Getting to Cardrona and Treble Cone
Free mountain road shuttles on both mountains, ski buses from Queenstown and Wānaka in winter, and the drive itself.
Free mountain road shuttles
Save fuel and skip the mountain roads. No booking needed: park at The Pines carpark for Cardrona, or at the carpark at the bottom of the access road for Treble Cone, and catch the next shuttle up.
Ski buses in winter
Bookable buses run from Queenstown to Cardrona or Treble Cone, and from Wānaka to both, with several pickup points in each town. Collect your lift pass and rental gear in Queenstown or Wānaka first, and you go straight onto the snow when you arrive.
Timetables are published for each winter season.
Driving times
- Cardrona from Wānaka
- 35 km, about 45 minutes
- Cardrona from Queenstown
- 54 km from the airport, about an hour, over the Crown Range
- Cardrona access road
- 14 km, unsealed alpine road
- Treble Cone from Wānaka
- About 30 minutes along Wānaka–Mount Aspiring Road
- Treble Cone access road
- 7 km, left off Wānaka–Mount Aspiring Road
Talk to the team
- NZ freephone
- 0800 440 800
- AUS freephone
- 1800 754 386
If a mountain closes on the day, guest services can move your pass to the next open day, or refund it if you can't make the new date.
Addresses
- Cardrona
- Cardrona Valley Road, Cardrona 9305 · Directions
- Treble Cone
- Wānaka Mount Aspiring Road, Wānaka 9305 · Directions