Off piste

In this week's Off Piste, Coronet Peak maintenance electrician Wesley Sayer describes his first experience with NZSki.

Snowsports fans are guaranteed to get a lift when they meet English NZSki staff member Ryan Mitson at the Remarkables.

The Remarkables retail department head Lucy Xu is addicted to snowboarding, which led her to Queenstown and employment with NZSki. In this week's Off Piste she shares some experiences from her time at the resort.

In this week's Off Piste, Coronet Peak rentals assistant Elke Marshall, of Australia, shares the highs and lows of her first Queenstown winter.

In this week's Off Piste, The Remarkables ski patroller Gordon Menzies fills us in on the highs and lows of his job.

In part two of our weekly winter series Off Piste, profiling NZSki staff at Coronet Peak and the Remarkables, Michele Fuller fills us in on the ups and downs of her job.

Paul Halstead reckons as far as jobs go, he has one of the best. The Remarkables maintenance team leader Paul has called Queenstown home for the past five years - and has no intention of leaving.

In this week's Off Piste, the Queenstown Times caught up with Remarkables administration assistant Suzie White, a woman whose job is never boring.

The longer that winter takes to arrive, the busier Pete Deuart is. In this week's Off Piste, Pete, Coronet Peak's head of snowmaking, explains why he reckons he has the best job in the world.

Jim Hemingway came to Queenstown nine years ago for one ski season ... The resort is now home and he spends his winters as Coronet Peak rentals head of department.

In this week's Off Piste, the Queenstown Times caught up with The Remarkables' "gentle giant" Frenchman Remi Kouadria, a former circus employee, turned professional basketball player, who is in his first season as a lifty in Queenstown.

In this week's Off Piste, the Queenstown Times caught up with Coronet Peak Snowsports School manager Cesar Piotto, to find out about the job he describes as "part councillor, part drill sergeant".

In this week's Off Piste, the Queenstown Times caught up with Amelia Paget, one of the dedicated drivers charged with getting skiers and boarders to and from Coronet Peak and the Remarkables safely.

In this week's Off Piste, we catch up with Coronet Peak guest services team leader Nicole Graham.

For Ash Guthrie, his office is also his playground. In this week's Off Piste, Ash fills us in on what it takes to be the terrain park team leader at the Remarkables.

After a slow start, Queenstown's ski areas are pumping, and in this week's Off Piste, the Queenstown Times managed to get five minutes with Coronet Peak head of retail Toshi Miyata to find out about his job.

Inspired by best team 'in the universe'In this week's Off Piste, the Remarkables guest services head of department Emi Nakamura explains why she loves her job.

While Queenstown residents wait with fingers crossed for snow to fall, Coronet Peak head of grooming Kate Nimmo is preparing to spring into action and get the skifield's trails in top condition before opening

In the first of our Off Piste series for 2011, the Queenstown Times talks to Coronet Peak Ski Area manager Hamish McCrostie in the lead-up to the skifield's scheduled opening this weekend. We find out about the man who makes the mountain run.

In our ongoing series profiling seasonal jobs on the skifields, UK sous chef Adam Rickett tells Henrietta Kjaer about what inspired him to come back for a second season at Coronet Peak.