"You're living some very strange hours and things can get a little bit weird after long periods of sleep deprivation," says Mr Huffadine, one of two snowmakers at the terrain park on the Pisa Range.
Originally from Bannockburn, this was his second season as a snowmaker at Snow Park, after learning the skills last year.
He usually worked shifts averaging 12 hours, six days a week, but his schedule was dependent on the weather.
"You can be at home relaxing and you get a call and it's all on."
Most of the snowmaking happened at night when the temperatures were coolest and there was less power drain from other machinery.
"When the lift shuts down we start up."
Mr Huffadine slept during the day in his Wanaka flat or, during busy periods, in workers' accommodation at the park, meaning "not much of a social life".
However, regular ski breaks, driving snowmobiles through the night, a healthy pay packet, and "great" workmates made up for the long anti-social hours.
Each of the park's 30 snow guns had its own weather station which fed data on "a lot of variables" to a computer monitored by Mr Huffadine and fellow snowmaker Kim Rawlinson.
The pair checked the snow guns at regular intervals to ensure they were producing good quality snow.
"Sometimes it's just babysitting and they'll do their own thing if the weather conditions are suitable."
However, fog could freeze gun blades, causing equipment-damaging vibrations, and wind could bend the "plume" of the gun, preventing snow particles from freezing, resulting in "sludgy, watery snow".
