Cardrona Ski Area

Cardrona:

NZ’s Biggest Ski Resort
• We’re the biggest. Cardrona is now the largest ski resort in NZ with the new Soho Basin.
• And the best! Voted “New Zealand’s best ski resort” at the World Ski Awards 2025.
• We’re higher. Soak up the incredible views of the Southern Alps.
• Consistently better snow conditions, thanks to our higher altitude and easterly facing basins.
• More space. Cardrona is renowned for having wide open slopes which are home to some of NZ’s most progressive ski and snowboard terrain.
• The Chondola! New Zealand’s first ski field gondola cabins and mixed-use lift – 1:4 ratio of cabins to chairs.

Cafés and Restaurants
• More choice. With nine different cafés and restaurants, Cardrona has more choice than any other ski
resort in the country.
• Exceptional quality. The Mezz will exceed expectations, offering quality cuisine not usually found
anywhere near a ski resort in New Zealand.

Terrain Parks
• Most extensive terrain park facilities in the Southern Hemisphere.
• Four different terrain parks which cater for all different levels of skier or rider.
• Two halfpipes, including the Olympic Superpipe, NZ’s largest and one of the few 22ft tall options in the Southern Hemisphere.
• Big Air: This 85ft+ beast is strictly for experts only but provides great viewing for all.
• Gravity X: Specially designed race course with sweepers, rollers, berms, jumps and road gaps. Suitable for intermediate to advanced skiers and riders.

Kids’ Facilities
• Leaders in kids’ facilities: Kids are, and always have been, number one at Cardrona.
• The whole family’s sorted with childcare from 3 months to 14 years, including a fully licensed early
childcare centre.
• On snow younger: Our Under 5s lessons can start teaching kids to ski as soon as they can walk!

Terrain:
615ha of wide, open, undulating terrain,
steep chutes and world-class terrain parks
• 20% Beginner
• 35% Intermediate
• 25% Advanced
• 20% Expert