[VIDEO] 3 Skiers Carried and 1 Partially Buried Following Avalanche in Treble Cone, New Zealand, Backcountry A group of four backcountry skiers narrowly escaped serious injury, or worse, after triggering an avalanche in the Treble Cone backcountry near Wānaka, New Zealand, on Saturday afternoon. The incident, approximately two kilometers (1.25 miles) from the Treble Cone Ski Field boundary, resulted in three members of the party being swept down the slope, including one buried up to […] Avalanche AvyBrains | September 8, 2025 1 Comment
[PHOTOS] Avalanche Buries Skier Near Treble Cone Ski Area, New Zealand On Monday, a skier was buried in an avalanche near Wānaka’s Treble Cone ski area amid ongoing risks in New Zealand’s Southern Alps. The incident occurred in a backcountry area known as “Gotleibs” around noon when a group of five skiers triggered an avalanche that engulfed one of their members. The avalanche was 40 centimeters (16 inches ) deep, 30 […] Avalanche AvyBrains | September 23, 2024 0 Comments
New Zealand Winter: Treble Cone And Ohau Open New Zealand June 29 – Treble Cone and Ohau have opened for the season. Regardless of a thin snow cover, many people gathered to enjoy opening day at both fields. At Treble Cone the sun was out and there were barbecues throughout the carpark with the smell of bacon and eggs polluting the air. The current snow base at Treble […] Industry News Nathaniel Lewis | June 30, 2024 0 Comments
Hometown Mountain Shoutout: Treble Cone, Home of New Zealand’s Freeride Community Treble Cone (TC) is the largest ski field on New Zealand’s South Island. With an elevation of 2,088 meters (6,851 feet) and lift elevation of 1,960 meters (6,431 feet), TC is well known for its long ungroomed runs and renowned off-piste, jaw-dropping views of Lake Wanaka. Treble Coble, in the translation of New Zealand’s native language, Te Reo Maori, is […] Nathaniel Lewis | June 19, 2024 1 Comment
Treble Cone Ski Area, NZ, Threatens to Revoke Skier’s Season Pass After He Shared Tips With His Beginner Buddies Treble Cone Ski Resort, New Zealand, has warned a skier that they could revoke his season pass after he shared skiing tips with his friends on the beginner slopes. Related: Hometown Mountain Shoutout: Treble Cone, Home of New Zealand’s Freeride Community Last weekend, James Sorrenson, a Hawea resident, shared skiing tips with friends on Treble Cone’s learner slope. To his […] Industry News Kiwi Brains | August 29, 2023 7 Comments
Treble Cone Ski Resort, New Zealand Trip Report: Ripper Terrain With Family Feel Trip report from August 22, 2023 Legit and Lovable; two fantastic words that spring to mind as cornerstones of the community and snow scene at Treble Cone Ski Resort, above Wanaka, New Zealand. Treble Cone, known locally as ‘TC’, is home to the longest vert rise in the Queenstown Southern Lakes District, tops out at a delightful 6,850 feet of […] Trip Report Paulie | August 27, 2023 4 Comments
GM at Cardrona and Treble Cone, NZ Pens Open Letter Apologizing for Poor Guest Experience Ski resorts in New Zealand have been caught out these last couple of weeks by unexpectedly high skier numbers, so much so that the General Manager of Cardrona and Treble Cone, Bridget Legnavsky, was forced to pen an open letter of apology. Related: Against All Odds, New Zealand Ski Resorts See Record Number of Visitors Due to closed borders as […] Industry News Kiwi Brains | July 24, 2020 0 Comments
VIDEO: Double-backflip Off Huge Cliff at Treble Cone Ski Area, NZ | New Zealand Having Epic Winter So Far Ben Richards sends a beautiful double-backflip off the summit at Treble Cone Ski Area in New Zealand earlier this week. Treble Cone Ski Area just received a foot of new snow on July 12. The ski area currently has a 51″ base after having been open less than a month since that start of ski season in New Zealand […] Cliff Jumping Kiwi Brains | July 16, 2020 0 Comments
Cardrona Alpine Resort, NZ Gets Approval for $7-Million Purchase of Treble Cone Ski Field Cardrona Alpine Resort in New Zealand has been granted approval from the Commerce Commission to complete the acquisition of Treble Cone skifield near Wanaka. On Friday, chairwoman Anna Rawlings said in coming to its decision the commission had focused on whether the price of single-day, multi-day and season ski passes would increase with the acquisition. It also considered the extent to which […] Industry News Kiwi Brains | December 20, 2019 0 Comments
