Lindsey Vonn has joined the U.S. Alpine Ski Team in Roundhill, New Zealand. She joins team members Paula Moltzan and Patrick Kenney, who are also training in Roundhill while other U.S. team members have been spotted in South America.
Roundhill is a premier training center known for offering the largest vertical drop in Australasia, and it’s become a summer training hotspot for elite skiers. New Zealand ski racer Alice Robinson is a regular visitor, and American powerhouse Mikaela Shiffrin trained there last summer, however, Shiffrin is currently training at El Colorado in Chile.
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Lindsey Vonn recently announced that she has enlisted legendary Norwegian skier Aksel Lund Svindal to serve as her coach and equipment strategist for the 2025-26 season. Vonn made a surprise comeback to competitive ski racing last season following a knee replacement surgery in April 2024. The 40-year-old returned to competitive ski racing in December this year and has consistently placed in the top 16 for the 2024-25 season. Going into the 2025-26 season, the seasoned athlete will certainly be one to watch heading into the Olympics, especially after Vonn rounded out her successful comeback season with a podium at the World Cup Finals in Sun Valley, Idaho.
The Roundhill Ski Area is a small, family-owned ski area in the Canterbury District of New Zealand, about 4 hours from Christchurch. The area is serviced by two t-bars (one of which is 1.2 kilometers or 0.75 miles long) and two rope tows (one of which is 1.5 kilometers or 0.94 miles long) and boasts New Zealand’s biggest vertical of 783 meters (2,569 feet). The vertical brings many international to this ski area for summer training.
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