Cardrona Alpine Resort's Adaptive Snowsports programme

This week One in Five takes to the slopes as Katy Gosset visits Cardrona Alpine Resort's Adaptive Snowsports programme. The scheme is the one of the largest in the country and enables people with disabilities to enjoy the snow using bi and mono skis and a range of other adaptive equipment.

At the helm is Jane Stevens who also oversees adaptive programmes around the country on behalf of Snow Sports New Zealand. Katy talks to Jane as she trains a group of international volunteers keen to lend their services to the programme.

And she also meets with one of the scheme's most famous graduates, Paralympic Gold Medallist, Adam Hall, who is currently training at Cardrona for the upcoming Winter Games in Sochi, Russia.

Jane Stevens adaptive snowsports co-ordinator at Cardrona Alpine Resort

Wanaka local Damian Frires takes to the slopes at Cardrona Alpine Resort in a mono- ski

Adaptive snowsports instructor Sam Colby prepares to demonstrate tethering his colleague Ben Adams in a sitski at Cardrona Alpine Resort. This involves skiing behind the disabled client and controlling the sitski using tethering reins.

Adam Hall on Copper Mountain December 2012 Courtesy Disabled Sports USA

Adam Hall a the Winter Games, Copper Mountain USA 2012 Courtesy Disabled Sports USA

The images in this gallery are used with permission and are subject to copyright conditions.