A speed date with Cardrona – everything you need to know about summer in one page of mountain info!
Opening Dates & Times
Summer 2024/25: December 14, 2024 – March 2, 2025 (closed Christmas Day).
Half-day passes are valid from 1pm to close.
Off-peak
- 14 – 24 December, 2024 & 21 January – 2 March, 2025
- Open 5 days per week (closed Tuesday & Wednesday)
- 10am – 4pm (Monday, Thursday, Saturday & Sunday)
- TGIF (every Friday): 12pm – 8pm
Peak
- 26 December, 2024 – 20 January, 2025
- Open 7 days a week
- 10am – 5pm (Saturday - Thursday)
- TGIF (every Friday): 12pm – 8pm
Closed Christmas day
Stats & Facts
- Base Area Elevation: 1670m
- Highest Lifted Point: 1860m
- Vertical Rise: 345m
- Terrain: 345ha
- 15% Beginner
- 50% Intermediate
- 35% Advanced
- Lifts:
- McDougall's Chondola operating for Mountain Biking, Walking and Mountain Carting
- Whitestar Express operating for Mountain Biking and Mountain Carting
- Activities
- Lift-accessed mountain biking
- Mountain bike lessons for beginner, intermediate and advanced riders
- Lift-accessed walking and hiking
- NZ’s first mountain carts
- Lift-accessed mountain biking
- Base Facilities
- Rentals and Workshop
- Retail Store (Cash free - we are now cash free in our ticket office, shop and cafe.)
- Medical Centre and Dirt Patrol
- Free Learner Zone and Flow Track
- The Lounge
- Bike Wash