Coronet Peak Facilities

The impressive base area at Coronet Peak features a huge horse-shoe shaped building that houses most of the resort services and facilities. The Coronet Peak ski resort facilities and services include 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 9am to 4pm with fully qualified staff. They cater for children aged 2 to 5 years old. Skiwiland offers two types of programmes to choose from. Snow Play is available for children aged 2 to 5 and allows children to experience snow, discovering its properties, slipperiness, and temperature, all while mastering the right clothing for snowy adventures. Children aged 3 to 5 can join the Group Ski programme where children learn the basics of skiing in a secure outdoor yard with a surface lift. Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea are provided. 

Coronet Peak Ski School

Coronet Peak ski school is available for children aged 4 and up to adults in fairly standard lesson formats for skiing. Snowboarding lessons are also available for children aged 7+ through adults. oronet Peak has a range of lesson options to choose from including Private Lessons, Full Day Group Lessons, Performance Coaching, and Ski or Snowboard packages that include rentals, lessons and lift passes.

Rates for both private and group lessons are pretty standard across the main NZ ski resorts.

Coronet Peak Ski Hire and Snowboard Rental

The Coronet Peak ski hire and snowboard rental section 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. Gear can be hired either from their on-mountain rental shop or from their Snow Centre based in central Queenstown.

One of the advantages of Coronet Peak ski hire (i.e. hiring on-mountain) is that you can swap equipment if it’s not quite right, or just if you feel like it, and you can store equipment overnight free of charge. 

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.

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Eating On Mountain

The base building features two large restaurants. Informal dining is available in the fast food Coronet Peak Grab’n’Go 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 "West End Eatery" offers more formal dining and is fully licensed. In addition to lunch, the restaurant serves breakfast and dinner when night skiing is on. 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 in place.

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.

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.

When it’s set up, the Ice Bar at the top of the Greengates Express 6-pack is a great spot to perch whilst sipping on hot toddies such as mulled wine. It isn’t a “real” ice-bar per se, but the bar top is made of ice, and you can recline on a beanbag whilst taking in the amazing views from the backside of Coronet Peak.

Coronet Peak Shop

Coronet Peak has a nicely presented retail shop that sells quality gear, albeit basic. By NZ ski resort standards it is a large shop, and it sells products such as gloves, beanies, goggles, helmets and polar fleeces. Various Coronet Peak souvenirs are available such as t-shirts, windcheaters, hoodies and hats.

However if you need to make a major purchase you’ll need to check out the Queenstown shopping where there is more range on offer, and plenty of competition to keep the prices reasonable.