New Zealand Ski Area Opening 150 Hectares of New Terrain
New Zealand Ski Area Opening 150 Hectares of New Terrain
Published : 12-May-2025 08:20
One of the biggest terrain expansions in New Zealand ski history is coming this winter when Cardrona Alpine Resort opens 150 hectares of newly lift-accessed skiable terrain served by a new high-speed 6-seater Doppelmayr chairlift in its Soho Basin area.
If that wasn't enough, a new T-bar is also being installed in Cardrona's Main Basin between the existing McDougall's and Whitestar chairlifts, providing options for quick laps for skiers and snowboarders utilising the Big Bucks World Cup slopestyle course, Lil' Bucks terrain park, Gravity Cross course, and Racecourse trail.
And on top of all that, a modern retail and restaurant building will be constructed in the existing retail and admin location, moving Cardrona's Noodle Bar to a more accessible location with more seating, and providing a bespoke space to house Cardrona's retail offering.
Continued improvements have also been made to snowmaking, carparking, roading and other amenities over the summer months.
"It's important to us to make sure we're able to cater to the increase in skier capacity that Soho brings, and these measures will help improve our guest experience across the mountain," says Cardrona and Treble Cone GM, Laura Hedley.
Cardrona's 2025 season is expected to open on June 14th, early conditions permitting, and run through to October 5th, 2025. The resort has already had several pre-season snowfalls.
The resort is also building a new freestyle dry slope also due to open in June 2025 as we reported here:
https://www.j2ski.com/ski-chat-forum/posts/list/0/21264/new-freestyle-dry-slope-cardrona-new-zealand-open-june-2025.page
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