Snow Farm X Country Skiing

The Snow Farm is a privately run nordic skiing area 30 minutes from Wanaka. It's at about 1900m with over 50k of groomed (for 'skating' skiing) and tracked (for 'striding' skiing) trails. It also gives you access to about 150 square kilometres of cross country skiing or snow shoeing. In partnership with the Wanaka Nordic Skiing Club the resort runs a 'Ski Friends' program whereby club members are rostered one day a week (we have Wednesdays) to help with ski hire, provide basic skiing lessons to those who don't want formal lessons, and give directions and assistance to skiers out on the trails. In return we get access to the trails, all the hire gear and new demonstration gear, and after eight days are given a season pass. The following pics show you why it is called the 'Snow Farm'. The fences are only used for the shorter, easier trails. The longer trails (up to 12k) are not fenced.






























Dawn, the Masked Instructer












The Snow Farm has rooms for 60, a restaurant, cafe and ski hire.













The restaurant extends out over the snow and looks east across the trails.

Looking west from the restaurant.

Adjacent to the Farm is the Winter Automobile Testing Grounds. About 10k of snow roads, ice and snow pans and a 50m x 200m 'refrigerator' for year round testing.