Mt. Potts Backcountry

Location

Canterbury
New Zealand
43° 36' 42.7104" S, 171° 10' 16.8852" E
NZ
General info: 

Dubbed 'the new spot X' by a visiting La Grave guide, Mt.Potts Backcountry provides snow cat accessed powder skiing and snowboarding. Heli lifted from the lodge each morning, in small guided groups, everyone is outfitted with an avalanche transceiver, cat rides all day, a picnic lunch, and transport back down the mountain is all in a days skiing at Mt. Potts.

BASE: 1450ft
SUMMIT: 2148ft
VERTICAL DROP: 740ft

NO. OF. LIFTS: 1
Gondolas: 0
Chairs: 0
Surface: 0

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