Aardwolfs Ice Hockey Club
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| 24th June 2012 9.10pm |
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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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Sunday 24th June
7.06pm: Lake Clearwater and Camp From Dave Young at http://chipofftheiceblock.blogspot.co.nz/ |
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| The road to Clearwater had some surface ice in various places, but little ice on the lakes but I was treated to fabulous views and great weather. | |
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Sunday 24th June
8.15pm: Tasman Glacier Lake and The Blue Lakes From Ange Howe Campbell via Facebook |
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No Ice on other than the bergs on the Tasman
Glacier Lake but The Blue Lakes had a 25mm cover. Tasman Glacier and reflection Photo by Ange Howe Campbell  Playing with the ice at The Blue Lakes Photo by Ange Howe Campbell |
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Sunday 24th June
7.06pm: Lake Evelyn/Lake Ida From Dave Young at http://chipofftheiceblock.blogspot.co.nz/ |
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On a Drive to Christchurch
today we stopped for a look at Lake Evelyn and were treated to a skate on
the shady side - hard bumpy snow ice (30-40mm) - at the top end of the lake.
The rest of the lake was water. I was joined by Jeremy and Lucy Jane from
ChCh. They had walked through to Ida but not skated as were unsure how safe
it was but thought the ice looked similar to Evelyn. Great to have an
unexpected skate and good to see some ice has held through the warm spell. There's still Ice at Lake Evelyn after the warm winds and rain Photo by Dave Young  Jeremy and Lucy Jane Skating at Lake Evelyn Photo by Dave Young |
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Wednesday 20th June
5.00pm: Lake Evelyn From Clive Murphie |
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15 skaters enjoyed the first night skate of the
season on Lake Evelyn last night, the Ice was firm snow ice over the western
end of the lake with layered black soft ice in the middle, weather
conditions varied from almost clear to foggy. By 10.30pm the Ice had softened noticeably and will require some hard frosts regain a good skating surface. A great night was had by all!!!!  Misty conditions for some of the crew at Evelyn last night, Photo by Clive Murphie |
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Tuesday 19th June
7.07pm: Lower Manorburn Dam From Dave Young at http://chipofftheiceblock.blogspot.co.nz/ |
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Lower Manorburn Dam was
much the same as yesterday but the snowy surface had hardened. Foggy and a
very light frost. Most of the dam has ice coverage but unsure of thickness
further out as did not venture too far with the ice being creaky. Need a
hard frost.Had a good skate in Rush Cutters corner - surface hard and a
little bumpy. Dave Young On the Ice in Rushcutters Bay. Photo by Dave Young |
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Monday 18th June
7.02pm: Lower Manorburn Dam From Dave Young at http://chipofftheiceblock.blogspot.co.nz/ |
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Lower Manorburn Dam - 30-40
mm in Rushcutters and the rest of the basin covered. Ice over the lower
basing as well - unsure of thickness. Ice was hard but covered in light snow.
Had a skate but slow turning with the snow. Great to get the first good skate for the year  Rushcutters Bay Lower Manorburn Photo by Dave Young |
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Sunday 17th June
Lake Surprise, Tongariro, National Park, North Island From Alan Knowles by email |
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Rough 5cm snow ice on iti-bity Lake
Surprise, Sunday 17 June.
