Are drying rooms essential when choosing accomodation?
G’day,
I was thinkin of staying at a holiday park next to queenstown in August as they have really nice cabins at reasonable prices. There’s apparently a wall heater, but no drying room. Have only done one season and that was in Hakuba where every hotel or hostel was equipped for drying gear.
Whats your experience staying in places without drying rooms? Do you reckon a small wall heater is gonna cut the mustard?
Cheers,
In August the snow should be fairly dry!!!!!
And as long as ya don’t tend to carry excess snow with ya back to ya accommodation, ya should be fine!!!!
Try to hang all of your gear up high, to make the most of the rising heat, and place things such as gloves and boots (liners removed) in a direct line with any air flow from the fan on the heater (if it has one)
Remember NOT to put your gear too close to excessive heat though!!!!! It can wreck ya gear!!!!!
Sometimes you will find laundry facilites around this type of accommodation, so ya might find a quick 20mins in the dryer will be enough to finish the job!!!!
2 sets of gear is the ultimate way to avoid the problem altogether!!!!!!
As long as your gear is breathable and you hang them in a way that air can flow through everything, you should be fine. Just don’t pile your gear up near the heater. Hang them out, take liners out etc. I would even take some thin rope with you to make an extra clothes line if required. Should be fine though!
You’ll find that most cabins will have a Clothes Horse also!!!!!
I have heard that bicarb soda in a sock or something like that in your boot can help dry it out and remove odours if you dont have a drying room, not sure how well this works though!
Walking into some of the bigger drying rooms in NZ was like a gas chamber at times with the heat, humidity and stench haha
last time i was in queenstown we didnt have a drying room. we had an oil heater wth racks on it that i put my gloves and socks on, the rest i hung up in the bathroom.
never once had wet gear the next day
Great,
Thanks for all the helpful replies 
Time to book!!! ^_^
Generally no drying rooms in the States, either. I just use the heater in the motel/hotel to try to dry my stuff after riding.
Mmmm, nothing like getting assaulted with perfume de boot.
Generally no drying rooms in the States, either. I just use the heater in the motel/hotel to try to dry my stuff after riding.
Mmmm, nothing like getting assaulted with perfume de boot.
been there! I’ve actually never stayed in a place with a drying room- wouldn’t even know what to expect. These are all good tips tho- peal everything apart and leave as much snow outside as possible.
Buy a hair drier and hook up some PVC pipe with holes drilled in it. <Thats all a $150 boot drier is and in 2-5min whatever it’s used on is dry!
Wool can go directly on heaters - it doesn’t burn.
Never ever put compression clothing in clothes driers or near high temps.
I have found if you hang everything up high like Mizu said you should be right. I find the only thing that I ever really need drying is my gloves. Boots are generally ok, same with jacket. Pants might be wet at the bottoms but hang em up on a coat hanger and they’ll be right.
in niseko they had a “freezing” room for the boards lol
i had to scrap off a bit of ice off my board every morning
They dont let you take the boards inside at most places
like people have mentioned
usually gloves is the main thing to need drying
its a nice addition but not essential