Skiing in New Zealand

In the North Island there are two major ski fields (Turoa and Whakapapa) on Mount Ruapehu, an active volcanic cone.

The Southern Alps offer a wide range of resorts for skiing and boarding. Here there are a variety of pistes offering all levels of difficulty and running through magnificent alpine scenery. The resort towns and lodges all become alive with aprés ski revellers in the evenings following a days skiing on the Piste. There are plenty of ski lifts and, for the more adventurous skier there are opportunities for taking a Heli Ski (or Heli Board) trip from the Wanaka and Queenstown area to the virtually untouched deep snow of the Southern Alps.

Ski resorts in New Zealand

Broken River (Christchurch)
Mount Hutt (Methven)
Rainbow (St.Arnaud)
Cardrona (Between Queenstown & Wanaka)
Mount Lyford (Mount Lyford Village)
Tukino (Mount Ruapehu - North Island)
Manganui (Mount Taranaki - North Island)
Round Hill (Lake Tekapo)
Coronet Peak (Queenstown)
Turoa (Mount Ruapehu)
Temple Basin (Arthur's Pass Village)
Ohau Snow Fields (Omarama)

Turoa (Ohakune)
Craigieburn (Christchurch)
Mt Olympus (Windwhistle)
The Remarkables (Queenstown)
Fox Peak (Methven)
Mount Dobson (Fairlie)
Porter Heights (Christchurch)
Mt Potts (Methven)
Treble Cone (Wanaka)
Hanmer Springs (Christchurch)
Mt Robert (Nelson)
Whakapapa (Mount Ruapehu)

By the way, the emergency services number in New Zealand is 111.

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