The Mountain
- Base Area Elevation: 1670m
- Highest Lifted Point: 1860m
- Vertical Rise: 600m
- Terrain: 345 hectares
Terrain
- 20% Beginner
- 55% Intermediate
- 25% Advanced
Operating hours: 9am – 4pm daily
Season: 22nd June to 7th October 2012
Average Annual Snowfall: 2.7 metres. Snowmaking to supplement natural snow in the Main and Captain's Basins.
Lifts
- 2 quad fixed chairlift
- 2 quad express chairlifts
- 2 surface conveyor lifts
- 1 pipe platter lift
- Lift capacity 11,000 people per hour
Base Facilities
- Snow shop
- Full rental services including workshop
- Alpine accommodation
- Snowfoto - on mountain photography of you and your family
- Ticketing & guest services
- Medical Centre - Cardrona’s medical facilities, equipment, curriculum 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 on-slope safety constantly.
- Lockers are available in rental for the small fee of $5.
- A card phone is located in the Base cafeteria
Instruction, Coaching and Child Care and Development
- Ski & Snowboard School
- High Performance Centre
- kids@cardrona
- New Zealand’s best facilities for kids:
- Nursery & Kindy (3 months – 3 years)
- Ski Kindy (3 –4 years)
- Kids Ski & Snowboard School (5 – 14 years) with indoor facilities in the Archway Building (Eastside & Westside)
- The Cardrona Kindys are licensed early childhood centres, audited bi-annually by the NZ Ministry of Education.
Cafés
We have five cafés on the mountain.
Downstairs in the main base building you will find the Base Café which serves a huge range of fast food and beverages, great for those on the run and plenty of sweet things to keep the energy levels up. Seating 300 people inside and another 180 in the courtyard outside.
Upstairs you will find the Mezz Café with a restaurant-style lunch. It has great views of the mountain where the coffee is excellent and a wide selection of wines and spirits are available. Seating 120 people.
Beside the Base Café is the Juice and Java Bar which serves freshly made juices, smoothies and espresso type coffees.
Dining slope-side is even better with a Noodle Bar including wide decks overlooking the slopes. Ski right in from skyline ridge to select fresh vegetables along with your choice of noodles and meats cooked on the spot for hot nutritious dining. Seating 80 inside and 40 outside.
On the other side of the mountain is the Captain’s Pizzeria where the food is delicious and the sheltered outdoor dining makes you feel on top of the world. Seating 240 inside and 80 outside on wide sunny decks.
