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Coronet Peak Resort Reviews

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Visitor reviews for Coronet Peak Ski Resort

Coronet Peak Ratings

Overall: 3.7. Based on 27 votes and 23 reviews.

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Snowsure: 3.8

  • Occasionally gets enough snow for skiing
  • Is often closed due to a lack of snow
  • Occasionally suffers from a lack of snow
  • Rarely suffers from a lack of snow
  • Coronet Peak is snowsure even in the poorest seasons

Variety of pistes: 3.9

  • The ski runs are featureless and unvaried
  • The ski runs are varied but not extensive enough for a week
  • Coronet Peak has diverse and interesting pistes including forests and high alpine terrain

Off-piste: 3.3

  • No off-piste worth mentioning
  • Off piste is out-of-bounds
  • Some varied offpiste that stays fresh for one or two days
  • A vast array of off-piste routes that can stay untracked for several days

Scenery: 4.5

  • An ugly resort in a bland setting
  • Average mountain views and resort
  • A spectacular setting and a beautiful / historic resort town

Access: 4.8

  • At least one overnight stop
  • Requires a whole day
  • Requires more than half a day – you may have time for a few turns
  • Arrive by lunchtime and ski all afternoon
  • There is a main airport within an hour of Coronet Peak

Public Transport: 4.6

  • There are no buses or taxis to Coronet Peak
  • There are slow or infrequent buses / trains available
  • Getting to the resort is easy with frequent bus / train connections

Accommodation: 4.2

  • No places to stay in/near Coronet Peak
  • A few places to stay in the resort
  • A wide variety of accommodation suitable to suit all budgets

Cheap Rooms: 3.9

  • No budget accommodation available
  • Just one or two hostels so book ahead
  • Several cheap hostels and pensions available

Luxury Hotels: 4.2

  • No luxury accommodation available
  • Just one or two luxury hotels so book ahead
  • Several up-market hotels in Coronet Peak

Ski in/Ski out: 2.4

  • The ski area is located far from any accommodation
  • A free ski bus takes you to the ski area in a short trip
  • Ski-in ski-out accommodation is available

Childcare: 4.3

  • There are no child care facilities at Coronet Peak
  • The resort has limited child-care facilities
  • the resort has excellent child-care facilities including at least one reasonably priced creche

Snowmaking: 4.6

  • Coronet Peak relies entirely on natural snow
  • There are just a few snow cannons
  • There are snowmaking facilities on all pistes

Snow Grooming: 4.4

  • There are no snow groomers at Coronet Peak
  • Occasionally some pistes are left ungroomed and in a poor state
  • All the runs at Coronet Peak are groomed daily

Shelter: 3.4

  • There is nowhere to ski when it is windy or visibility is bad and lifts often shut
  • There are some trees for poor visibility but main lifts sometimes close
  • Coronet Peak is mostly in forest where you can ski in flat-light and windy days, lifts rarely close

Nearby options: 3.4

  • If snow conditions are poor at Coronet Peak, it will be poor everywhere nearby
  • There are good alternatives within an hours drive
  • Other locations on the same lift pass provide a rich variety of snowsure ski conditions

Regional rating: 3.4

  • Coronet Peak usually has poor snow conditions compared to other resorts in region
  • Has average conditions for the region
  • Usually has the best snow conditions in the region

Lift Staff: 4.2

  • The staff at Coronet Peak are rude or unhelpful
  • Lift staff at Coronet Peak are pleasant, cheerful and eager to help

Crowds/Queues: 3.7

  • The resort is always busy and there are usually long lift queues
  • It is quiet apart from occasional weekends and school holidays
  • It is uncrowded and lift queues are very rare

Ski Schools: 4.6

  • No ski schools available
  • One or two ski schools but local language only
  • A few ski schools but book early for multi-lingual instructors
  • Plenty of ski schools and multi-lingual instructors available
  • Excellent ski schools with friendly multi-lingual ski instructors

