Facilities & Services
The impressive new base area at
Coronet Peak features a huge horse-shoe shaped building that houses most of the resort services and facilities. The area includes casual and formal dining, lift ticket services, storage facilities, ski and snowboard rental, kids’ facilities, and a retail shop.
Facilities for Children
The crèche at Coronet Peak (Skiwiland) offers child care from 9:15am-4:30pm with fully qualified staff. They cater for children aged 3 months to 5 years old. Child care can be provided in a full day (including the lunch period) or a half day format. Lunch is BYO. Rates for child care at Coronet Peak are very high relative to other NZ ski resorts, but it’s super cheap when you compare it to US resorts.
Children 4-5 years old can have a combination of crèche and ski school for the day, and this also requires the need to BYO lunch. Reservations are highly recommended.
Older children can go to ski school (Kea Club).
Coronet Peak Ski School
Kea Club provides ski school for all ability levels for children 5 to 15 years of age, and snowboard tuition from ages 8 and up. The program runs from 10am-4pm and includes lunch.
Ski school is available for adults in fairly standard lesson formats for skiing, snowboarding and telemarking. In addition to private lessons, group lessons (workshops) are provided in 1 hour 50 minute time slots at 10:20am or 2pm.
Rates for both private and group lessons are pretty standard across the main NZ ski resorts.
Coronet Peak Ski and Snowboard Rental
The ski and snowboard rental section at Coronet Peak is huge! It is very well organised, and the ability for Coronet Peak to manage large volumes of beginners and other skiers and snowboarders is absolutely amazing.
One of the advantages of hiring on-mountain is that you can swap equipment if it’s not right, or just if you feel like it, and you can store equipment overnight free of charge. They also offer the flexibility of returning your rental equipment to Coronet Peak,
The Remarkables, or the Queenstown Snow Centre (The Station).
The other option is to rent your gear in Queenstown. There is an abundance of snowboard and
ski hire Queenstown shops, and the advantage of hiring off-mountain is that it is significantly cheaper. It may also offer a little more flexibility if your accommodation is nowhere near the Queenstown Snow Centre.
Eating On Mountain
The new building features two large restaurants. Informal dining is available in the fast food Coronet Peak Café that serves burgers, soups, pizza, sushi, sandwiches, and salads. The food is good but the amazing thing about this café is the awesome view of The Remarkables through the large picture windows.
The Coronet Peak Restaurant offers more formal dining and is fully licensed. In addition to lunch, the restaurant serves breakfast and dinner on Friday and Saturday nights. Large windows in this area provide great views of the action on the slopes, or you have the option of dining on the large sundeck.
You can also grab a coffee from one of the baristas. They are used to coping with the huge volumes at Coronet Peak, so they have an efficient system and a screen to indicate when your coffee is ready.
There is also a special VIP area that seems to have some similarities to the Qantas Club. Being a club member also entitles you to VIP parking. Choice!
Outside, there is a large deck area with heated concrete, and with music playing this is a great place to bask in the sunshine. Out here you can get a feed from the Mexican Cantina. They have affordable meals such as nachos, tacos, burritos and quesadillas, and also have snacks and beverages.
Heidi’s Hut is a great place to get away from the crowds. Located at the base of the T-bar, the beginner skiers can’t access this area making it somewhat exclusive. The main fare here includes gourmet pizzas, pastas, coffee and gluhwein, and you can relax because there’s table service. The interior design is fantastic, but there’s also a spot outside to perch if the weather is fine.