{"id":21924,"date":"2017-07-29T10:35:58","date_gmt":"2017-07-29T10:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.tickettoridegroup.com\/?p=21924"},"modified":"2025-10-17T18:31:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T18:31:05","slug":"surviving-the-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tickettoridegroup.com\/blog\/surviving-the-storm\/","title":{"rendered":"Surviving the Storm"},"content":{"rendered":"

Riding in New Zealand is a wild experience. \u00a0Winter here runs from June to October but it’s not the full-on winter we are all used to back in the northern hemisphere. In our home base of Ohakune at the base of Mt Ruapehu<\/a>, we normally\u00a0only see snow in\u00a0town a few times a year.<\/p>\n

However, we do get a few big New Zealand storms rolling through each year that bring snow right down below the mountains. \u00a0Recently,\u00a0the storm of the decade walloped Ohakune and shut things down for a few days, giving us plenty of time to come up with the ultimate storm survival list:<\/p>\n

How\u00a0to survive being snowed-in<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Step one: Be prepared<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The best way to survive a snowed-in scenario is to be prepared before it happens. \u00a0In New Zealand in particular, when a big southerly storm is rolling through you will have lots of heads up and plenty of time to get your emergency kit together. When preparing for a snowed-in scenario, you need to ask yourself: do you simply\u00a0want to survive?<\/p>\n

Or do you want to have a blast doing it?<\/p>\n

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Storm survival essentials:<\/strong><\/h2>\n