Snow Farm, New Zealand

This article is about a ski area. For snow farm as a synonym for snow dump, see snow removal#Snow dump sites.

Snow Farm in mid September 2006

Snow Farm is a ski area near Wanaka, New Zealand, dedicated to cross-country skiing. It features 55 km of trails, and the conference centre has accommodation for about 60 people. It is located on the Pisa range close to Cardrona, at an altitude of approx 1,600 m, 55 km from Queenstown and 35 km from Wanaka. The area is used for cross country skiing in the winter and during the summer months for altitude training with trails climbing out to 2000m. The proximity of Wanaka (275m) and Queenstown (310m) and the training options around these two towns makes the Snow Farm one of the best locations in the Southern Hemisphere for a live high, train low training regime.

The Lodge itself is a wedding, conference and meeting venue with seating for 150 people, a private bar, restaurant, and viewing deck; with accommodation options. Private hire options are popular amongst the conference organisers along with the breakout activities onsite including: Cross Country skiing, snow shoeing, Husky dog sled tours, Snow mobile tours and a snow and ice driving experience. During the summer months, mountain biking, hiking, orienteering, rock climbing and adventure racing are available.

The gravel access road is used for the internationally known Race to the Sky hillclimb.

It is also the location of the Southern Hemisphere Proving Grounds. The series of twelve vehicle test facilities are used by car manufacturers from around the world for ice and snow testing during the northern-hemisphere summer.

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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

Skifields in Otago, New Zealand

Coronet Peak Cardrona Invincible The Remarkables Snow Farm Snow Park Treble Cone

List of New Zealand skifields

Coordinates: 44°52′39″S 169°05′28″E / 44.8775°S 169.091°E / -44.8775; 169.091

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