Queenstown Ski Fields
The famous Remarkables mountain range is home to one of the best ski resorts in New Zealand. Just a 37 minute drive from downtown Queenstown, the wide gentle slopes are perfect for beginners and families, with plenty of more challenging options to satisfy the experts in the families. Begin your skiing journey on the easy green runs, and work your way up to some exciting black diamond terrain!
A great family-friendly ski field with plenty of options for any skill level. Boasting spectacular views over Queenstown and Lake Wakatipu, Coronet Peak offers a fantastic range of child care options and is just a 25-minute drive from Queenstown along a fully-sealed road. Well sheltered, this mountain is great in any weather, a super alternative to The Remarkables.
Getting There
The Remarkables
- Snow transport buses operate between downtown Queenstown and the Remarkables, pre-book your transport with your travel specialist
- Self-drive: The Remarkables is a 37 minute drive from downtown Queenstown; 45 minutes from Arrowtown; 1 hour, 25 minutes from Wanaka
Coronet Peak
- Snow transport buses operate between downtown Queenstown and Coronet Peak, where a shuttle transport is included pick up details will be advised in your itinerary
- Self-drive: Coronet Peak is an easy 25-minute drive from downtown Queenstown; 25 minutes from Arrowtown; 1 hour, 15 minutes from Wanaka
Facilities
The Remarkables
- Food and drink: Ratusburn Coffee Bar, The Remarkables Cafe, The Remarkables Restaurant, on-mountain Ice Bar
- Retail store: the Snow Shop, open 7 days from 8.30am to 4.30pm
- Ski storage: secure day storage is available with on-mountain lockers and you can pay by credit card or EFTPOS, overnight storage is only available for NZSki rental equipment - pre-book your rental equipment with your travel specialist.
- Car parking: 3 car parks available with space for 900 cars, car park shuttles operate from 8am to 5pm
- First aid: The Remarkables Snow Patrol manage any medical situations or emergencies
Coronet Peak
- Food and drink: Coronet Peak Cafe; Coronet Peak Restaurant; Heidi's Hut; Ice Bar
- Retail store: the Snow Shop, open 7 days from 8.30am to 4.30pm
- Ski storage: secure day storage is available with on-mountain lockers and you can pay by credit card or EFTPOS, overnight storage is only available for NZSki rental equipment - pre-book your rental equipment with your travel specialist
- Car parking: Coronet Peak has 7 car parks with capacity for 1200 cars. Several car parks are a short walk to the base building, a free shuttle operates from the other car parks between 8.00am and 5.00pm
- First Aid: the Coronet Peak Snow Patrol team manages any medical situations or emergencies
- Tubing park: Coronet Peak operates a snow tubing park, great fun for all ages!
Childcare
The Remarkables
The Remarkables offers all day skiing lessons for children aged 4-15 years old and snowboarding lessons for 7-15 years, these may be pre-booked with your travel specialist
- First Timer: first time skiing or riding on the snow
- Learner Zone: previously skied or snowboarded but still learning the basics
- Green Zone: previously skied or snowboarded and used chairlifts on green runs
- Blue – Red Zone: comfortable on Blue runs, advancing to more difficult Blue or Red runs
Coronet Peak
For children aged 2-15 years, Coronet operates a variety of childcare programmes and full day group lessons which may be pre-booked with your travel specialist
- Skiwiland: childcare programme for children aged 2-5 years
- Group lessons: full day ski lessons (ages 4-15) and snowboarding lessons (7-15) for all abilities
Lessons
The Remarkables
Lessons are available for skiing or snowboarding and cater to all levels from beginners to experts, all lessons can be pre-booked through your travel specialist
Coronet Peak
Lessons are available for skiing or snowboarding and cater to all levels from beginners to experts, all lessons can be pre-booked through your travel specialist
Terrain
The Remarkables
265 hectares of skiable terrain accessed by 3 surface conveyor lifts, 1 six seater express chairlift and 3 quad chairlifts
- 30% Beginner
- 40% Intermediate
- 30% Expert
Coronet Peak
280 hectares of skiable terrain including 2 terrain parks, accessed by 4 learner conveyor lifts, 1 six-seater express chair, 2 high-speed quad chairs and 1 T-bar
Mountain Facts
The Remarkables
- 1943 metres high with a 468 metre vertical drop
- Longest run: Outward Bound, 2.5km
- Average snowfall: 3.67m
Coronet Peak
- 1649 metres high with a 481 metre vertical drop
- Longest run: M1, 2.4 kilometres
Why Ski New Zealand?
Simple - Because every visitor to New Zealand deserves the very best experience.
At Ski New Zealand we know that simply selling you one of our Ski Packages isn't enough to ensure a great experience.
That’s why we take the time to prepare our suggestions to include the things we know our guests want and will enjoy. Almost 90% of the SKI NZ packages we create and book are tailor-made for our guests. We take the time to consult with you, learn about your group’s abilities, the kind of place you enjoy staying in, how you want to travel up and down the mountain and of course how you want to feel about your Ski Holiday. By this we mean some people want to be completely exhausted and exhilarated at the end of each day, some want to take it easy, enjoy a few runs and then a coffee or a wine. Everyone is different.
Our team of New Zealand specialists are based in Wanaka which if you didn’t already know is probably the best location to be in if you enjoy winter snow sports. Nearly everyone here enjoys skiing or snowboarding, some to extreme levels and others enjoy a more relaxed and family approach to the slopes. This means we have people who with real-life, real-time experience located right in the heart of New Zealand’s ski area. The advice they give comes with true local knowledge.
So if you want to explore Coronet Peak or the Remarkables in Queenstown, Cardrona, Snow farm or Treble Cone in Wanaka, Roundhill & Mt. Dobson in Tekapo or Mt. Hutt near Christchurch then talk to the team at Ski New Zealand before you book your next winter holiday.
