Cardrona Alpine Resort Review

Great family resort. Best trainers I've seen with kids, super friendly and knowledgeable.

Loved the slopes. Might be too crowded over the weekend during the ski season, but the queues move surprisingly quick. Tip: use the Gondola if you want to get up the mountain quicker.

Really enjoyed my first visit to Cardrona. Easy access from Wanaka and was very easy to hire ski gear and get onto the slopes quickly.

The lifts were great and the runs were very well groomed.

Very enjoyable skiing and very sceanic views

Would strongly recommend visiting.

I found it easier to access and better runs that remarkables or treble cone

Love the skiing. Friendly for families and also accustomed to experts. The large open area provides a very diverse skiing experience. However, the prices are a bit high for food and tickets.

Staff are lovely, everything's well maintained and it's nice to bring beginners as it isn't as busy (at least when I was there) as other places can be. Food is a tad expensive but that's to be expected at any alpine resort/ski field

Stopped by for mountain carting. Has a great time but, as it was not deemed to be a busy day, not all lifts were running and we wasted quite a bit of time waiting for the shuttle bus. They should really increase the duration or give a discount when the lifts aren t running...

Really good for skiing and snowboarding. Equipment hire staff was very helpful and the equipment itself was of also very good standard. The lessons were also very good and extremely helpful

Staff are helpful, friendly and professional. Awesome team!

We had a fantastic time skiing for the first time. Heaps of fun!

Amazing place, beautiful scenery, and thanks to Tom the instructor (I think he's Russian?), I now know how to ski and managed to ski down a huge hill. If cadrona doesn't mind, please tell him thank you from "that Thai dude".

Quite expensive and big lines, but good terrain and park

Fabulous friendly staff, awesome instructors for adults and kids, kindy staff are excellent, slopes are amazing

This is an amazing place to stay. A perfect place if you love mountain biking n skiing, or just watching stars
And be prepared n take time to drive about 13 km uphill, stunning views

Ive skied in 6 countries . Cardrona makes the US and Europe look amateur hour. This is a well run ski field with everything you would want for children.

Great ski field for a last ride, and during spring, and considering the conditions were icy. I imagine during Winter, and with fresh powder, this would be a great ski field for beginners and intermediates. Also: the green runs are nice and wide, the blue runs provide a little bit more steepness . Yet to do a red or black run here - Will be back for round two in winter 2020

Outstanding place. Slightly Under par snow but that's the same everywheee. enough to have plenty of fun on the runs.

Great place, close to town, staff seem very friendly.

Spent the night with my family in the resort's newly renovated apartments had an evening meal in the restaurant.Meal was good the apartment was a very good standard perfect if you want to self cater.Following day did the downhill carts and had a great few hours downhill entertainment over the 3 courses.all
Personal protection supplied along with a safety briefing before beginning the carting.

Events team is absolutely hopeless at communicating changes in event plans. Had a race scheduled for today and received no emails no phone calls nothing on their website or social media to say it was canceled. Drove 1.5h up the mountain to then get told its been changed to next weekend. Useless and a waste of money.

I met a good patient coach, thank you very much Han ^^

One of the best attractions on the South Island! The place is incredible and has a very good energy. All the staff are helpful and friendly, the bathrooms are clean and the restaurants are great! If you want to have a full day if fun go to Cardrona. It was my first time skiing and I already want to go back!

Simply the best resort I've ever been to for snowboarding.

One of the best places to ski in the country in our opinion but staff get a bit flusted when weather conditions change and just simply close the lifts instead of trying to adapt.

First time up the ski fields. Bluebird day. Ski hire lift passes. Its all there

Good mountain with nice facilities. However, most of the staff were rude and unhelpful.

Karting in the summer was awesome must do experience

Best skifield in Queenstown! Runs to suit every skill level, all day kids school, champagne bar in the snow, regular cafe + noodle bar options for lunch and the chairlifts move quickly to minimize wait times - still very busy on a good day though but worth it!

Staff are absolutely amazing! It's the main reason we chose it over Treble Cone. Good range in ability groomed slopes, great food, (the noodle bar is pretty fantastic) and I have to say it again... Staff are excellent!

First time snowboarding here for a few days and loved every minute of it! Great big wide trails for beginners

One of our favorite resorts. Friendly supportive staff. Good snow making. Grooming well done. Good fun on and off piste. Food is nice if occasionally a little overpriced.

Winter Games were on and the snow was amazing. Really good park

amazing!!! great terrain lots of fun, chondola is interesting, good help for beginners.
on mountain ski rental is very efficient, everyone s happy to help, more time on the slopes, happy days!

Awesome skiing, perfect for a great day on the snow

Nice place but spooky drive up from ground... Best views...

Fantastic best of every had 2 beautiful nights there

Great day out, great instructor (Alex), good quality equipment hire and friendly staff from the travel shops in Queenstown to bar staff and everyone between.
Great for first timers and experts alike.

Great spot! One of the better slopes around for beginners & intermediate. Amazing views. Food wasn't that great in end Cafe, coffee was great in the bar though. Helpful team all over the mountain

Great resort! Nice mix of terrain, good food options and friendly vibe in the mountain.

So good to see a large commercial operator doing the right things for the environment. No plastic plates, coffee in china cups. Good work.

Great resort for beginners to advanced skiers and snowboarders. Insane terrain park with jumps rails and 2 half pipes

New Zealand's ski fields are generally much smaller but slightly more expensive compared with European counterparts. But Cardrona has better quality of snow than The Remarkables n Coronet Peak.

Lovely place to stay but not much to see at summer. The staff I think his name is Carl was very helpful

Friendly staff, lifts and runs well maintained. Probably the best ski field in NZ

Great place for both beginners and experts. Loved it!

Great runs, we had great weather and great snow, so a very enjoyable visit

Runs are kept extremely well. But best of all are the staff. They are the most helpful and positive staff I've experienced.

Great food beginners and intermediate skiiers/boarders.
There was free wifi at every ski lift!

It was open when most other fields were closed.

Awesome all round! Best ski resort in the Southern Lakes. Dont miss it in the winter and summer!

I d go here as a beginner first, the Coronet Peak, then finish with The Remarkables.

We came up with our school for two days I was disappointed on the second day as we were told to move off the seating for a local school to use what were we to do with the 120 people we brought up is our money different we bring these numbers up every year do tell please

Honestly could not fault Cardrona in ANY WAY. From our initial experience at the shop in Queenstown, staff were friendly, helpful and informative.

We ve never snowboarded before and they taught us about how items should fit, item sizing etc. All of this team were super helpful and friendly and helped us change to snowboarding with no hassle (as we had accidentally booked skiing).

We arrived the next morning to board the bus up to Cardrona and the driver was cheery, friendly and helpful, and we felt safe the entire ride up the mountain.

Once we arrived, our instructors were the same, friendly, helpful and most importantly very patient with us as complete newbies to the sport.

Lunchtime was absolute chaos with the entire building full of people however we managed to quickly get food, quickly get a seat and get back to our afternoon lesson.

By 4pm we were riding the chairlift to the top and snowboarding down the mountain, and it s safe to say that thanks to the gang at Cardrona we are snowboarders for life (we ve already looked at purchasing our own!)

Our biggest thankyou extends to the entire team at Cardrona, our experience was absolutely second to none and we loved every minute of our experience with you!

Great first experience for our kids aged 6, 4.5, & 2.5. Helpful staff and great atmosphere.