Aardwolfs Ice Hockey Club
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| 7th July 2010 5.15pm |
Aardwolfs Ice Hockey Club |
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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.
Remember: ICE SKATING on NATURAL ICE can be dangerous.
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Ice Skating Locations |
Natural Ice Reports for 2010 |
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Skate Hire Staveley: Staveley Store: 03 3030 859 |
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Wednesday
7th July 1.30am: Lake Evelyn/Ida From Clive Murphie |
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| Next planned night skate will be Thursday if the weather holds, snow or a North-West'er could change that. Watch this space. | |
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Wednesday
7th July 1.30am: Lake Evelyn From Clive Murphie |
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Great last minuet skate at Lake Evelyn tonight, still
mushy round the edges, we managed to get on to the ice with the assistance
of some wooden boards, 70-100mm of ice cover over 1/3-1/2 of the lake, great
fun and a wet foot skating through the rushes!!!!!  Another great night done and dusted, Photo by Ron James |
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| Tuesday 6th July 7.30pm: Lake Evelyn/Lake Ida/Little Lake Ida From Ron James, verbally | |
| Great Ice at Evelyn, Ida and Little Lake Ida, the Main Lake at Ida has frozen more than last night and the ice is firm. | |
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Tuesday
6th July 1.45am: Lake Evelyn/Ida From Clive Murphie |
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16 skaters and a dog had a great evening at Lake Ida
tonight. Lake Evelyn was very marginal with little access onto the ice pack.
After a 20 min walk we ended up skating at Lake Ida, a perfect night, with bright stars and
many acres of superb ice. 2/3rds of the Lake is frozen with excellent
skating over 80% of what's there, very little movement in the 100mm or so of
black ice. This ice will last well if there are no Northwest winds.
 Late Night Skate at Ida & yes it was cool. Photo by Ron James  Skates on....Go...Photo by Ron James |
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Monday
5th July 2.50pm: Poolburn Dam From Alan Knowles by txt |
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Poolburn has velvet fine frosted black ice today. See what you do when your are bored with skating: they are under the ice!!! Thanks to David Young for the link. |
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Sunday 4th July 8.04pm: Lake Clearwater From Alan Knowles by txt |
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| Clearwater Ice Holding good skating over the weekend according to Greg Brake. | |
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Sunday 4th July 7.30pm: Lake Lyndon, Lake Ida, Little Lake Ida and Lake
Evelyn From Chris Rusk by txt and Phone |
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 The Crew at Ida today, Photo Fred van Slooten. Lake Lyndon has very little Ice and then only on the SW end, we had a skate on Lake Evelyn (40mm): about half the Lake is frozen with about a 1/3 of what's there skateable another frost will improve this considerably. Lake Ida was good (70mm), as is the Ice Hockey rink, however the Enclosure was not, it has a river forming a pond in the middle of it. We then walked through to Little Lake Ida and had an awesome Skate, the whole Lake is frozen with about 90mm of Ice. The bad news is the second gate on the way to Ida was locked today which meant a 20 min walk in to Ida. Probable Night Skate tomorrow at Lake Evelyn. Nikki, Nigel and Chris showing their skills at Ida 4th July 2010 Video by Joe Morgan, more video here |
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Sunday 4th July 7.15pm: Poolburn Dam From David Young by txt. See Pictures & read more on his Free Skating Down South blog here |
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| Poolburn was sensational again today. Great Ice, though the track in was getting very muddy in warm day temperatures. | |
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Sunday 4th July 4.09pm: Idaburn Dam From Glen Cameron by pxt |
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 Kush on Idaburn Dam another perfect day. Photo by Glen Cameron |
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Sunday 4th July 10.51am: Manorburn Dam From Glen Cameron by pxt |
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 Skating Manorburn Black Ice, Photo by Glen Cameron |
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Sunday 4th July 10.05am: Mt Lyford Ice Rink From Claudine Barnes by email. |
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Mt Lyford ice rink will be open for ice skating today
and tonight
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Sunday 4th July 1.44am: Poolburn Dam From David Young on his blog See Pictures & read more on his Free Skating Down South blog here |
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| Poolburn Dam turned on a great days skating today. Good coverage of locked in ice in the main bay and around 60-70 mm around the whole dam. Great skating everywhere on smooth ice, in sunshine with clear blue sky and great scenery. Ice softened a little and became creaky in places in the afternoon. As good as it gets! | |
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Saturday 3rd July 10.05pm: Manorburn Dam From Ryan Hellyer by txt. |
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| Just finished a night skate at the Middle basin of the Manorburn Dam, good ice. | |
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Saturday 3rd July 9.11pm: Lake Ida From Warren McKie by email. |
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Lake Ida today, great ice to skate on, but pretty
noisy, should be good tomorrow all going well. Be careful around the far
edge under the Beech trees and by the gap in the enclosure stop bank.
