Fox Chalet - Lake Tekapo

31/01/2025

Discover Tekapo Accommodation has new management!
We would like to thank Alex and Tussock too for their awesome care of Fox over the past 8 years.

Tussock and Alex leaving Discover Tekapo in good hands.

The last eight years have certainly been interesting and then throw Covid in the mix as well!
I wish I had taken my mothers advice to record all the weird and wonderful things that have happened. We have plenty of stories.
We have met so many people from around the world who have been guests, team members, long term tenants etc. Tekapo is a wonderful community made up of beautiful people from different cultures and nationalities.
We would like to thank all those who have helped and supported us, most importantly our staff and homeowners but also tradies, those who supply us with our daily caffeine dose, family, friends and those in the same industry, with a special thanks to Caroll Simcox who was so willing to share her knowledge with us when we arrived. Thank you.
We wish Jessica Frewen and the wonderful team all the best going forward.
Tussock & Alex (and yes we are still going to be in Tekapo)

01/01/2025

SH8 COAL STREAM TO ALBURY – ROAD RECONSTRUCTION

Plan ahead for day and night STOP/GOs at Winscombe Hill near Brays Rd starting Monday 6 January to Friday 28 February for road reconstruction work.

The road will be reduced to one lane with temporary traffic signals and a 30km/h speed restriction will be in place 24/7. DELAYS of up to 20 minutes are expected.

This work depends on various factors and may be amended or rescheduled; an update will be provided in the comment section.

Thank you for your patience and understanding while these essential works take place. ^JP

24/12/2024

Meri Kirihimete Merry Christmas

05/11/2024

Lake Tekapo is looking amazing right now!

Snow-capped mountains, lush green landscapes, and even the first lupins blooming—it’s the perfect time to explore.

With the fresh air and clear skies, it’s ideal for walking or biking some of our stunning local trails and soaking up the beauty of Tekapo and the Mackenzie region.

www.discovertekapo.co.nz

26/10/2024

3:33pm Saturday and still honking down in Lake Tekapo

25/10/2024

Snow day for Labour Weekend. Lunch at Fishtail is yum!

02/10/2024

Urgent: Transpower Outage in Tekapo, Mount Cook and surrounding areas.

We want to inform our community about an urgent power outage tomorrow morning (early Thursday) from 01:30 to 04:30am. This outage is necessary as Transpower needs to complete essential work on the network.

Following the recent helicopter incident, the network was temporarily reconfigured to ensure safety and stability. Now, Transpower will restore the 110kV line to its original state, allowing them to resume their planned critical maintenance work.

This outage will only affect those who were originally impacted by the Transpower outage on Friday, 27th September. Direct notifications have been emailed to all affected customers. To minimise disruption, this outage has been scheduled overnight when electricity demand is lower.

Please treat all lines as live during the outage for your safety. We appreciate your patience and understanding. For outage queries, please contact us. For more information about the work being undertaken, contact Transpower at [email protected] or 04 495 7000.

30/09/2024

UPDATED 2:15pm

Power outage in Tekapo and Albury

This morning, at around 10:25 AM, a crop-dusting helicopter’s boom made contact with Transpower’s transmission lines, causing a power outage in the Tekapo and Albury areas. Fortunately, no one was injured, and the lines fell on private land.

Repairs are required to restore power, with an estimated timeframe of 24-36 hours for completion. Transpower will have a clearer idea as the work progresses and we will keep you updated.

Alpine Energy is actively exploring options to restore power to some areas today. For more information on the affected areas, please visit our website. We'll continue to provide updates here on Facebook and our website.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Date and time: Monday 30 September 10:35am
Estimated restoration time: TBC

Affected Areas:
Albury
Ashwick Flat
Balmoral
Braemar
Burkes Pass
Cannington
Cave
Coal Stream
Cricklewood
Fairlie
Ferintosh
Glentanner
Godley Peaks
Haldon
Hazelburn
Holbrook
Hunter Hills
Irishman`s Creek
Kakahu
Kimbell
Langly Downs
Lilybank
Maungati
Middle Valley
Mount Dobson
Mt Cook
Mt Gerald
Mt Hay
Mt John
Mt Michael
Opuha
Raincliff
Rollesby
Sawdon
Sherwood Downs
Simons Pass
Skipton
Stoney Creek
Taiko
Tasman Downs
Tekapo
Totara Valley
Winscombe

We are committed to restoring your power as quickly and as safely as possible. We apologise for any inconvenience. Updates will be posted here and on our website.

