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Cardrona Ski Resort Guide

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Cardrona Ski Resort Guide

Cardrona is located between Wanaka and Queenstown. The resort sits at 1760m. Cardrona has a good snow record and 7 lifts open up over 320 hectares of skiable terrain. The terrain at Cardrona is rugged and offers lots of natural features that make it interesting. There are good nursery slopes to learn on and the resort offers organised kids activities for children from 3 months to 12 years. This leaves the big kids free to play! Snowboarders and freestyle skies have 2 pipes and 3 terrain parks to explore. Some accommodation is available on site, which is quite unusual for a commercial ski field in New Zealand, but both Wanaka and Queenstown are within easy reach anyway.

Resorts close to Cardrona include: Snow Park/Snow Farm (8 km), Coronet Peak (20 km), Remarkables (23 km), Treble Cone (33 km), Ohau (96 km),

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Trails (Pistes): 25 Halfpipes: 2
Summit: 1894 m Toplift: m
Beg: 25% Int: 50% Adv: 25% Terrain Parks: 3
Vertical Drop: 600 m X-Country: -
Lifts: 7 (4 chair lifts, 3 surface lifts) Snowmaking: Yes
Gondolas / Cable Cars: - Slopeside accommodation: Y
Restaurants: 5 Acres of ski: 345 hectares
Bars: 5 Nearest Airport: Queenstown
Nearest Train: - Tourist Info Phone:: +64 3 4437341,
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Visitor Reviews of Cardrona


Ilona from Australia writes:

Cardrona has always been our favorite ever since our girls were teenagers. We all learned how to ski there. We have also skied overseas in Italy, Dolomites and and it was absolutely spectacular skiing there with the magnificent scenery. Each ski resort or ski field has its own magic and with Cardrona we have always found that the staff, the terrain ,the road the radio blurb is always spot on. Our family is a big fan of Cardrona as all the staff are 100% with looking after this spectacular mountain resort and there is constant improvement to it. Sometimes you have to take in what there is around you and just get on with it you might be surprised with what happens at the end of the day. Well done Cardrona.

2010-08-26

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  • Season opens: 23 Jun 2012
  • Season closes: 7 Oct 2012

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City Forecasts
Closest to Cardrona

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Arrowtown, New Zealand 15 km
Wanaka, New Zealand 24 km
Queenstown, New Zealand 30 km
Okuru, New Zealand 109 km
Te Anau, New Zealand 116 km

Surf Breaks
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Smoothwater Bay, New Zealand 105 km
Haast Beach, New Zealand 114 km
Haast Beach, New Zealand 120 km
Lake Pukaki Point, New Zealand 120 km
All Day Bay, New Zealand 154 km

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Mountain Peaks
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