Originally Posted by
workingdad
I don't think the SI fields are necessarily better, I find Turoa and Whakapapa are excellent, technically challenging, caters to a wide range of abilities and with additional chair lifts recently and more in the works servicing is getting better also. Season up here is longer due to the higher elevation and early bird passes make it a good price for those getting a season pass with kids up to the age of 10 only having to pay $55 for a season pass so as a family its pretty reasonable, we don't have to drive up gravel roads to get to the car parks either. Some may have different opinions but from a purely ski's on the snow perspective (pipes and parks aside) I'm pretty happy with what we have.