2025 Opening Dates for Ski Resorts in New Zealand New Zealand’s ski season typically begins in mid-June and extends into early October, though specific opening dates vary significantly by resort. Currently, Mt. Hutt is aiming to be the first resort in New Zealand to open for skiing and snowboarding, after receiving a nice 1.2-meter early May snowfall. Here are the opening dates for New Zealand’s ski resorts in chronological […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | May 13, 2025 0 Comments
[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
Wanaka, New Zealand, Conditions Report: Making the Most of Mixed Conditions It has been three weeks since the last snowfall in Wanaka, New Zealand, which granted both Treble Cone and Cardrona half a meter of snow (19 inches). Unfortunately, the temperatures rose during that time, causing the snow to either be slick and firm or soft and slushy (not to mention slowly melting). On-piste skiing has been excellent, but off-piste skiing […] Conditions Report Nathaniel Lewis | July 19, 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
Woman Suffers 9 Broken Ribs and Fractured Pelvis After Falling Off Chairlift at New Zealand Ski Area, Says Lifties Were “Not Paying Attention” An Auckland, New Zealand woman fell roughly 20-feet from a chairlift on Tuesday, August 3, and suffered nine cracked ribs, a punctured lung, liver bleeding, and a broken pelvis and arm. 35-year-old Janette Adams said she slipped while getting on a chairlift at Cardrona Alpine Resort in New Zealand. She held onto the chair for a while before eventually letting […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | August 10, 2021 0 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
New Zealand Winter Outlook: High Stoke, Low Profit With winter in the Southern Hemisphere just kicking off, New Zealand ski area operators have mixed thoughts on the season ahead. New Zealand implemented one of the most comprehensive quarantines in the world when the COVID-19 pandemic first began. As a result of those drastic measures, the New Zealand government has given ski areas the green light to open for […] Industry News Taylor Stephan | June 26, 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
VIDEO: 60-Seconds of Epicness that Will Make You Want to Fly to New Zealand Immediately [arve url="https://vimeo.com/283351593"] Steven Agar | August 11, 2018 100 Likes 1 Tweet 0 Comments
How To Do a Ski Season in New Zealand Right So you wanna take a short ski trip down to New Zealand during the summer? That’s cool… You wanna spend the summer doing an entire ski season down in New Zealand? Now we’re talking. Maybe you’ve done a few northern hemisphere winters already and you’re looking to keep that healthy addiction going… or maybe you’re having a quarter life crisis […] Guy LaDouche | August 1, 2018 0 Comments
The Ultimate Guide To Wanaka – New Zealand The Ultimate Guide To Wanaka – New Zealand Matt Wiseman After reading this we’re quietly confident you’ll wanna go to Wanaka Lake Wanaka (pronounced Wonaka) is nestled at the foot of Mount Aspiring National Park, the perfect staging ground to experience not only the best skiing on the South Island of New Zealand but some of the best skiing in […] Steven Agar | July 25, 2018 0 Comments
When Is The Best Time to Ski & Ride in New Zealand? Are you getting bummed that your ski season is coming to an end, or worse off, already over? Not to worry my friends, the New Zealand ski fields are already getting snow and will be open within a month. It’s no small feat to make your way to the other side of the world for a ski trip, so let us […] Guy LaDouche | July 21, 2018 1 Comment
Friday Fun: Hilarious Video Displays The Horrors of Snow Addiction… [iframe id=”https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FCardronaAlpineResort%2Fvideos%2F10154013323252946%2F&show_text=0&width=560″] Addiction can be ugly. Nowhere is it uglier than in the Southern Alps of New Zealand. It’s everywhere, people are selling it everywhere, they do it pregnant, it runs in the family, when they aren’t doing it, they aren’t even there. ADDICITION: the fact or condition of being addicted to a particular substance, thing, or activity. Check out […] Friday Fun SnowBrains | July 6, 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 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
New Zealand Ski Resorts’ Storm Totals: Up to 26″ New Zealand storm snowfall totals: *** Mt. Hutt 67 cms/ 26″of new snow Mt. Ruahpehu 40 cms/ 16″ new snow “150km+ winds around the tops & blizzard conditions. There are massive, delicious wind drifts across the mountain which also means there are a few wind stripped spots that our groomers are working to cover.”-Turoa Update, courtesy Mt. Ruapehu Facebook […] Conditions Report LadyBrains | July 14, 2017 0 Comments
How to Ski and Ride New Zealand: Is the summer heat getting to you? Have you already started counting down the days until your local ski hill opens? Maybe you should just blow that number to shreds and book your ticket to New Zealand. As you can see, most of the skiing is on the South Island (with also happens to be one of the most beautiful […] Guy LaDouche | July 14, 2017 2 Comments
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