Climbing Cardrona

As Hong Kong hits a steady stifling 95% 33 degree heat, I am mindful to remember what it is like to climb up to the snow line in dry sunny conditions NZ style. Cardrona promised some of the best slope style single-track the Southern Hemisphere has to offer, but it seems I arrived a week too late- everything was shut, and my attempts to ride the trails in the snow after climbing for 1 1/2hrs were somewhat of a fail...