About 1/3 main lake frozen. If we get a snow dump this week then the
other end may well become usable
 The Car Park  Nice Ice  Lake Ida on the 9th July 2010, Photos by Warren McKie. |
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Saturday 3rd July 6.15pm: Poolburn Dam From Jeff Peacock by ph, pxt and email |
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Fantastic skate today at Poolburn, 20 plus km skate round
the outside edge, took about 4 hours, Ice a little crusty but some beautiful
black ice. Clear blue sky perfect day Skating at Poolburn Dam, Photo and Video by Glen Cameron |
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Saturday 3rd July 6.15pm: Idaburn Dam From Jeff Peacock by ph and email |
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Thick Ice but rough to skate on Ted at Idaburn Dam, Photo by Glen Cameron |
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Saturday 3rd July 6.15pm: Manorburn Dam From Jeff Peacock by ph |
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| Ice was dodgy to stand on, air temp 8degrees and Ice was thawing, may be OK tomorrow in the morning with another frost. | |
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Saturday 3rd July 5.10pm: Lake Evelyn From Chris Rusk by Phone |
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| Almost enough ice to skate on, may have to go over in the shadow of the hill to get on, will be better with another frost tonight. | |
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Saturday 3rd July 5.10pm: Lake Ida From Chris Rusk by pxt. and Phone |
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Enclosure, hockey rink and about a half of the main lake
has ice, 50-70mm, you can skate on the Hockey rink and about a quarter of
the main lake. The good news is both gates were open today, so you can drive
down to the lakefront. Tomorrow "Sunday" looks to be good for a skate before
the southerly arrives. Black Ice at Ida.......like walking on water. Photo by Chris Rusk |
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Saturday 3rd July 9.10am: Idaburn Dam From David Young by txt. Pictures & read his Ice Skating blog here |
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| Thick Ice at Idaburn Dam this morning, some rough but good skating. | |
| Friday 2nd July 4.51pm: Lake Evelyn, Red Lakes, and Lake Lyndon From Ron James by txt | |
| Lake Evelyn, The Red Lakes and Lake Lyndon have insufficient ice for skating on, there was more Ice at Mt Hutt today!!!!! | |
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Friday 2nd July 1.28pm: Lake Clearwater From Alan Knowles by txt |
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| Very good Skating on Lake Clearwater today, I Skated out to the Island, the ice is growing thicker (55mm) with each frost forecast looks good for the weekend. | |
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Thursday 1st July: Southern Trip: Search for Natural Ice From Glen by Phone. |
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If you have nothing
planned for the weekend and want to do lots of skating, Glen and Kush
are organising a trip south this weekend (3rd 4th
July) searching for Natural Ice, for those of you who haven’t seen the
News, Central Otago have had a hoar frost for the last 6 days, it
started clearing today. |
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Thursday 1st July: Lake Camp and Clearwater From Alan Knowles by txt |
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| Good Skating on Clearwater and Emma today, 45mm. With 2 more frosts forecast Sat will be great. Early start recommended. Daytime temp 8degrees. | |
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Tuesday 29th June: Lake Camp and Clearwater From Alan Knowles by txt |
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| Lake Clearwater is half frozen, -7 deg last night, -4 and -3 the previous nights. If it freezes tonight we will get a skate tomorrow. | |
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Thursday 24th June: Lake Camp and Clearwater From Alan Knowles by email |
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| No Ice at Lake Clearwater or Camp yet, the surrounding area is covered by 12cm of snow that is thawing. | |
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Tuesday 22nd June: Press Article: Chasing Wild Ice by Alan Knowles |
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| A great Article on Natural Ice Skating by Alan Knowles one of this websites regular Ice Reporters. It appeared in the Press Weekender on Saturday 7th June 2010. Article here | |
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Saturday 19th June: Idaburn and Poolburn Dams From Dave Young via email |
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Idaburn Dam - Snow ice in main skating area. Pack
is 75mm plus but weakening in the sun. (warm day) Edge melt and river
