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1 / 11Turoa - ski resort in New Zealand. Ski area 1,600 - 2,322 m, vertical drop 722 m. 7 lifts. Piste map, weather and snowfall. Piste map and weather.
Trail information
Turoa is a ski resort in New Zealand.
Good to know
The ski area rises from 1,600 to 2,322 m, with a vertical drop of 722 m. The vertical drop allows for long runs with noticeable changes in terrain. The season usually runs from 4 July to 25 October.
Snowparks
The resort has 9 snowparks.
Maps
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Contacts and opening hours
Average monthly snowfall at Turoa
Snowfall per month - cm. Below each bar - how many days it snowed that month. Observation data for the last 3 completed seasons.
Accommodation
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Ohakune
Other accommodation near the resort
What visitors say about the resort
The terrain is what people praise: the best lift-accessed riding on the North Island, with big vertical, bowls and chutes for off-piste. On a good day the mountain is called the finest in the country, with the volcano views and post-storm powder days singled out. Midweek is the recurring tip: on a Tuesday there can be only a few dozen people up top.
The weather draws criticism: the slope is fully exposed, and wind and icing regularly shut part or all of the field. At weekends the complaint is queues, the express chair being short of capacity. Facilities are called run down, with grumbles as far as no soap in the toilets. Day passes and on-mountain food are considered expensive. Worth knowing too: in 2023 the operator Ruapehu Alpine Lifts went into liquidation and the mountain's future hung in doubt for several seasons; since 2024 a new company has run it on a ten-year concession.
An editorial summary of public reviews on specialist sites. This is not a visitor review: we retell what is written about the resort most often, both praise and criticism.
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