Please treat all wires as LIVE, as normal power supply could be restored at any time.

We know it’s never easy to be without power. Thank you for your patience.

30/07/2024

I would so love to be in the snow ❄️

30/07/2024

Head along to our favourite bookstore

I brought my snow shovel to work but Whitestone had already cleared and salted the footpath. Thank you! The roads are still closed so if you are stuck and twiddling your thumbs we are open and have lots of books and jigsaw puzzles. So stomp on in.

29/07/2024

Snow!

SNOW - FINAL UPDATE 1:15PM, TUE 30 JUL

SH80 Lake Pukaki to Mount Cook is now fully OPEN. Thank you for your patience.

OPEN
• SH8 Lake Tekapo to Fairlie
• SH80 Lake Pukaki to Mount Cook
• All other State Highways remain open

This post and our live Highway Conditions Map, journeys.nzta.govt.nz/highway-conditions will be updated with all major developments as we receive them.

For more info on the weather event please visit metservice.com/warnings

Drive safe and stay warm! ^JP

25/07/2024

Snow looking very likely! ❄️🥶

❄️⚠️Latest snow update ⚠️❄️

As has been mentioned for a few days now. We are watching a cold surge of Antarctic air due to arrive from Monday and be off an on till Friday.

Here's What we know:

BELOW 200MSL
Snow flurries look possible but brief and unlikely to settle. This is likely from Wednesday to Thursday.

During this time rainfalls with up to 30mm possible between Monday and Friday.

BETWEEN 200-300MSL

This is the where based on current data we believe is the settling level. This is not 100% locked in but on current data this is the suggested level.

Sunday - Monday light rain with NW spill over possible.
Tuesday to Thursday. Temps drop during Tuesday afternoon and turn to snow late afternoon evening and ease on Wednesday afternoon.

Timing is the key here around heaviest of the moisture and temps. They have to align if you are to see any snow on the ground.

5-10cm would be about the limit. With a potential for around 35mm of moisture total to work with. So around 25mm will likely fall as sleety rain.

300-500MSL
Sunday to Monday spill over rain is possible with 10-15mm max.
Tuesday to Thursday is likely to see snow falls.

Depending on your stance around snow.

Low risk is 15-25cm 30% Chance
Medium risk 10-15cm 40% Chance
High risk is 5-10cm 60% Chance

With each risk the more altitude you have the higher the risk.

ABOVE 500MSL

Heavy Snow is at a high risk with 30cm plus possible the higher you go.

IMPORTANT NOTES
This system looks to be followed by some hard frosts. interior areas could see double digit negatives. Especially the high country.

🟩The Alpine passes are all likely to be effected. Given NZTAs reluctant stance to allow chains to be used on State highways you can guarantee with 2cm on the road they will just close the roads so maybe factor that in if your travelling. If more so now given they have installed gates to lock people out of using the roads which if your on the alpine side of the Porters pass you will freeze in your car.

🛑If there is snow on the ground it could last for a week or more
This will be very tough on new born stock.

On the plains, Frosts will keep daytime highs to low single figures.
-4s and -5s will not be uncommon.

🟦Now there is no guarantee with any forecast. But the above is our best analyst of what the models are telling us. I have been especially vague around Thursday-Friday next week as there is still a lot of uncertainty around how this will play out.

Pic is from Weather Watch showing both ECMWF and UKMO on Tuesday night.

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13/07/2024

Wow!

🥶 ⚠️Severe cold temperatures this morning as low as -10 degrees!

Omarama recorded below -10 degrees this morning which is staggering, Twizel also saw -8 degrees.

Mount Cook Aero -9 degrees as well and Lake Tekapo as low as -8

❄️ Freezing fog lingers and take extra care on the roads this morning.

📸 Credit to Bikram Ghosh of a nice shot of SH8 heading towards Twizel before airport

07/07/2024

This is really disappointing for the ski field 😡

01/07/2024

❄️ Lindis Pass road closure update ⛔️

Road will remained closed and next update expected for the pass is around 8am in the morning

03/06/2024

https://www.facebook.com/share/PWm1YikJUb3BcAno/?mibextid=WC7FNe

Need a hot ashes bucket for winter? We'll be in Tekapo from 10am and Twizel from 12pm tomorrow with the Mid-South Canterbury - Fire and Emergency team giving out FREE hot ashes buckets to anyone that comes to see us!

Tekapo - Fire Station 10am
Twizel - Market Square 12pm