New Zealand Skiing? Where is the best place to go for an intermediate skier?

Question

What are the prices like for Lift passes? Im from Australia, would it be worth taking my own ski gear or hiring it? (when you take into consideration weight in lugage on a flight) Is there any hotels that you can recommend?

Thanks

Answer 1

See http://www.snow.co.nz/areas/area_index.a... click on the places to the left for the different ski fields  - it gives a great description on what is available, how to get there, what ski levels are there etc....

Enjoy!

Answer 2

Any or the large commercial fields.

Turoa

Whakapapa

Mt Hutt

Cardrona

Trebble Cone

Remarkables

Coronet Peak

They all offer good intermediate skiing. We don't really have too many hardcore expert trails in NZ.

Answer 3

Go to queenstown, there are ski fields everywhere.

The remerkables is a high trip up, but anyway its.... Close to Queenstown

Excellent facilities

Hike to great expert terrain

Ideal for learners/intermediates

View from top unequalled in NZ

Awesome chute skiing and touring

Then theres Coronet peak

NZ's oldest and most commercial field

High Speed Six Seater Lift

Terrain is unequalled in NZ

Perfect for intermediate and expert

Only 20 minutes from Queenstown

Which is a little less high up.

Or cardrona, I'v never been to Cardrona, but people say its very 'family orientated'

A big mountain makes room for everyone. Three wide basins covered in snow, create unlimited trails. The first basin has cruising runs to build confidence. The steep second basin - Arcadia - is the home of the New Zealand Freeskiing and Boarding Championships. The third large basin is Captains where you can slice apart the corduroy. 320 hectares of snow covered fun.

Cardona Alpine Resort leads the way in child-friendly ski areas with the country’s most comprehensive Children’s Alpine Centre. Cardrona has facilities for children aged 3 months to 12 years.

They are the main queenstown ones....but in Christchurch there is Mt Hutt which has a great beginners slope. Its 3 and a half hours from christchurch.

There are hotels everywhere in both Queenstown and Christchurch, in christchurch you could get a hotel in Methven (a very small town) because its closer to Mt Hutt.

This web site might also help you...

http://www.0800snow.co.nz/new_zealand_sk...

Good Luck!