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Whakapapa Ski Area is New Zealand’s largest ski area with over 65 trails to discover, ranging from beginner and intermediate to extreme.
Centrally located in the North Island of New Zealand, Whakapapa Ski Area it is the best place to spend your winter snow holiday.
Whether you’re just interested in snow play, starting out skiing or snowboarding or you’re looking for a new challenge, Whakapapa Ski Area has the terrain and snow conditions to cater for everyone.
Whakapapa Ski Area is home to Happy Valley, New Zealand's largest beginner ski and snow play area. Here you can spend the day experiencing the best that a family winter holiday has to offer with ski and snowboard lessons, sledding, tossing snowballs and building snowmen!
For intermediate skiers, there are snow filled basins, steep chutes and wide open slopes to enjoy. There are also well over 24 black and double black diamond runs to satisfy the extreme skier and snowboarders.
Situated at 2,020m above sea level, Whakapapa Ski Area's Knoll Ridge Chalet is New Zealand’s highest cafe. Here you will find great coffee, tasty treats and incredible views overlooking the Pinnacles and out over the Central Plateau. The Knoll Ridge Chalet is accessible to sightseers via a brand new $25 million Sky Waka Gondola.