"Something was missing from the way we skied in NZ. We have some of the best alpine terrain in the world but also some of the most remote. The only infrastructure is small ski resorts that lie on the low foothills where snow is unreliable and crowds are dense. Hamish Smith thought of a new way to affordable and comfortable access our amazing alpine backcountry and took fellow kiwi Pete Oswald and Austrian's Lukas Zoegernitz and Christian Unger with him to test his theory… We no longer look at our mountains the same way."