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Porters, is a commercial ski resort just over an hour's drive west from Christchurch, on New Zealand's South Island. Originally functioning as a club skifield, it has one beginner magic carpet, one fixed grip rope tow and three t-bars. The difficulty of the slopes is distributed as 15% beginner, 35% intermediate and 50% advanced. Modern grooming equipment is used, and snowmaking facilities operate along the main pistes on either side of the number 1 T-bar.
There is one club-run lodge with 42 beds, situated along on the mountain's access road, said by the company operating the field to be "the least intimidating in Canterbury".[1]
2007 saw the name of the field change from Porter Heights to just Porters to reflect a change in ownership. This has brought various improvements to the field, including a new groomer, cafe and platter lift.[2]
The old cafe, considered by some Porters clients to be a cosy, idiosyncratic building, is now closed and used as a staff room.
