We are able to do only a number of days out at a time because the winds are so variable this time of year.
It is reasonably long at 7, 073 yards (par 72) and although fairly flat, can take some negotiating in the usual strong winds at this time of year.
Paragliding is another popular way to enjoy the mountains, as the glacial peaks offer high altitude jumping off points with strong winds, giving pilots plenty of air time to enjoy the view of patchwork valleys below.
The Tay road bridge was also closed for a time because of strong winds.
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In fact, this list basically winds up being in reverse time order, going back to the beginning of the summer.
When the Artemis boat capsized Thursday, the winds were 18 to 20 knots, a normal speed for this time of year.
It was reopened at midafternoon around the time coastal weather stations recorded a localized return of moisture-bearing winds off the ocean, although hot Santa Anas kept blowing a few miles inland.
"Flooding, snow, high winds, avalanche risk, slips and rock falls can all occur at any time of the year, " says Christine Officer, program manager at the DOC office in Te Anau (a two-hour bus ride from Queenstown), which manages the Milford Track.
Anstruther helmsman Barry Gourlay was awarded the charity's bronze medal for his actions during a night-time rescue of two people from a motorboat driven on to rocks by high winds.
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"We get fire once in a while, but most of the time it's really quiet and we get the occasional Santa Ana winds come rushing down those canyons at about 60, 70 miles an hour, but it's so peaceful around here, it's very nice and it's worth it, definitely worth it, " says Mr Koch.
That means that by the time it likely passes south of Jamaica on Sunday evening, Ernesto could pack sustained winds in excess of 74 mph.
The storm grew significantly as it passed through the Bahamas on Oct. 25 and 26, so that by the time it reached landfall in southern New Jersey its gale-force winds covered a diameter of 870 nautical miles, or about 1, 000 miles.
Boston (CNN) -- A monster blizzard has left at least one person dead and hundreds of thousands of New Englanders in the dark and in the cold Friday night, thanks to a storm that's already delivered whipping winds and more than a foot of snow in some parts, with prospects of even double that by the time it's done.
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