Rainbow Ski Area is a ski resort in the Tasman

Tasman, New Zealand

The Tasman Region is both a region and a district of New Zealand. It borders with the West Coast Region, Marlborough Region and the Nelson Region. It is both a region and a unitary authority, and the District Council sits at Richmond, with Community Boards serving outlying communities in Motueka...

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 of 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...

's South Island

South Island

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It opens a little later than other ski resorts, with an operating season from mid-July to mid-October. The lifted area covers an elevation range of 1540 to 1768 metres, and it caters primarily to skiers of intermediate ability, citing a distribution of 25%/55%/20% beginner/intermediate/advanced level.

There is no accommodation on the field, but it is linked by shuttle to St Arnaud

Saint Arnaud, New Zealand

Saint Arnaud is a small alpine village located in the north of New Zealand's South Island, west of the mountains of the Saint Arnaud Range and 90 kilometres southwest of Nelson near the historic Tophouse Settlement...

, 35 minutes away.