Five hours walk for 3 hours skating.  Alan Knowles on Lake Surprise with Mt Ruapehu behind. Photo Jo Poole  Jo Poole on Lake Surprise. Photo Alan Knowles |
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Sunday 17th June
11.25pm: Lake Lyndon From Karl Barbet by Facebook |
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The ice was very skateable and quite hard. In my opinion, apart from a few bumps it was pretty good. About a third of the lake is frozen. Looking south over the new ice at Lake Lyndon, Photo by Karl Barbet |
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Sunday 17th June
11.15pm: Hororata Skating Rink From Ron James by email |
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Hororata rink with a thin layer of ice. Could be
skateable soon: The Old Skating Rink in the Hororata Domain. Photo by Ron James |
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Sunday 17th June
11.15pm: Red Lakes East From Ron James by email |
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Red Lakes East has light
snow over OK ice 60-80mm Red Lake East from the walk down to it Photo by Ron James  Mike showing some stopping skills in the light powder Photo by Ron James |
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Sunday 17th June 11.15pm: Lake Ida From Ron James by email |
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| Good Weather at Lake Ida today, no change from conditions yesterday. | |
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Saturday 16th June
8.21am: Lake Ida and Little Lake Ida From Clive Murphie |
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The whole of Lake Ida is frozen with a 65-80mm
good ice base, on top of this is a light snow from the last couple of snow
falls. While not a fantastic skate (stippled surface) its hard and skates
reasonably well. Little Lake Ida is the same, as is the Enclosure and the
Hockey Rink.  From the Chalet looking at skaters down the Lake Photo by Clive Murphie  From Little Lake Ida end looking at the Chalet End Photo Ron James |
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Saturday 16th June
8.21am: Lake Evelyn From Clive Murphie |
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Lake Evelyn has about a third cover of firm
packed snow ice, it skated well today until the sun warmed the ice at about
1.00pm. With some more frosts this ice will be around for a while. Ron, Nathan, Emily, Greg and Clive at Evelyn. Photo by Karl van Slooten  Getting ready for a skate. Photo by Clive Murphie |
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Thursday 14th June
12.15am: Lake Ida and Lake Evelyn From Warren McKie by email |
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The whole of Lake Ida looked to be
frozen, with ice of varying colors. I only skated the lodge end
where there was 70-80mm of very wet white Ice that was a bit soft on
top.It seemed rather warm up there today, but provided there is more
snow and we get a few good frosts the results would be amazing.
The track in from between Lake Evelyn
and Lake Self was hard work with snow between ankle and waist deep.
The walk in will need to be approached with
care especially if frozen. NOTE: There is also a small
avalanche path across the track, it should be avoided for at least a
day or two after a really big dump of snow.
 Snow Cover on the track to Lake Ida, Take Care. Photo by Warren McKie  Snow Ice with a water cover at the Lodge end. Photo by Warren McKie 
The Lodge End of Ida and the Enclosure.
Photo by Warren McKie Lake Evelyn from the Ida Track (starts between Lake Evelyn and Lake Self) Photo by Warren Mckie |
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Wednesday 13th June
9.19pm: Old Tekapo Rink From Tony Pope by email |
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The old Tekapo rink was very solid yesterday on
the 12th, it was a bit more soft in places today though. Looked mostly like refrozen snow ice, but not too sure. Worth the 2 minute walk from the actual rink to check if its frozen though. Going to have a walk about later this week to see if I can find some more Skating places in the area.  A Great shot of Tony Skating the Old Tekapo Rink Photo by Tony Pope |
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Monday 12th June
10.06pm: Lower Manorburn Dam From Dave Young at http://chipofftheiceblock.blogspot.co.nz/ |
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A little ice on the Lower Manorburn today in
Rushcutters- around15mm and melting in the wind. Clear water elsewhere. No Skate Yet !!!!!! Photo by Dave Young |
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Monday 11th June
9.18pm: Coalpit Dam and Idaburn Dam From Dave Young at http://chipofftheiceblock.blogspot.co.nz/ |
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| Went past Coalpit and Idaburn today for an ice check. A little unskateable snow ice on Coalpit and clear water on Ida. Hopefully the new cold spell will settle in! | |
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Sunday 10th June 3.20pm: Lake
Evelyn From Ron James by email |
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| Soft in the sun but a good skate in the shadow of the hill. The whole lake has ice on it. Thin in the middle of the lake but should thicken up with a few more frosts. | |
 Lots of ice on Evelyn, roll on more frosts. Photo by Ron James |
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Sunday 10th June 2.55pm: Lake
Lyndon From Clive Murphie |
