The Remarkables - World Snowboard Guide

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The Remarkables lies within sight of the Cornet Peak resort. Higher in altitude, the car park is the same level as Cornet's summit, with the result being that the mountain is very craggy and rocky. The Remarkables tends to be alot quieter than Cornet Peak with less skiers. It also gets some incredible powder days and offers terrain for every style and grade of rider. The area is some what sheltered but still gives out plenty of sun and loads of natural snow. The Homeward runs are the place to shred some deep powder where you can ride some long floating turns with an amazing back drop. The Homewards take you right down to the access road to catch the shuttle bus back to the base building in order to do the whole thing again. The runs here are accessed by three chairlifts. The Alta double chair services the best intermediate terrain to suit carvers or freeriders. The Sugar quad is the lift to take if you have a bit of go in you. Where you can get access to some good advance terrain and competent intermediate stuff. However, advanced riders looking to cut it in style and be pushed to the fore should check out the runs found off Shadow lift.

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New for season

06: new snowmaking system to cover Sugar Bowl

05: Doubled size of beginner park, improvements to intermediate park, and some work on the pipe

04:new Xbox Terrain Park will triple size of existing terrain park, includes 150m superpipe

Resort Statistics

Resort Type: Alpine
Winter: June to Oct
Summer: None

Lifts

Total Lifts: 5
Chair lifts: 3
Drag lifts: 2
Max people per hour: 3,000
Board Leashes required: No

Mountain

Total ride area: 220 hectares
Longest run: 1mile (1.6km)

Top lift: 1935m
Vertical drop: 357m
First lift: 1603m

Piste suitability

Green runs: 30%
Red runs: 40%
Black runs: 30%

Lift Passes

Lift Passes:
Half day $49
1 Day pass - $84
5 Day pass - $355
Season pass - $1699
Lift times:9:00am to 4:00pm

Snowfall

Average annual snowfall: 2.7m
Artificial snowmaking coverage: 10%

Facilities

Snowboard Schools: Group lessons 1hr50 NZ$47
Freestyle lessons $85 1hr50 from 10:20am
Snowboard Hire: Board & Boots $51 per day
Night Riding: : Yes