Mount Dobson

Mount Dobson is a ski inn inside the South Island of New Zealand. Located 2.25 hours from Christchurch and 3 hours from Queenstown, it claims an easy get right of entry to road, the highest vehicle park of any ski lodge in New Zealand, and the earliest start to the season in 2006. It features a chair raise, a T-bar and a newbie's ski tow, serving 14 trails over an area of 400 hectares. The lodge caters typically at skiers of intermediate capability, with a 25/50/25 breakdown of beginner/intermediate/superior slopes.

The lodge is situated in a 3 kilometre huge treeless bowl, facing south west between Fairlie and Tekapo. Other features encompass a herbal half pipe, the "largest, sunniest learner/intermediate slope in New Zealand" and groomed primary trails. There isn't any lodging at the inn, and traffic are directed to nearby Fairlie. The skifield turned into placed up for sale in 2014.