Hire and Repairs: 4.5

  • Nothing can be sourced, not even ski-wax or ptex
  • There are some ski shops but rentals need to be booked in advance
  • Good quality ski equipment can be purchased or hired and overnight repairs are possible

Beginners: 4.2

  • Beginners can only watch others ski and snowboard
  • A few gentle slopes but beginners will get bored in less than a week
  • Vast areas of gentle terrain

Intermediates: 4.2

  • No intermediate terrain at Coronet Peak
  • Intermediate skiers will get bored after a few days
  • Vast areas of cruising runs

Advanced: 3.9

  • Nothing for advanced skiers and snowboarders
  • Enough steep terrain for a few days with some good offpiste
  • Enough steep terrain and offpiste areas to entertain advanced skiers for at least a week

Snow Park: 2.6

  • Not even a kicker at Coronet Peak
  • Average sized park quite well looked after
  • Huge park area and expertly crafted pipes, jumps and boardercross trails

Cross-country: 2.3

  • There is nowhere to go for cross-country skiing around Coronet Peak
  • There are some cross country trails available
  • The area features many spectacular and well maintained cross-country trails

Luge/Toboggan: 2.5

  • No designated luge or toboggan runs
  • There are toboggan runs that open quite often
  • Coronet Peak has long and well maintained luge / toboggan facilities suitable for all ages

Mountain Dining: 3.7

  • Nowhere to buy food by the pistes
  • Some places to eat up on the mountain but they are often busy and expensive
  • There is a variety of excellent mountain eateries right next to the slopes to suit all budgets

Eating: 3.8

  • Bring your own food, there isn't even a shop
  • There are a few places to eat in the resort but nothing special
  • A wide variety of places to eat and drink in the resort, from fast food to fancy restaurants

Apres-Ski: 3.1

  • Nothing to do, not even a bar
  • There are a few bars in the resort but nothing special
  • Clubs and bars stay open until very late and have a friendly atmosphere

Other Sports: 2.9

  • No sports facilities at all apart from ski lifts
  • Resort has just a small public swimming pool
  • Resort has all kinds of sports facilities, including a full-size swimming pool

Entertainment: 3.8

  • Besides the snow and walking there is nothing to do here
  • The non-skier will find things to do for few days but may become bored after a week
  • The resort area is a fascinating place to visit, regardless of winter sports

Winter Walks: 3.6

  • Very limited walking and no snowshoe trails
  • A couple of designated scenic walking/snowshoe trails
  • Extensive and diverse winter walking trails for all abilities

Ski Pass Value: 3.2

  • A 1 week ski pass is overpriced compared to the number of lifts available
  • The ski pass is averagely priced and covers a reasonable number of lifts
  • Ski passes are excellent value for money and cover a lot of lifts spanning a big area

Value (National): 3.4

  • Overall, Coronet Peak is one of the most expensive ski resorts in the country and not worth the money
  • Overall represents average value for money
  • Overall offers the best value resort in the country

Value (Global): 3.3

  • Overall, Coronet Peak is one of the most expensive ski resorts in the world
  • Overall it offers pretty average value for money compared to resorts from other countries
  • Internationally the resort offers excellent value for money

