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