Winter Games

Winter Games NZ will be held from 21–30 August 2009.
Queenstown NZ.

Snow chaser and the Winter Games NZ.

Don’t miss out on the action on the Snow by getting on a slow coach. Snow Chaser offer transport, door to door and on mountain guiding/hosting. We have comfortable safe 4x4s; we live and play in the mountain around Queenstown - Ski with the locals. Contact us for how we can take the hassle out of getting around and to the Winter Games venues.
 
What are the Winter Games NZ?
 
The main difference between this event and the Winter Olympics is that
Winter Games NZ will provide elite athletes with the ultimate testing
ground where they can experiment and explore their performance limits
against world class competition without the same fear of failure. Because
here a slight hiccup isn’t necessarily a total disaster, it’s a character building
exercise. Risk is good.
 
INNOVATIVE

Winter Games NZ is unique. It is modelled on Olympic performance
standards but it’s not restricted by traditional thinking. The athletes are
free to mingle with their fans. For the first time in the world able bodied
and disabled athletes can compete together in alpine races. Winter
Games NZ will be held at the same location every 2 years. Otago offers
a spectacular stage where all the facilities are within a stone’s throw
of each other. By 2011 we are also introducing new events like Winter
Triathlon and Natural Luge which could become part of future Olympic
programmes.
 
FUN!!

Can serious competition and fun go together? Hell yes. How about
Half Pipe held at night under floodlights with bands pumping out a wall
of noise. The opening ceremony will be on the Queenstown waterfront
and the closing ceremony at the amazing Coronet Peak with a
pyrotechnics extravaganza in the snow. A “party Zone” will be set up in
Queenstown and Wanaka. And of course there’s never any shortage of
other outrageous outdoor adventures to be had in this part of the world.