Temperatures were not tropical, with mountain workers reporting for duty yesterday in -10degC.
All four Wanaka skifields received several centimetres of fresh snow on Sunday night.
Those who were not chasing powder snow on skifields went into caffiene overdrive in town.
Ritual Cafe customers have drunk nearly 40kg of coffee in three days, and co-owner Chris Hadfield was yesterday harbouring concerns he might run out of beans if Christchurch couriers could not get through tomorrow.
A supplier of fresh foods to Wanaka restaurants, the Mediterranean Market (also known as Bidvest), was running several hours behind in deliveries yesterday because of Christchurch transport difficulties.
Manager Brendon Wilson said an Invercargill truck got through in the morning and the Christchurch truck arrived late, in the afternoon.
"We've pretty much got everything covered now," he said.
Snow delayed the Otago Daily Times newspaper truck from Dunedin, which arrived in Wanaka several hours later than normal and delayed home deliveries until after 9am.
