Cardrona Alpine Resort | Ski New Zealand

Trail Map

Getting Here

• Snow transport buses operate from Queenstown, Wanaka and Arrowtown to Cardrona, pre-book your transport with your travel specialist
• Self drive: Cardrona is an easy 35 minute drive from Wanaka, 60 minutes from Queenstown' 45 minutes from Arrowtown

Facilities

• Food and drink: Captain's Pizzeria; Base Cafe; Mezz Cafe; Juice & Java; Noodle Bar; Little Meg Cafe; Vista Bar; The Lounge
• Retail store: the Cardrona General Store is open 7 days during mountain opening hours
• Car parking: Cardrona has several car parks available, you will be directed where to park by the roads crew. A shuttle operates from the lower car parks to the base area and tickets can be purchased at the car park.
• First aid: the Cardrona Ski Patrol and Slope Safety teams manage any medical situations and emergencies
• Tubing
• Sightseeing

Childcare

The Cardrona childcare centre provides options for full and half day care, with a range of programmes offering children's ski lessons

• Ski Kindy: full or half day care for kids aged 3 months to under 5
• Under 5s: different lesson options for children under 5 years old
• Adventure programmes/Kids' group lessons: ski lessons for kids aged 5-14 years

Lessons

• Lessons are available for skiing or snowboarding and cater to all levels from beginner to experts, all lessons can be pre-booked through your travel specialist

Terrain

400 hectares of skiable terrain including some of the best park and pipe features in the southern hemisphere. Terrain accessed by a new Chondola (mix of gondola cabins and chairs), 3 quad chairs, 1 platter lift and 3 learners conveyor lifts

• 25% beginner
• 25% intermediate
• 30% advanced
• 20% expert

Mountain Facts

• Base elevation: 1670 metres
• Highest lifted point: 1860 metres
• Vertical rise: 600 metres
• Average snowfall: 2.9 metres