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Kōrero: Skiing

Climbing the slopes

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Climbing the slopes

Before ski tows were built, the only way for skiers to reach the top of slopes was to walk. This skier at the Rangiwahia Ski Club field in 1938 is using the herringbone method of climbing while on skis.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, B. Davis Collection (PAColl-0328)

Reference: 1/4-038812; F

by Bruce Valentine Davis

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Andrew Troup, Skiing – Commercial skifields, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/11852/climbing-the-slopes (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Andrew Troup, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.