flowing strongly in the gorge. Needs a couple of days of frost. Poolburn - 15mm of ice melting fast in the warm conditions. Bit of snow ice at northern edge. Track muddy. Bring on the frost!  Idaburn: How to get on the ice without falling in!!! Photo Dave Young  Poolburn Dam: Snow Ice Melting, beautiful day. Photo Dave Young |
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Friday
18th June: Lake Evelyn and Red Lakes, Lyndon From Ron James via Phone |
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A thin covering of ice in the west corner Evelyn, and the
South end of Lyndon, it needs
lots more frosts for a skate, Red Lakes, liquid... Northwester forecast with large amounts of rain for the next 2 days.  Lyndon Southern end; Photo by Ron James  Evelyn with a touch of ice, Photo by Ron James |
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Thursday
17th June: Lake Clearwater From Alan Knowles via Greg Brake by email |
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Lake Clearwater is half covered in ice this
morning, albeit a bit thin. -8deg is as cold as it has got so far.
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Friday
14th June: Locations Page Update From Clive Murphie using SlapShot.net.nz's Map |
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Check out our new Location Page its a Google based Map showing locations throughout NZ our thanks to Ryan Hellyer and the Team at SlapShot.net.nz' for the use of it. |
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Friday
12th June: Blue Lakes From Ron James by email |
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You Can stand on the Blue Lakes but its all snow Ice so
no good for skating. Snow Ice on Blue Lakes, Photo by Ron James. |
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Friday
12th June: Tasman Glacier Lakes From Ron James by email |
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Good news The Tasman Glacier Lake is not covered in Snow:
Bad News The Tasman Glacier Lake is not covered in Ice!!!!.....Soon ???? Tasman Glacier "Lake"...Not Frozen!!!, Photo by Ron James |
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Friday
12th June: Pukaki Pond From Ron James by email |
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First Lake Skate for the season goes to Ron James
on a Pond about 1km down stream of the Pukaki Spillway, Ice Report,: very
thin and very noisy. Pond location on Google Earth: 44'12'2221S,
170'09'4244E  1st skate for the season: Ron on Pukaki Pond, Photos: Ron James |
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Thursday
10th June: Mt Lyford Holiday Homes Ice Rink From Clive Murphie, Via Claudine Barns by email |
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A new small outside Ice Rink based in Mt Lyford, they
freeze the snow and Ice on their Double Tennis courts, hire skates are
available. Check out their information and add this to your "places to
visit" list. In the evening they skate under
lights with music. There is a bonfire next to the rink should you want to
warm up or have a toasted marshmallow (compliments of Mt Lyford Holiday
Homes). Ice skate hire is available in a good range of sizes from adult to
children's. They have (homemade) curling stones available for a fun game of curling. Details/prices Here or see directions on how to get there by clicking on the the link to the left of this page. They will have a message on their answer machine giving details of when they are open. Phone: 03 3156523 |
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Saturday 5th June: Lake Evelyn From Ted Howard, verbally |
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| About a third of the lake has thin ice over it (nowhere near enough to skate on) which is disappearing quickly as the Northerly blows Temperature about 10 degrees, ice not expected to last till Sunday. | |
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Friday 28th May: Alexandra's Iceinline Rink |
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Saturday
29th May 8.17pm: Tasman Glacier Lake From Adrian Clarke, Via Fred van Slooten by email |
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| The Glacier Lake has already frozen over but its probably a good idea to wait until mid June or so then it will be nice and thick. We also have about 35cm of snow here already. It's slowly melting away though. | |
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2009(3)Thursday
9th July to Saturday 15th August 2009(2)Tuesday 30th June to Tuesday 8th July 2009 Sunday 6th June to Saturday 28th June 2008 Saturday 31st May to Sunday 27th July See older Photos on the Photos Pages for the individual locations for Ice Skating. |
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Some of the events above may have no association with the Aardwolfs Ice Hockey Club |