Temple Basin Ski Resort

Generated terrain visualization of Temple Basin — Shaded-relief visualization built from elevation data near Temple Basin. Not a photograph.

Overview

Key stats

Official website — Last checked 2026-09-13

Base elevation1346.3 m

Top elevation1751.3 m

Vertical drop405 m

Lifts3

Runs11

Total run distance7.45 km

Lifts by type

Type	Count
drag lift	3

Runs by difficulty

Difficulty	Distance
easy	0.51 km
advanced	0.36 km
intermediate	6.57 km

Maps

Official trail map: see templebasin.co.nz

Run & lift overview

Run and lift overview of Temple Basin, drawn from OpenStreetMap data — 11 runs and 3 lifts

Temple Basin: 11 runs, 3 lifts. A schematic built from OpenStreetMap/OpenSkiMap data — this is not Temple Basin's official trail map. © OpenStreetMap contributors, OpenSkiMap (ODbL).

Getting there

Nearest airports

Hokitika Airfield (HKK) — 53.3 km straight-line
Christchurch International Airport (CHC) — 100.5 km straight-line
Westport Airport (WSZ) — 130.3 km straight-line

Nearest cities

Christchurch, Canterbury — 109.9 km straight-line
Wellington, Wellington Region — 319.3 km straight-line
Lower Hutt, Wellington Region — 333.4 km straight-line

Also covered by

Timaru Airport

Passes

Temple Basin has no multi-resort pass affiliations on record.

Nearby resorts

Craigieburn Valley Ski Area — 24 km straight-line
Broken River Ski Area — 25 km straight-line
Mount Cheeseman Ski Area — 28 km straight-line
Mount Olympus Ski Area — 32 km straight-line
Porters Ski Area — 40 km straight-line

FAQ

FAQ not yet available.

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/.