An area near the Remarkables ski field at Queenstown was hit by a small avalanche today.
The avalanche occurred at about 1pm today outside the Remarkables Ski Area boundary in an off-piste area known as Scarpa Run.
A Remarkables bus driver was heading up the mountain when they noticed the debris from a small avalanche and raised the alarm.
Chief executive of NZSki Paul Anderson says the avalanche was small at about 20 metres wide, 150 metres long and 95 centimetres deep.
In a statement a spokesman for The Remarkables Ski Area says, "Specialist avalanche rescue dogs flown in to an avalanche site ... have not found evidence to suggest people are trapped".
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