June 2009 8.45pm: Lake
Evelyn From Clive Murphie, |
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35 of us enjoyed a great skate in minus four temperatures
last night there was ice over most of Lake Evelyn. The western 3/4 of the
Lake was about 65mm thick. It was so good our next trip this Thursday night
is back to Lake Evelyn. Ron and Alan caught in the Flash, Photo: Haydene Vosloo  In the background: Clive, Daryl and Greg plus friends. Photo Haydene Vosloo |
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Sunday 22nd June 2009 11.58pm:
Lake Lyndon From Ron James and Joe Morgan, by email/phone. |
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Three quarters of Lake Lyndon is frozen, good skating ice
but a little bumpy, best access from the Chalet (Southern) end, more 2009
Photos. Joe on the Ice at Lyndon, Photo Ron James |
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| Sunday 22nd June 2009 11.58pm: Red Lake East and Red Lake West From Ron James and Joe Morgan, by email. | |
Great Ice and skating on both Lakes, reasonable access
and very clear black ice. About a 200mt walk between lakes over a scree
similar to Little Lake Ida and Ida. See more
Photos Red Lake East, Photo Ron James.  Red Lake West, Photos Ron James. |
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Sunday 21st June 2009 10.58am:
Idaburn Dam From David Young by email |
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| Idaburn Dam- approx 40-50 mm. Some snow ice. Needs a few more frosts | |
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Saturday 21st June 2009 10.58pm:
Red Lake East and Red Lake West From Ron James, Joe Morgan, and Fred Van Slooten |
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| A NEW PLACE TO SKATE. Red Lake East and Red Lake West, some of the clearest ice ever seen: Location info Here and Photos. | |
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Sunday 21st June 2009 10.58am:
Manorburn Dam From David Young by email |
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Plenty of ice in the main basin on Manorburn with a cover
of powder snow but still skateable (slow) Black ice (the best!) can be found further up in sheltered areas and great skating but not really thick yet. (walk up the track)  Black Ice Manorburn Dam, Photo by Dave Young  Main Basin Manorburn Dam, Photo by Dave Young |
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Saturday 20th June 2009 8.45pm: Lake
Evelyn From Fred Van Slooten. By email |
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Great Ice at Evelyn, fantastic day skating. Alan Knowles in the reeds in the sun at Lake Evelyn. Photo Fred Van Slooten |
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Saturday 20th June 2009 8.44am:
Manorburn Dam From David Young, by Txt |
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| Plenty of ice in the main basin on Manorburn with a cover of powder snow but still skateable (slow) | |
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Friday 19th June 2009 10.51pm: Stavely
Ice Rink From Jill and Dave Burgess. By email |
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Staveley Ice Rink has about an inch of ice and is close
to opening. They have an "ice line" number for more information to ring for updates 083291747 or the Manager: Mark (03) 3030807 $5 entry fee. |
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Friday 19th June 2009 7.15pm: Lake
Evelyn From Ron James and Joe Morgan. By email |
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Lake Evelyn is all go..........See the pictures below Best access the West End through the reeds. Ron plus friends going up Saturday, will be there from 10.30am. Photos: Ron James    |
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Friday 19th June 2009 7.03pm: Lake
Lyndon From Ron James and Joe Morgan. By email |
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 Joe Testing beautiful black ice at lake Lyndon today.......they reckon its really close.........maybe Sunday if the weather holds Photo: Ron James |
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Sunday 7th June 2009 9.30pm:
Lake Ida, by: Ross Hanham By Facebook Message |
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We went on Sunday it was just skateable, about 2inch think quite freaky Caitlyn has photos, and o.m.g that ......... walk. they have closed the 2nd gate now by the creek which means u have to walk 50 mins to get there instead of 25 mins from the first gate! Ross Caitlyn Michelle and Nik. |
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Saturday 6th June 2009 4.30pm:
Lake Ida, by: Ange Thompson by TXT |
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Lake Ida, There's Ice on Lake Ida, we are just
on the way back, we got out in the nick of time as it started raining, so
the ice may not be any good tomorrow. The enclosure was very thick and the
main lake was iced over about half, there was snow on the hockey rink and
enclosure, but it was still skateable, we only went about 1-200mt's out on
to the lake, just in case. It was fine but you could still hear it
creaking, didn't want to risk too much, First skate of the year goes to Ange, also skating were Scottie, Katie Joern and Craig. It took ages to walk in I recommend you take mountain bikes as the Gate is locked for the Olympus road.  The Team on the enclosure, Photo by Scotty Young  Ange, showing the main lake part frozen and the Enclosure with black Ice Photo by Scotty Young |
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Saturday 6th June 2009 6.30pm:
Lake Ida, Little Lake Ida and Lake Evelyn by: Ron James and Glen Cameron by Email |
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Both Ida and Little Lake Ida
frozen, Little lake Ida has about 1/3 Black ice and the rest snow covered Ok
to Skate on. |
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Some of the events above may have no association with the Aardwolfs Ice Hockey Club |
