News from Cardrona Alpine Resort

Don't miss the latest happenings out of Cardrona Alpine Resort, including new lifts, terrain expansions, weather, photo galleries, infographics and current events skiers and mountain travelers should know about. Stay up-to-date on Cardrona Alpine Resort news and events by clicking on articles from the list below or page through to see coverage from the entire ski season.

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Southern Hemisphere Winter Underway
The Southern Hemisphere's winter is off to a roaring start, with fresh snow falling and snow packs strengthening from Argentina to Australia.
23rd June 2017
Summer Ski Safaris in the Southern Hemisphere
Always wanted to explore Chile, Argentina or New Zealand on skis? Here are some of the best options
9th June 2014
A Hot Tub with a View
Few hot tubs can compare to the scenic beauty of these ones, located in the finest ski resorts spanning the globe.
16th August 2012
New Zealand Prepares to Open With More Than a Meter of Snow
NZ has up to a meter of pre-season powder already; resort openings start Saturday.
6th June 2012
Shaky start for Southern Hemisphere's skiers
Australia's ski season is underway, but New Zealand and South America are forced to postpone due to lack of snow.
17th June 2011
Down Under: Australia's Snow Gums To New Zealand's 'Southern Alps'
Australia? New Zealand? The winter Down Under is the opposite of North America and the European Alps so that means plenty of fun for those who live there and those who make the trek to feed their habit year-round.
27th April 2009
FIS World Cup Snowboard Event At Cardrona
Cardrona resort on New Zealand's South Island will host the first stop on the 2008/2009 LG FIS Snowboard World Cup tour on September 6. The resort is expecting over one hundred athletes from eighteen countries with athletes taking to the twenty two foot halfpipe, the only one of it's kind in the Southern Hemisphere.
4th September 2008
New Zealand Blizzards Kick-start The Season
NEW ZEALAND - Both the North and South Islands experienced a fierce snowstorm July 5, dumping over half a metre of snow on most of the country's resorts.
9th July 2008
Prime Minister To Open Cardrona
NEW ZEALAND - Cardrona Resort on the South Island of New Zealand is celebrating the season opening June 27 with a special guest, the Prime Minister of the country, Helen Clarke. The leader of the country last attended the opening of the Cardrona Whitestar Express chairlift in 2004 and will return this season to officially open the new high-speed chairlift at Cardrona, the Captain's Express.
24th June 2008
Winter conditions in spring in NZ
New Zealand has experienced fresh winter snowstorms in the first week of spring, bringing over half a metre of fresh dry snow.
9th September 2007
FIS World Cup results from Cardrona
The first FIS Snowboard World Cup event in New Zealand was held at Cardrona this week with competitors from around the world converging upon the South Island. Fifty five men and twenty three women from seventeen nations took to the half pipe in windy conditions to launch the World Cup snowboard season.
9th September 2007
Mt. Ruapehu breaks all records
Ruapehu's new six seater high speed chairlift worked overtime on Saturday, August 25 as a record 12 500 skiers and boarders descended upon the snow fields of Whakapapa and Turoa.
29th August 2007
Snowboard FIS World Cup in New Zealand
Cardrona Resort plays host from August 31 - September 1 to the world's top snowboarders with the first Nokia FIS World Snowboarding Cup.
9th August 2007
Snow blankets New Zealand's South Island
Winter arrived on time in New Zealand this week with major snow storms bringing snow dumps to the Central Otago region.
26th June 2007