Mount Potts

Mount Potts is a specialist backcountry station located in the upper reaches of the Rangitata Valley, Canterbury, New Zealand. In 1964 the original Mt Potts homestead, shearer's quarters and wool-shed were converted into an accommodation and restaurant complex, known as Mt Potts Lodge today.
Today Mt Potts Station is a working cattle farm, restaurant and lodge, which doubles up as a heliski base in the winter. Unlike normal resorts, there are no fixed ski tows or chairlifts. Instead, vertical transport is provided by snowcats and helicopter. The ski area covers 660 hectares and includes, "steep faces, chutes, rocks to drop off, cornices, wide open powder bowls and gullies"
Mount Potts is an hour's drive from Methven, and two hours' drive from Christchurch.
Although Mount Potts is on private land, it has an easy access point from the Mount Somers road. The area is becoming more popular with tourists, after the filming of the Lord Of The Rings trilogy...