Mt Ruapehu Whakapapa & Turoa Ski Areas offer the most awesome natural skiing and snowboarding terrain in the country.
Mt Ruapehu Whakapapa & Turoa Ski Areas offer the most awesome natural skiing and snowboarding terrain in the country; huge snow filled basins, lift-accessed backcountry, steep chutes, drop-offs and secret powder stashes.
Mt Ruapehu offers something for everyone: Fantastic learners’ facilities, terrain parks for snowboarders and free-skiers of all abilities and exceptional spring skiing and riding. For your little ones in tow, there’s a free toboganning area.
On a good day the hike to Mt Ruapehu’s Crater Lake is well worth it for the 1,000m vertical ride back down. Otherwise relax in our cafés and take a chairlift ride for elevated views across the Central North Island and beyond.
Whakapapa is situated on the north-western slopes of Mt Ruapehu, offering a fantastic variety of terrain, premier learner’s facility and breathtaking views from the highest café in New Zealand, the Knoll Ridge Café.
Turoa Ski Area is situated on the south-western slopes of Mt Ruapehu, offering a massive 722m of vertical descent from the top of Australasia’s highest chairlift – the Highnoon Express.