Amendments will be made to our tour route on the rare occasions that any mountains are shut or have very poor conditions - going to a different mountain if at all possible.

Yes. If after your two initial lesson days you still feel you would like more instruction, the tour guide can organise this for you on the day.

If you choose to ski, your skis, boots and poles will be included. If you choose to snowboard, your board and boots will be included. If you would like to add on clothing hire as well, you can do this for an additional cost.

Skis are from 4FRNT, Atomic and Salomon. Boards are from Burton and Academy. Poles are from Scott. Clothing is from Aggression and ski boots are from Nordica.

Equipment will be hired on the morning of day one and you will have the same gear for the duration of the tour, which means you can get used to it and hence progress much quicker. Your gear will be matched to suit your ability and experience.

Your guide will supply a continental breakfast each morning of your tour. This will consist of cereal, toast, spreads, yogurt, fruit, tea, coffee and juice.

Other meals are at your own expense. The guides know the best places in each town and city depending on your budget and what you are after, and they will point these out on the way into each location.

You can bring a suitcase or backpack up to 20kg. The tour operator will have a trailer where you can store this as you travel around.

You can also bring a day pack which you can have in the van with you. If you will have more luggage than this, send The Operator an email and they can check if there will be room in the trailer for any extra bags.

Alternatively, if you are starting and finishing in the same location, you may be able to store your bag at the hostel while you are on tour.

This tour starts in Christchurch at 6pm on Day 1 and wraps up at 8pm on the evening of Day 8 in Queenstown.