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Snow Farm - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 44°52′39″S 169°05′28″E / 44.8775°S 169.091°E

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Snow Farm
The main Snow Farm building
Location	South Island, New Zealand
Nearest major city	Wānaka
Top elevation	1965 m (Mt Pisa) 1544 m (trail) ^[1]
Base elevation	1520 m^[2]
Snowmaking	No
Night skiing	No
Website	https://snowfarm.nz/

Map of Snow Farm

Snow Farm is a ski area near Wānaka, New Zealand, dedicated to cross-country skiing.

Description

Snow Farm features 55 km of trails, and the conference centre has accommodation for about 60 people. It is located on the Pisa range close to Cardrona, at an altitude of approx 1,600 m. The area is used for cross country skiing in the winter and during the summer months for altitude training with trails climbing out to 2000m. The proximity of Wānaka (275m) and Queenstown (310m) and the training options around these two towns makes the Snow Farm one of the best locations in the Southern Hemisphere for a live high, train low training regime.

The Lodge itself is a wedding, conference and meeting venue with seating for 150 people, a private bar, restaurant, and viewing deck; with accommodation options. Private hire options are popular amongst the conference organisers along with the breakout activities onsite including: Cross Country skiing, snow shoeing, Husky dog sled tours, and a snow and ice driving experience.^[3] During the summer months, mountain biking, hiking, orienteering, rock climbing and adventure racing are available.

It is also the location of the Southern Hemisphere Proving Grounds. The series of twelve vehicle test facilities are used by car manufacturers from around the world for ice and snow testing during the northern-hemisphere summer.

Access

Snow Farm is around 55 km from Queenstown and 35 km from Wānaka.^[4] The 13 km^[5] gravel access road is used for the internationally known Race to the Sky hillclimb.

Merino Muster

An annual cross country skiing event called the Merino Muster is held in September and covers distances of 42 km/21 km/7 km and 1 km for children.^[6]

References

^ "Merino Muster Trail Map". merinomuster.com. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
^ "Wanaka Ski Field Information". basenz.com. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
^ "Snow Farm Activities". Powder Hounds. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
^ "Snowfarm". Copyright nzXsports 2012 all rights reserved. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
^ "Snow Farm". destination-nz.com. What's Hot New Zealand. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
^ "THE MERINO MUSTER". merinomuster.com. Retrieved 16 August 2016.

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Ski areas and resorts in New Zealand

Commercial skifields

North Island

Auckland	Snowplanet¹
Mount Ruapehu	Turoa Whakapapa

South Island

Canterbury	Mount Lyford Mount Potts^2,3,6 Mount Hutt² Mount Dobson Porters² Roundhill
Otago	Cardrona Coronet Peak Invincible Ōhau The Remarkables Snow Farm⁴ Snow Park^5,6 Treble Cone

Club skifields

North Island

Mount Ruapehu	Tukino
Taranaki	Manganui

South Island

Nelson Lakes	Rainbow Mount Robert⁶
Canterbury	Awakino Broken River Craigieburn Valley Fox Peak Hanmer Springs Mount Cheeseman Mount Olympus Temple Basin

1: Indoor ski slope 2: Former club skifield 3: Heliskiing 4: Cross-country skiing 5: Terrain park 6: Closed

44°52′39″S 169°05′28″E / 44.8775°S 169.091°E / -44.8775; 169.091

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