Snow Tours 2025

Here at Green Kiwi Tours, we are pretty mad about snow. That’s why we have created the perfect 5 day snow tour of the South Island. Join your local guide as we embark on an awesome winter adventure through the Southern Alps to 5 of New Zealand’s best ski fields. If you want minimal crowds and maximum powder, this is the tour for you! We only ride weekdays and skip out the busiest fields so you have more time on the snow. This tour is suitable for all levels!

Our tour starts and finishes in the funky city of Christchurch. Meet your tour leader and tour group on Sunday night for your included welcome dinner and drink at the hotel restaurant. Your tour leader will go over the schedule at dinner and what to expect for the awesome adventure ahead!
To start our adventure, we drive over the mighty Canterbury Plains, stoping for rentals gear and a coffee, before arriving at Mt Hutt (our local ski area)! It was easily the most consistent for snow fall last season, receiving a total of 320cm of powder, and boasts amazing views out to Christchurch, the Canterbury Plains and Pacific Ocean. If you need a ski or snowboard lesson to get started, their instructors are truly world class. After a great first day, its time to sit back and relax, as your tour leader drives you through to beauitul Lake Tekapo.
Ohau Snow Field is our next ski area. Leaving Tekapo early, we will see stunning glacier-fed lakes and maybe even New Zealand’s tallest mountain, Aoraki (Mt Cook)! In 2023 Ohau was stoked to welcome a one metre snow storm! With a super relaxed club field vibe, awesome home-cooked kai and great terrain, there’s something for everyone. If conditions are right, hike up and slash some pow on the epic ‘Ridge Run’. After skiing or snowboarding, the journey continues to Wanaka (via the iconic Lindis Pass), where we spend two nights.
Take in the stunning golden hills as we head up the Cardrona Valley to ski field number three. Known by the locals are ‘Cardies’, Cardrona has recently become NZ’s biggest ski area with a whopping 600+ hectares of ridable terrain! Cardrona is also the most comprehensive field on our trip, boasting eight chair lifts, world class park runs and awesome riding on and off piste. On our way back to Wanaka township, we’ll stop for a mandatory drink at the world famous Cardrona Hotel.
Day four is our favourite drive! It takes us around Lake Wanaka before heading past some beautiful peaks to Treble Cone. Treble Cone is well known for its gnarly off piste terrain, attracting many free skiers and riders. For the begineers and more relaxed skiers and riders, dont sweat, there are cruisy runs too! You may have to pinch yourself looking out to the vast mountian vistas and Lake Wanaka. It is a stunning location! On this afternoon, we head back to Lake Tekapo.
After a hearty breakfast and hot drink we drive around Lake Tekapo to Roundhill Ski Area. Largely overlooked by tourists, Roundhill is a classic club field with many friendly locals keen to chat. It has lovely rolling slopes towered by the Heritage Express, the steepest and longest rope tow in the world! When open, this rope tow gives Roundhill the largest vertical drop in Australasia! After some fun on the snow, we head back to Christchurch to finish up the tour at the hotel where we started.