Most-Lift Ski Resorts in New Zealand
Ranked by most-lifts across New Zealand.
Ranking
| Rank | Resort | Value | Gap to next |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whakapapa | 13 | +3 |
| 2 | Broken River Ski Area | 10 | +0 |
| 3 | Cardrona Alpine Resort | 10 | +2 |
| 4 | Tūroa | 8 | +0 |
| 5 | Coronet Peak | 8 | +1 |
| 6 | The Remarkables Ski Area | 7 | +1 |
| 7 | Porters Ski Area | 6 | +0 |
| 8 | Mount Lyford Alpine Resort | 6 | +1 |
| 9 | Fox Peak Ski Area | 5 | +0 |
| 10 | Mount Hutt Ski Area | 5 | +0 |
| 11 | Mount Olympus Ski Area | 5 | +0 |
| 12 | Rainbow Ski Area | 5 | +1 |
| 13 | Mount Dobson Ski Field | 4 | +0 |
| 14 | Roundhill Ski Field | 4 | +0 |
| 15 | Manganui | 4 | +1 |
| 16 | Awakino Ski Area | 3 | +0 |
| 17 | Craigieburn Valley Ski Area | 3 | +0 |
| 18 | Hanmer Springs Ski Area | 3 | +0 |
| 19 | Mount Cheeseman Ski Area | 3 | +0 |
| 20 | Temple Basin | 3 | +0 |
| 21 | Ōhau Snow Fields | 3 | +0 |
| 22 | Treble Cone Ski Area | 3 | +0 |
| 23 | Tukino Skifield | 3 | — |
Methodology & caveats
Ranked on the most-lifts field as recorded for each resort. Figures come from OpenSkiMap/Wikidata and resort-reported statistics, which are not independently audited across resorts — see the per-resort page for sourcing.
Other rankings for New Zealand: Highest-Elevation Ski Resorts in New Zealand, Biggest-Vertical Ski Resorts in New Zealand, Most-Runs Ski Resorts in New Zealand
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Data sources
Last verified: 2026-09-13
Base facts from OpenSkiMap (ODbL), OpenStreetMap contributors, Wikidata (CC0), OurAirports (public domain) and GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). See /data-sources/.