Its always a special feeling when i get back to Wanaka, a place where I have spent a fair amount of time enjoying ski seasons and all the crazy times that go with them.

I look at the place a lot differently these days...call it age haha. There is so SO much on offer down here, the more you look , the more you find. Snowboarding in the winter is always my favourtie go to down here, be it my old stomping grounds Cardrona, or the always epic Treble Cone..and if the bank account allows...EPIC heli skiing! But this time we found ourselves exploring waterfalls, hiking to glaciers and looking for those special moments of light that only this part of the world can provide.

I am really looking forwards to making the trek down here again in Summer for some campervan/ hike life and exploring some of the amazing DOC huts you can hike and camp in!

We spent our fist Night in Lake Tekapo after flying into Christchurch, had dinner at a local, watched the mighty ABs take the Bledisloe again then i tried my hand at astro for the first time. FAIL. the clouds came to ruin the party but i did learn alot!!!

We spent the majorty of the trip based in Wanaka, this included waterfall photo shoots, river crossings, mountain walks, lakeside sunset beers, snowboarding, glacier hiking, roadtrips for burgers and views, more snowboarding, more beers, and good times with great mates.

We then decied to head to Methven for our last 3 nights for some epic snow at Mt hutt, BIG MOUNTAIN, properly stoked on that place, we scored epic blue skies and cold conditions making for some of the best riding of the trip! Followed by Hot tubs, beers, bike rides, shack rests, river sunsets, this was a trip to really soak in the NZ nature- but it feels like after living there till i was 25, i have only scratched the surface! CANNOT WAIT to get back there, hike more, camp more, photo more, explore more!

Peep some pics below from our time! Have already printed and framed some of these and so stoked on the results!