Canterbury Region Ski Resorts (New Zealand)

At a glance

Tier A resorts5
Tier B resorts8
Total resorts on record16
Avg vertical drop374 m

Rankings: Highest-Elevation Ski Resorts in Canterbury Region (New Zealand), Biggest-Vertical Ski Resorts in Canterbury Region (New Zealand), Most-Lift Ski Resorts in Canterbury Region (New Zealand), Most-Runs Ski Resorts in Canterbury Region (New Zealand)

Resorts

ResortVerticalLiftsRuns
Awakino Ski Area465.1 m30
Broken River Ski Area398.1 m1021
Craigieburn Valley Ski Area516.6 m324
Fox Peak Ski Area520 m55
Hanmer Springs Ski Area310.5 m30
Mount Cheeseman Ski Area304.5 m334
Mount Dobson Ski Field297.6 m411
Mount Hutt Ski Area645.8 m535
Mount Olympus Ski Area349.2 m52
Porters Ski Area638.7 m623
Roundhill Ski Field754.9 m410
Temple Basin405 m311
Ōhau Snow Fields380.5 m311
Craigieburn (tier C — no standalone page) m00
Lake Stella (tier C — no standalone page) m00
Mt. Olympus (tier C — no standalone page) m00

Getting there

Regional gateway airports: Wanaka Airport (WKA), Timaru Airport (TIU), Queenstown Airport (ZQN), Hokitika Airfield (HKK), Christchurch International Airport (CHC), Westport Airport (WSZ), Nelson Airport (NSN), Woodbourne Airport (BHE).

FAQ

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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/.