Cardrona Alpine Resort to open this weekend

Following strong autumn snow falls, the Cardrona Alpine Resort will be open for skiing and snowboarding this coming weekend in a pre-season teaser before official Opening Day on 16th June.

Last week saw the resot, located midway between Queenstown and Wanaka, receive over 90cm of natural snow, with cool temperatures allowing the resort’s snowmaking team to make significant amounts of snow on top of that total.

The snowfall from last week was the latest in a string of storms this year, with large snowfalls on the mountain every month in 2018 except for January. The McDougall’s Chondola, the Beginners’ Area and The Lounge will be open from 8.30am through till 4pm both weekend days, weather-dependent. Lessons and rentals will also be available.

Looking forward to the pre-season opening, Cardrona General Manager, Bridget Legnavsky stated “we’re so stoked to share this early snowfall with everyone in the region this weekend by opening for a couple of days pre-season.

"We’ve been absolutely frothing to get out skiing and snowboarding when it’s looking this good - and it’s amazing to be able to bring all our guests up to get their fix too."

After the weekend’s skiing and snowboarding, the resort will resume preparations for the official Opening Day with staff training for over 600 staff who are due to arrive on 11th June.

Guests with season passes are encouraged to pick up their RFID cards from the Wanaka or Queenstown offices before Saturday.

Day passes will be available for purchase in advance from 20 Helwick Street, Wanaka and 37 Camp Street, Queenstown, as well as on-mountain on Saturday and Sunday.

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