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Hints & Tips

Check out all our top tips to make your time on the mountain go smooooth as...

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Your guide to choosing a lift pass this season

Check out this easy breakdown of all our lift passes on offer, to help you decide what will work for you.

Feb. 20, 2024 By Eleanor Stephens
Opinion

How to Maximise your School Holiday Snow Time 

Coming up the mountain for the first time with your family in tow can be a lengthy process, so let us help you to help yourselves by maximizing yours and your littleun’s precious time up here.

Jul. 04, 2022 By Eleanor Stephens
Opinion

8 Tips for your Family Ski Holiday from Local Wānaka Parents

We asked a couple of local experts, Jay Smith and Leigh Fountain, to help with some top tips for a day skiing or snowboarding in NZ with your kids.

May. 14, 2021
Opinion

5 Ways to Prep for Queenstown's Mountain Bike Season

Days are getting sunnier, evenings are getting lighter, and with 6 weeks to go until the Cardrona Bike Park opens, it’s time to get prepped, dust your mountain bike off, and make it Queenstown-ready.

Nov. 01, 2023 By Eleanor Stephens
Opinion

5 Tips for Families Visiting in the School Holidays

Read these 5 tips on how to use our snow sports school during these school holidays.

Jun. 26, 2023 By Eleanor Stephens
Opinion

Cardrona and Treble Cone's Carpooling Tips

Carpooling is the ultimate win-win situation these school holidays. We think it’s so great, we’ve put together five tips that will help you get on board.

Jul. 12, 2022 By Eleanor Stephens
Opinion

How to be a Better Dad Cam

Being the Official Dad Cam for your ski or snowboard crew is a high-pressure role... so we put together some tips to improve on your skills and be the best Dad Cam out!

Jul. 30, 2021 By Jen Houltham
Opinion

Guide to Winter 2021

Visiting Cardrona this season? Here's our guide to Winter 2021 with important information about the season ahead!

Jul. 07, 2021 By Jen Houltham
Opinion

Spring Skiing and Riding - What to Bring

Spring has it all - sunny days, snowstorms, slush and powder. If you're visiting in the October school holidays, you'll need to be ready!

Sep. 17, 2020 By Jen Houltham
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How to Decipher the Snow Report

Some common terms and their definitions to help skiers and snowboarders learn a thing or two about how we describe the current conditions in the daily snow report.

Aug. 19, 2020 By Siobhan Cardus
Opinion

7 reasons to stop in Cardrona this summer

We put together some of our top tips for activities to do both on the mountain and down in the Cardrona Valley this summer... are your favourites on our list?

Dec. 10, 2019 By Jen Houltham