Roundhill Ski Area
Encyclopedia
Roundhill Ski Area is a family run skifield in Canterbury
, New Zealand
, near the town of Tekapo, 3 hours from both Christchurch
and Queenstown
.
The field caters primarily to beginner and intermediate skiers, with a difficulty distribution of 20%/80%/0% and extensive use of two snow grooming machines.
The main runs are accessed by a single, 1.2 kilometre long T-bar, but for the 2010 season the field has installed a 1.5 km long rope tow (The Heritage Express) rising 630 metres to the Richmond Ridge to give the field about 780 metres of vertical drop overall, the largest in New Zealand. This will open the field up to advanced skiers and boarders. This rope tow is reportedly the longest in the world.
The resort is at an elevation of 1620 metres with a vertical drop of 255 metres on the T-bar runs.
Canterbury, New Zealand
The New Zealand region of Canterbury is mainly composed of the Canterbury Plains and the surrounding mountains. Its main city, Christchurch, hosts the main office of the Christchurch City Council, the Canterbury Regional Council - called Environment Canterbury - and the University of Canterbury.-...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, near the town of Tekapo, 3 hours from both Christchurch
Christchurch
Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...
and Queenstown
Queenstown, New Zealand
Queenstown is a resort town in Otago in the south-west of New Zealand's South Island. It is built around an inlet called Queenstown Bay on Lake Wakatipu, a long thin Z-shaped lake formed by glacial processes, and has spectacular views of nearby mountains....
.
The field caters primarily to beginner and intermediate skiers, with a difficulty distribution of 20%/80%/0% and extensive use of two snow grooming machines.
The main runs are accessed by a single, 1.2 kilometre long T-bar, but for the 2010 season the field has installed a 1.5 km long rope tow (The Heritage Express) rising 630 metres to the Richmond Ridge to give the field about 780 metres of vertical drop overall, the largest in New Zealand. This will open the field up to advanced skiers and boarders. This rope tow is reportedly the longest in the world.
The resort is at an elevation of 1620 metres with a vertical drop of 255 metres on the T-bar runs.
External links
- Roundhill Ski Area, official website
- Trail map
- "Roundhill, For Mum, Dad & the Kids", review
