The Awakino ski field is located in St. Marys Range, North Otago

North Otago

The district of North Otago in New Zealand covers the area of Otago between Shag Point and the Waitaki River, and extends inland to the west as far as the village of Omarama . The large east-coast town of Oamaru serves as North Otago's main centre...

, New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 near Kurow

Kurow

Kurow is a town in the Waitaki Valley in the South Island of New Zealand, 55 kilometres inland from OamaruThe name of the town is an Anglicised form of the name of the nearby mountain Te Kohurau....

. It is run by the Waitaki Ski Club and is virtually unknown outside of Otago

Otago

Otago is a region of New Zealand in the south of the South Island. The region covers an area of approximately making it the country's second largest region. The population of Otago is...

. Awakino best represents skiing as it first began in New Zealand, and the field is little changed from the when it was established in the late 1940s. It offers a surprisingly large amount of terrain, and with both tows operating, an excellent vertical coverage. Run by volunteers only, it operates most weekends in the winter season, which normally lasts from mid June to October.

The skifield has accommodation in a lodge 300 metres below the field base buildings, and is accessible by 4WD during the winter season.

External links

• Awakino Ski Field, official website