Cardrona Alpine Resort is the mellow resort choice when based in Wanaka - its a great resort for beginners and intermediates, and if jibbing's your thing then this isn't a bad option.  Cardrona now has a pretty major snow park with loads of rails, pipes, etc.  Although its not a freeski mecca, Cardrona does have some cool lines - the Powder Keg and Arcadia Chutes offering the best of the steeper stuff.

Cardrona has a pretty good snow record, a fast lift system and is set in a beautiful location with views to the South Lake Valley below.

All the skiing and snowboarding terrain at Cardrona is above the tree line. It has big open wide basins, wide long groomed trails and steep challenging chutes and cliff drops. It is renowned for having one of the best terrain parks and superpipes in the Southern Hemisphere.

The most advanced ski and snowboard terrain at Cardrona is in the Arcadia Chutes area, the chutes are very steep and littered with big rocks. After a good snowfall deep stashes of powder snow can be found on the far right hand side of the resort in the Tulips run area. The steep Last Shot Bowl on the right hand side of the Whitestar Express Chairlift has decent sized moguls.