Wild September Snow

Three young ski instructors head south for an end of season adventure on Mt Ruapehu and the Tasman Glacier. Michael Dennis and Anne Reid both competed for NZ in the 1968 Grenoble winter Olympics. They join Swiss-born heli-ski pioneer Herbie Bleuer on the slopes in this 1969 NFU short film, replete with slightly dated, “hip” voiceover. With not another soul in sight, the three begin on Mt Ruapehu, skiing down to examine the crater. Then it’s down to Queenstown and a ski-plane flight onto the top of the Tasman Glacier for a run down its 27 kilometre length.

She’s a little tamer lower down the glacier, but you traverse the side faces to hold elevation and on this wild New Zealand run you can go forever and never stop.

– Narrator

Key Cast & Crew

John Van Der Reyden

Sound Recordist

Bob Gayner

Narrator

Martin Barriball

Cinematographer

Swami Hansa

Cinematographer

Ron Bowie

Producer

John King

Director, Writer, Editor