Cardrona Ski Fields
18 Dunmore St, Wanaka
Cardrona is renowned for great natural snow due to a higher elevation and its southerly aspect. This is further enhanced through snowmaking.
Base Facilities;
International base facilities surround a central courtyard including:
- Fully licenced Mezz cafe bar & restaurant
- Base self-service cafe
- Noodle Bar
- Juice and Java Bar
- Captains Pizzeria
- Snow Accessory Shop
- Ski & Snowboard School
- High Performance Centre
- Four Kids Centres-nursery, pre-schoolers, younger kids and older kids
- Full rental services including workshop
- Alphine accommodation
- Medical centre
- Ticketing & guest services
Kids Centres;
New Zealand's best includes the following seperate centres
Cardrona's Kid Centres/Prices
- Kids Centre (3 months-3 years)-"Nursery"
- Kids Centre (3-4 years)-"Ski Korral"
- Kids Centre (5-14 years)-"Kids Club"
- Kids Centre (5-14 years)-"Kids Programme Centre"
The Nursery and Ski Korral are both Fully Licenced Early Childhood Centres. These Centres are audited regularly by the NZ Ministry of Education.
Kids Multi Day Programmes
Medical Centre;
Cardrona's medical facilities, equipment and of course staff are of a very high standard. A registered doctor is on duty at all times, and a physiotherapist is on standby. Trained patrol staff monitor onslope safety constantly.
Other Service;
- Lockers are available in rental for the small fee of $4
- A card phone is located in the Base cafe
- Public email is available on the mountain for those who cannot wait to send the good news home from Cardrona!
Slope Facilities
Pipe Park
The park consists of four pipes - The International, Rookie, Monser and the Johnny. The last two are built to the enlarged Superpipe dimensions, while the Rookie and International are shallower but still use the same transition for easy introduction and smooth ridin. Usually two pipes are in operation on any given day - one used exclusively by the High Performance Centre until mid-September, and the other open for public use. The pipes are normally shaped daily.
Terrain Parks
The Heavy Metal trail runs the length of the Whitestar Express on a purpose built terraced course. This trail is home to the larger rails and features, normally exceeding 8m in size.
The Playzone trail runs alongside the upper Heavy Metal Trail utilising smaller features. The Beginners trail, near the half pipe park, just for kids and first time freestylers.
Gravity Cross
An 800m sculptured track for skiers and boarders made up of banked corners, jumps and rollers.
Lift Passes
A day lift pass accesses the entire mountain and ALL the lifts.
Lift Passes Prices
Day Pass
A day pass also accesses all 3 Magic Learner lifts and the Beginner platter for the day. However generally first-time skiers who need to use these slopes are better off with a First-time pack.
Multi day passes: "4 out of 6" Pass
Multi day passes are VERY convienient. They create savings over 4 days of skiing while allowing flexibility within a one-week holiday for weather and other activities. The pass is validated as customers pass through the lift stations with our automated ticketing system. Therefore the customer does not have to go back to the ticket office everyday. If the pass is lost then we can alert all the lift stations and even reissue a pass with the correct number of remaining days if the client keeps their reciept from issue. Multi-day passes do expire if not used within the 6-day period and are not refundable unless the mountain is closed.
Multi day passes: "5 Day Anytime passes"
The 5 Day Anytime passes create savings and are best suited for someone on a longer holiday (more than one week) who wishes to be able to make savings on day pass prices yet retain maximum flexibility.
As the passes are issued in voucher form they will need to be validated daily. This process involves visiting ticketing services either in Wanaka, Queenstown or on the mountain daily to exchange the voucher for valid day lift pass.
Rental
To provide the latest technology for customers to experience, without having to purchase expensive equipment that is rarely used. Test equipment from leading manufacturers is also available for hire as well as a full workshop for repairs and tuning.
Feature:
- Shaped skis range in sizes from 70-190cm.
- Ski boot sizes range from Jnr 7 (approx 3yrs) to Adult 13.
- Top performance skis are available for a $10 cash upgrade on the day. Twin tips are available.
- Snowboards range from 88-167cm
- Snowboard boot sizes range from Jnr 12 (approx 8yrs) to Adult 14.
- Snowboard are almost all hi-kick bindings to improve performance, safety and fit for all levels of riding. Soft Easi-slide (and Learn To Ride) boards are available for First-timers.
- Wristguards are available free of charge with rental.
- Dressing rooms are located in the Rental department allowing you to change and leave your belongings in a locker. These are also located in Rental and cost $4 per day for unlimited access.
- Overnight storage is available for consecutive day hire. Storage also available for own gear at $8 per day
LESSONS AND COACHING
SKI AND SNOWBOARD SCHOOL
Group Lessons (Skiing & Snowboarding)
Objectives:
- Learn-Compatible skiers and boarders learning new personalised skill to take you further
- Safe-With an instructor
- Fun-With a like-minded group of skiers and boarders
- Social-Meet people to enjoy skiing and boarding with
- Challenge-Step it up in front of your peers
Adult Group lessons depart from the Ski and Snowboard School meeting area at 10.30am and 2pm. All leasons are of 2 hours duration. Please arrive 10 minutes beforehand.
Single Lesson |
Multi Lesson |
|
| Adult | $53 | $44 |
| Child | $40 | $33 |
| (Min of 3 lessons purchased to qualify) |
Valid 27th June-12th October 2008(Valid 27th June-12th October 2008)High Performance Centre
Whether you're looking to bust some huge moves in the Park and Pipe, improve your time and technique through the race course, gain some new skills in a clinic, or get some tips on moguls, steep chutes and power, Cardrona High Performance Centre (HPC) has got you covered. The Centre is for more experienced skiers and snowboarders wanting to achieve more advanced skills and technique.
The HPC also houses our instructor training programmes for those who are interested in pursuing a career in the snow sports industry. It has some of the best athletes, coaches and instructors in NZ and takes a coaching, guiding, workshop or clinic aproach to developing your skiing or snowboarding rather than a traditional lesson.
Season Passes
| Before 30 April | Full Season | |
| Adult | $655 | $1,245 |
| Student | $655 | $1.245 |
| Child (6-17 years inclusive) | $160 | $275 |
| 60-74 years | $250 | $375 |
| 75+ | $5 | $5 |
Valid 27th June-12th October(Valid 27th June-12th October 2008)Purchase:
Payment and customer details must be received at the Cardrona office by the relevant cut-off dates as listed above. Late payment relating to purchases of season passes will mean the price of the pass increases to the next applicable price bracket.
Season passes are NOT transferable and cannot be purchased without customer details to assign to the pass. Once a pass has been pre-purchased the customer can come to the mountain office at Cardrona to have the pass issued. Personal photo ID will be required. For overseas customers we recommend bringing a passport.
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