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Craigieburn Ski Resort Guide

Craigieburn Ski Resort Guide

Southern Alps, Craigieburn photo

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Out of Bounds, Craigieburn photo

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Latest Snow Report

Issued: 10 May

  • Last Snowfall: 21 September 2012
  • Snow Depth (upper):
  • Snow Depth (lower):
  • Piste: fresh
  • Off-piste: -

Today’s Weather (1672 m)

PM
rain showers
10 N10
3 °C F-Level
2100m
night
light snow
5 SSE5
2 °C F-Level
1850m
AM
light snow
25 SSE25
-1 °C F-Level
1600m

Craigieburn Valley Ski Area, located in the heart of New Zealand's Southern Alps, has achieved cult status amongst NZ's hottest skiers. Steep deep and cheap. Three high capacity rope tows service a vertical rise of 500m. Terrain at Craigieburn Valley is varied, exciting and challenging with the infamous 600m vertical descent of Middle basin, which is often compared to a heli skiing experience, accessible by a short traverse from the tow. Wide open powder bowls, steep narrow chutes and when you come off the hill at Craigieburn at the end of a big day, kick back in the bar at our cosy alpine lodge.

Resorts close to Craigieburn include: Broken River (2 km), Mount Cheeseman (6 km), Mount Olympus (12 km), Porters (18 km), Temple Basin (24 km),


Craigieburn Location Maps

Craigieburn Location Map

All Craigieburn Resort Stats

Piste info

  • Trails (Pistes): 25
  • Beginner: 0%
  • Intermediate: 55%
  • Advanced: 45%
  • Cross-country: -
  • Snowmaking: -
  • Acres of ski: 600
  • Terrain Parks: -
  • Halfpipes: -

Social

  • Restaurants: 1
  • Bars: 1
  • Slopeside accommodation: Y

Mountain info

  • Summit: 1922 m
  • Vertical Drop: 500 m
  • Base: 007

Lifts

  • Draglifts: 3
  • Gondolas / Cable Cars: -
  • Toplift: m

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Visitor Reviews of Craigieburn


Nick Jarman from New Zealand writes:

Hi Snow-Forecast team, you have a great site and we use it often.
As some more information, Craigieburn and Broken River ski areas are next door neighbours!! It's an easy ski over to Broken River from Hamilton Col at Craigieburn (5/10 minutes, depending on conditions) and a 1/2-1hour walk (once again, depending on conditions) back along the ridge line from Broken River to Craigieburn. So in essence, Craigieburn and Broken River are the closest resorts to each other!! In fact on a topo map our main lifts are 2km apart!!
Hope this is of some use.

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