The CHILL pass offers value and flexibility as a specialty snow pass that accesses up to twelve ski areas stretching from Kaikoura in the North, 409km to Lake Tekapo in the South.
The ski areas accessible on the pass include Mt Lyford, Hanmer Springs, Porters, Cheeseman, Broken River, Craigieburn Valley, Temple Basin, Mt Olympus, Fox Peak, Mt Dobson, Roundhill, and Ohau Snow Fields.
Since its inception in 1997, CHILL has grown and expanded over the past eleven years to become internationally renowned for some of the best ski-area accessed back-country skiing and riding in the world. Wide open bowls, spines, chutes, and peaks loaded with untracked powder are regularly available, even days after a snowfall.
The range of terrain offered throughout the CHILL ski areas means that a pass is suitable for any skier or rider of any ability level. From easily accessible learner's slopes to some of the most challenging ski-area accessed back-country terrain available in New Zealand, anyone can challenge themselves as much, or as little as they'd like.
It's the value and flexibility of the licence to CHILL pass that is its strength. With full-season, regional, and mid-week season passes, 3, 5, 7, and 10 day anytime passes, and 30 day consecutive passes available, there is an option for any budget, preference or ability level.
CHILL passes are booked and purchased online, and can then be picked up from one of two CHILL locations - one in Christchurch City, the other in Springfield in the alps - depending on the time of year. A pass-holder then produces their pass at any of the associated mountains, signs in, and is issued with a lift ticket for that day.
For 2009, there are several package options available through Maui, Britz, and Backpacker campervan rentals that are inclusive of CHILL pass access. Organise your South Island NZ snow travel now, with the flexibility of choosing where you ski while on the road!
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