Cardrona Alpine Resort, New Zealand Agrees Deal to Purchase Nearby Treble Cone Ski Area Cardrona Alpine Resort. Credit: Cardrona In breaking news, Snowsbest is reporting that after persistent unconfirmed rumors, an official deal has now been agreed for Cardrona Alpine Resort in New Zealand to purchase fellow Kiwi resort Treble Cone Ski Area. Related: BREAKING NEWS: 3 New Zealand Ski Resorts Added To The 2018/19 Ikon Pass “We are absolutely stoked to look at […] Industry News Kiwi Brains | June 18, 2019 0 Comments
Treble Cone, NZ Conditions Video Report: Spicy Fun! “🌶 Things got a little spicy yesterday (July 12th, 2018)🌶 Found some new hits that I hadn’t skied before too! Maybe slightly too much when I managed to ski into a hole and tear a couple ligaments in my ankle. 😬 Thankfully the doctors have said it’s not too bad and should be back on snow shortly! 🙏” – Louis Chaunard Conditions Report Louis Charnaud | July 13, 2018 0 Comments
Conditions Report: Treble Cone, New Zealand is Ripping Right Now | A Fresh Foot in the Forecast Treble Cone, New Zealand received an inch or two of fresh snow overnight and the forecast is for up to a foot over the next few days. Since opening last week, conditions have been pretty sweet, good early season snow always helps! The base is around 28″ and all lifts are turning. If you’re still not convinced about whether to head […] Conditions Report WeatherBrains | July 5, 2018 0 Comments
Treble Cone, NZ Conditions Report: Awesome Pow Day via 60cms New Snow “Awesome pow day at Treble Cone on Monday, September 11th. 60cms of new snow in the last few days and the Saddle Basin never opened on Sunday. Best snow of the day was in the Motatapu Chutes. The saddle had a bit of a crust on top, so it wasn’t as dreamy as I’d hoped, but the Main Basin had some […] Conditions Report Kiwi Brains | September 12, 2017 0 Comments
Treble Cone, NZ Conditions Report Video: Feature-full Pow Riding Fun words and video by Louis Charnaud video from today Treble Cone NZ has been on point recently with cold temps and regular top ups of snow despite the slight delay to the start of the season! However over the past couple days temps have risen and we received a wet snow fall that proceeded to crust up and freeze which […] Conditions Report Kiwi Brains | August 7, 2017 0 Comments
Treble Cone = New Zealand’s Home for Freeride Shredding [sponsored by Treble Cone, NZ] South America gets a lot of the summer skiing glory but New Zealand has just as much on offer. New Zealand has some of the best terrain and epic mountains you’ll ever see. Not to mention the fact that in most places, you can ride, surf and do a variety of other sports throughout the winter […] D’Arcy McLeish | July 18, 2017 0 Comments
VIDEO: Opening Day Powder at Treble Cone, NZ “Awesome opening day up at Treble Cone yesterday. Saddle and Summit laps and one cheeky Kea sighting ” – Garret Cygan, July 6th, 2017 Conditions Report Guest Author | July 7, 2017 0 Comments
Treble Cone, NZ Postpones Opening Due to Warm Temps & Lack of Snow Treble Cone ski area in New Zealand, one of the most badass ski areas in New Zealand, has postponed their opening indefinitely due to a current lack of snow and warm temps. Treble Cone had planned on opening last Saturday, June 17th, 2017. We’ll certainly keep you updated as to when they do plan on opening as the weather situation […] Industry News SnowBrains | June 20, 2017 0 Comments
Treble Cone, NZ Closing Day: The Best in the Southern Hemisphere Treble Cone closed for the season this Sunday and as usual ended the winter in style. Treble Cone closing day is well known around New Zealand as being the best party of the season and TC fans literally fly across the country for it. The weather wasn’t very cooperative, with poor visibility from some low-lying cloud for most of the day […] Marian Krogh | October 3, 2016 0 Comments
VIDEO: Treble Cone, NZ Highlight Reel | Winter 2016 Whitedot skis athlete from The UK tearing it up in New Zealand and sending things big! His name is Sam Allen … he is 22, he is competing in FWQ events this year and he’s looking like a promising FWT contender! We spent the entirety of the season getting shots of Sam hucking big cliffs and tricks. Have a watch! and Enjoy! – […] Guest Author | September 20, 2016 0 Comments
VIDEO: One Crazy Fun Spring Lap at Treble Cone, NZ “Spring is has arrived at TrebleCone, NZ! Mornings are hard but as soon as the suns out it softens and becomes a slushy playground! .. On Monday, we went out to film some clips of some lines that we hadn’t got yet but the snow had already softened too much and was too punchy to go big ! So instead we decided […] Louis Charnaud | September 15, 2016 0 Comments
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