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| The early skater got the ice today at Lake Lyndon, the thick snow ice was frozen well enough to skate on up to about 11.00am, after this the ice became soft and slushy as the sun and wind had an effect on it. Having said that its good to get the first skate of the season. | |
 Stunning day at Lyndon, soft slushy snow ice. Photo by Ron James  Lots of people!! looking North towards the road. Photo by Ron James |
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Saturday 9th June 5.59pm: Lake
Lyndon From Joe Morgan via Matt Wilson |
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 Looks like reasonable snow ice at Lyndon Photo by Matt Wilson |
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Friday 8th June 5.00pm: From
Norway: On thin ice From apetor |
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Monday 4th June 9.35pm: Tasman
Glacier Lake From Karen McNicholl via Facebook |
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 Ice Bergs on Tasman Glacier Lake, Photo by Karen McNicholl No ice on the lake yet but lots of floating Ice Bergs. |
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Monday 4th June 4.46pm: Old
Tekapo Skating Rink From Ang Boyes via Facebook |
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 Nig Peering at the ice......Is it thick enough?????Photo by Ang Boyes First Natural Ice of the Season goes to Nig and Ang Boyes......only 20mm...not enough to skate on but a start is a start...........this is at the the location of the old Tekapo Ice Rink down by the lakeside. |
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April 2012
Mt Cheeseman Skating Rink, From: Cheesman Chat PDF |
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The Skating Rink has been the focus of a couple
of work parties over the past month. The first session saw about 10 members
of the West Coast Curling Club join some of the Cheeseman crew to build the
retaining wall around the perimeter of the pond and last weekend a smaller
group completed this job, installed a weir system / flood gate and repaired
some of the liner which was damaged by wind. Some earthworks were completed
around the banks and by the end of last Saturday we opened the water supply
to once again flood the pond. There are further plans for next summer to
enhance the set-up even further but for now the work is done and we can
relax and wait for the ice Tony and Paul repair the base of skating rink! Photo from Newsletter  Lining fixed and edging complete Photo from Newsletter |
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Saturday 26th May 4.38pm: Temporary
Rink Coming to Christchurch Facebook: NZ Ice Skating City Tour |
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| Christchurch City Council has confirmed NZ Ice Skating City Tour will be bringing a rink to Hagley Park! Opening 13th September 2012. Like their Facebook page for possible discounts and freebies. | |
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Saturday 28th April 8.43pm: Warming
Up for Your Season? Message from Rob Mulders From HLSK in Holland |
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Hello NZ skating friends,
Warming up for your season? Our skating season 2011/2012 is over. We had many great tours, in Sweden, Norway, Germany and, for the 4th season in a row, we had 10 days of ice on the canals and lakes in Holland! The tour reports from Hollands LSK can be found on http://www.skridsko.net/skridskonet/fardrapport/?_urval=-39 Some of the reports are written in English. I have been at the Ice congress in Finland, it was very nice and informative. One of the sessions was about NZ. Two leaders from the Finnish club showed movies how they drove around, together with and guided by one of your group (ED: Alan Knowles), for finding ice. Remarkable skating pictures and adventures, including a break-up of a small lake just after they skated on it. Made me promise myself that one day I will visit NZ in winter, for sure! Another interesting thing: in season 2010/2011, one group of our club had a major incident on lake Vättern. They had to be rescued by helicopter. We have written a detailed report about the incident, in English. If you are interested, you can find it on www.hlsk.nl under Documenten. Have a nice season! Kind regards, Rob. |
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Saturday 28th April 8.43pm:
Mt Cheeseman Skating Rink, From Karl Van Slooten |
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Looks like the Mt Cheeseman Ice Rink is getting
a makeover at the moment: From the Mt Cheeseman Newsletter (pdf) March 2012 Further work on the ice skating rink will be underway soon by our West Coast curling friends. Stage 2 is to build a small retaining wall around the entire rink / pond which will give a place for the liner to be fastened too and will tidy up the uneven bank. Eventually stage 3 will be to cover 2 the liner with a thin layer of bentonite Clay which will protect the liner and adds further sealing properties. Photos from: http://www.mtcheeseman.co.nz/gallery/summer 
New Lining and Boards for the Cheeseman Ice Rink
 Tree cover should give lots of shade to help keep the rink iced  Lots of hard work happening here  |
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| Other Places to visit for Skating Videos and Photos | |
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Joe's You Tube site: here Glens You Tube site: here David Young's Blog: here iceblock.org.nz Ryan Hellyer's Homepages: here |
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