Mount Dobson

Mount Dobson is a ski resort in the South Island of New Zealand. Located 2.25 hours from Christchurch and 3 hours from Queenstown, it claims an easy access road, the highest car park of any ski resort in New Zealand, and the earliest start to the season in 2006. It features a chair lift, a T-bar and a beginner's ski tow, serving 14 trails over an area of 400 hectares. The resort caters primarily at skiers of intermediate ability, with a 25/50/25 breakdown of beginner/intermediate/advanced slopes.

The resort is situated in a 3 kilometre wide treeless bowl, facing south west between Fairlie and Tekapo. Other features include a natural half pipe, the "largest, sunniest learner/intermediate slope in New Zealand" and groomed main trails. There is no accommodation at the resort, and visitors are directed to nearby Fairlie.

The skifield was put up for sale in 2014.^[1]

References

↑ "Mt Dobson-skifield for sale", stuff.co.nz, 22 October 2014

Coordinates: 43°56′36″S 170°39′51″E / 43.943290°S 170.664188°E / -43.943290; 170.664188

Ski areas and resorts in New Zealand

Commercial skifields

North Island

Auckland	Snow Planet¹

Mount Ruapehu	Turoa Whakapapa

South Island

Canterbury	Mount Lyford Mount Potts^2,3 Mount Hutt² Mount Dobson Porters² Roundhill

Otago	Cardrona Coronet Peak Invincible Ohau The Remarkables Snow Farm⁴ Snow Park^5,6 Treble Cone

Club skifields

North Island

Mount Ruapehu	Tukino

Taranaki	Manganui

South Island

Nelson Lakes	Rainbow Mount Robert⁶

Canterbury	Broken River Craigieburn Valley Fox Peak Hanmer Springs Mount Cheeseman Mount Olympus Temple Basin

Otago	Awakino

1: Indoor ski slope 2: Former club skifield 3: Heliskiing 4: Cross-country skiing 5: Terrain park 6: Closed

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