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July 04, 2010
nicky
Skied at Coronet's (Coronet Peak) today - awesome - night skiing was amazing and the snow was terrific - man-made mostly but excellent conditions - enjoy.
January 22, 2010
Nick from Ski New Zealand New Zealand
Hey, just so reviewers know, Coronet Peak decided not to build a park this season. And they decided to instead invest all of their park building time and money into Remarks instead. It is a bit of a bummer that they didn't have any park features at Coronet this season, but I can understand where they're coming from and why they're doing that, cause I reckon that if you're not gonna build a decent park don't build one at all right, plus Coronet is a real fun freeride mountain with heaps of stuff to play around on. The time and money that they could of put into a Coronet park but put into Remarks instead was worth it I reckon because their park was fully built and cranking on opening day and they always had heaps of different and new features at Remarks as well. chur.
July 28, 2009
Ryan
I love this mountain, Coronet Peak has all you need. There are less challenging runs for the beginner and advanced runs for the more extreme and there is a snow park that is pretty well equiped with some fun features for the free-stylers. However, I was at Coronet Peak not too long ago and they hadn't got their park together. This was a major let down, but I still enjoyed the day.
August 21, 2008
Chez
You know what all I can say to all these people is as long as there is snow - it's all good. Someone asked me back home what was the best ski field in Australia to which I replied "the one that's closest to you". Come on guys lets not forget why we are skiers. We love the freedom and the white legal stuff as they call it!!!! I say if the lift goes fast or slow who cares as long as there is one!! Beats walking. Let's get back into the true stuff and enjoy the opportunity that is presented to us. Stay true and just have fun and don't forget keep challenging yourself or you just become a lazy skier.
August 19, 2008
Kym
Handy to town, fun runs and the new base building is great. We were lucky enough to time our holiday with some great snow (unlike last year) but the lift queues were at times long and disorganised, staff generally rude and unhelpful. Overall quite an expensive holiday. I love NZ and look forward to getting back there, but not for the snow season - totally outclassed by Japan.
August 15, 2008
Timbo from Ski New Zealand New Zealand
As a long time patron of Coronet, I have to ask Debbie and Katie what they are talking about with the slow lifts? "A lot of resorts in Europe and also now OZ are operating high speed lifts, not so at CP" - interesting considering Coronet has 2 high speed lifts, 1 state of the art Poma Leitner 6-seater, (complete with foot rest!), and one Dopplemayer quad, which operates more uphill capacity than any other lift in NZ. Strange... Overall Coronet has proved throughout this year with its new base building and spectacular snowmaking capabilities that it is the creme de la creme of skiing in NZ. It might not be Zermatt but its getting there. They had the mountain covered with artificial after that odd warm spell wall to wall within 10 days. Fantastic storms the last few days have meant awesome powder too!
August 10, 2008
Debbie Maqueen
We had lots of snow at CP, so that was good! I too found the lifts very slow. A lot of resorts in Europe and also now OZ are operating high speed lifts, not so at CP. The runs are pretty short and coupled with slow lifts you spend a lot of time off the snow, which for some people is ok, but I like to be on the snow. The ticket system is also antiquated and really needs an upgrade. The lift queues weren't big but were very disorganised and resembled a rugby scrum at times. Overall my impression of skiing is NZ is that someone needs a kick up the bum. I've skied Remarks and CP and they are not even close to average resorts in Europe. Both resorts very obviously need $$ for them to compete with Europe/North America.
July 23, 2008
Peter from Ski New Zealand New Zealand
I can't let Katie's biased review go unchallenged. Of course snow guns can't operate when it's not cold enough. NZ suffered an unseasonal warm spell at the beginning of winter (2008) that affected *all* resorts. Coronet Peak was the first to open and as soon as it got cold enough after the warm spell, the snow guns pumped out a massive amount of snow that had all the main trails open in 3 days. No other ski resort in the Southern Hemisphere can compete with that level of snow making. As for the slow lifts, the double chair is the only slow lift as it is deliberately designed that way for beginners. The quad and 6 seater chairs are both very swift chairlifts.
July 14, 2008
Mandy from Ski New Zealand New Zealand
What a great mountain! I love the new base building - the best I have seen anywhere. We were in town for 7 days and we skied Coronet every day with new snow on the trails every night with the snow guns! Awesome - cant wait to get back!
July 02, 2008
katie from Ski New Zealand New Zealand
All the hype about Coronet was a massive disappointment! The snow guns do not work if its not cold enough and who wants man made snow anyway when Cardrona is naturally a better mountain all round! And what a waste of money that building is! Why not speed the lifts up or pay the staff more so they are not so rude!