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The Snow Centre
Hi everyone, welcome to the Snow Centre. My name’s Annie. I hope you enjoyed
the bus trip from the
airport – we’ve certainly got plenty of snow today! Well, you’ve come to New Zealand’s premier snow and
ski centre, and we’ve a whole load of activities for you during your week here.
Most visitors come here for the cross-country skiing, where you’re on fairly
flat ground for most of the
time, rather than going down steep mountainsides.
There are marked trails, but you can also leave
these and go off on your own and that’s an experience not to be missed
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. You can go at your
own speed – it’s great aerobic exercise
if you really push yourself, or if you prefer you can just glide gently
along and enjoy the beautiful scenery.
This afternoon, you’ll be going on a dog-sled trip. You may have seen our dogs
on TV recently racing in
the winter sled festival.
If you want, you can have your own team for the afternoon and learn how
to drive them
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, following behind our leader on the trail. Or if you’d prefer, you can just sit back in the
sled and enjoy the ride as a passenger.
At the weekend,
we have the team relay event, and you’re all welcome to join in. We have a local school
coming along, and a lot of the teachers are taking part too. Participation rather than winning is the main
focus, and
