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Joyau cachéÉquipements haut de gammeVues spectaculairesJoyau cachéÉquipements haut de gammeVues spectaculairesJoyau cachéÉquipements haut de gammeVues spectaculairesJoyau cachéCardrona Alpine Resort is a wide, sun-filled mountain high in the Southern Alps of New Zealand's South Island, with long views over lake country and snow-capped peaks in every direction. It's best known for its freestyle pedigree, having hosted World Cup events and trained a string of Olympic skiers and snowboarders, but its appeal runs far wider than terrain parks. This is a mountain that suits a family on their first ski holiday just as well as a rider chasing podium-standard jumps, with plenty in between for everyone else. The feel of the place is relaxed and friendly, with a culture that's serious about skiing and easy-going about everything else, which is about as Kiwi as it gets.
Following the 2025 opening of its Soho Basin, Cardrona is now New Zealand's largest ski resort, with more than 600 hectares of terrain spread across several broad, open basins. Climbing from a base at 1,260m to a summit of 1,860m, the mountain sits above the treeline, so instead of trails cut through forest you get sweeping snowfields and wide, rolling pistes, divided by an occasional steep ridge and chute. Difficulty is spread fairly evenly across all levels, with gentle, confidence-building runs for beginners, long cruisers for intermediates, and a good share of advanced and expert terrain. Beyond the 30-plus marked runs there's extensive off-piste to explore. The season runs from mid-June to early October (squarely in the Southern Hemisphere winter), and an average of around 2.9m of natural snow a year, topped up by snowmaking on the main basins, keeps the key runs in good shape throughout.
Most people visiting Cardrona base themselves in one of two lakeside towns and head up the mountain road each morning, though there's also a small cluster of self-catering apartments at the base if you'd rather stay slopeside. Wānaka is relaxed and lakeside, with a strong food and craft-beer scene. Queenstown, over the Crown Range, is the South Island's adventure hub. Beyond skiing, the area is one of New Zealand's great outdoor playgrounds: you can take a scenic lake cruise, soak in hot pools, sample the local wineries, or get your adrenaline going with bungee jumping, jet boating, and skydiving. Skiing high on the mountain by day and dropping back to the lakes by night gives the whole trip an easy rhythm, with two of the country's finest towns to enjoy in the evenings.
Check out Cardrona ski deals to start planning your trip.
Cardrona Alpine Resort is a wide, sun-filled mountain high in the Southern Alps of New Zealand's South Island, with long views over lake country and snow-capped peaks in every direction. It's best known for its freestyle pedigree, having hosted World Cup events and trained a string of Olympic skiers and snowboarders, but its appeal runs far wider than terrain parks. This is a mountain that suits a family on their first ski holiday just as well as a rider chasing podium-standard jumps, with plenty in between for everyone else. The feel of the place is relaxed and friendly, with a culture that's serious about skiing and easy-going about everything else, which is about as Kiwi as it gets.
Following the 2025 opening of its Soho Basin, Cardrona is now New Zealand's largest ski resort, with more than 600 hectares of terrain spread across several broad, open basins. Climbing from a base at 1,260m to a summit of 1,860m, the mountain sits above the treeline, so instead of trails cut through forest you get sweeping snowfields and wide, rolling pistes, divided by an occasional steep ridge and chute. Difficulty is spread fairly evenly across all levels, with gentle, confidence-building runs for beginners, long cruisers for intermediates, and a good share of advanced and expert terrain. Beyond the 30-plus marked runs there's extensive off-piste to explore. The season runs from mid-June to early October (squarely in the Southern Hemisphere winter), and an average of around 2.9m of natural snow a year, topped up by snowmaking on the main basins, keeps the key runs in good shape throughout.
Most people visiting Cardrona base themselves in one of two lakeside towns and head up the mountain road each morning, though there's also a small cluster of self-catering apartments at the base if you'd rather stay slopeside. Wānaka is relaxed and lakeside, with a strong food and craft-beer scene. Queenstown, over the Crown Range, is the South Island's adventure hub. Beyond skiing, the area is one of New Zealand's great outdoor playgrounds: you can take a scenic lake cruise, soak in hot pools, sample the local wineries, or get your adrenaline going with bungee jumping, jet boating, and skydiving. Skiing high on the mountain by day and dropping back to the lakes by night gives the whole trip an easy rhythm, with two of the country's finest towns to enjoy in the evenings.
Check out Cardrona ski deals to start planning your trip.
4.9/5Je réserve habituellement moi-même les vols, les transferts, l'hôtel, la location du matériel de ski et les forfaits ski, mais cette année j'ai utilisé WeSki pour un séjour à Morzine. C'était tellement plus simple. Tout a parfaitement fonctionné - les transferts sont arrivés à l'heure et il y avait beaucoup de retours d'information tout au long du processus, ce qui vous donne confiance que les vacances se dérouleront sans problème.
Un service vraiment utile qui est beaucoup plus facile à utiliser que d'autres sites "tout compris". Il comble parfaitement le fossé entre une agence de voyage et la réservation du séjour par vous-même en ligne. J'utiliserai WeSki chaque fois que j'irai au ski à partir de maintenant.
Nous avons réservé un séjour au ski de dernière minute à Morzine via WeSki. Nous avions envisagé de réserver le séjour nous-mêmes, mais nous n'avons pas pu trouver un prix aussi avantageux que celui proposé par WeSki. L'entreprise a été super et nous n'avons rencontré aucun problème du début à la fin. Je passerai certainement de nouveau par eux pour réserver un autre week-end au ski.
Une expérience fluide du début à la fin. Je passais des heures à essayer d'organiser un week-end et j'ai réussi à le faire avec WeSki en quelques minutes et pour le même prix que si je l'avais réservé moi-même. Le vol, le transfert et l'hébergement étaient tous comme prévu et nous n'avons rencontré aucun problème.
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