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The Zig Zag climbing the Crown Range road near Arrowtown. The Crown Range is a mountain range that lies to the east of the Wakatipu Basin in Otago, New Zealand. [1] It is noted for two features, the Cardrona Alpine Resort, on the slopes of the 1900 metre Mount Cardrona, and a highway, known as the Crown Range Road (formerly State Highway 89), which winds steeply between Arrow Junction, just ...
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Aoraki / Mount Cook, located in New Zealand's South Island, is the highest point in the country. The following are lists of mountains in New Zealand [a] ordered by height. . Names, heights, topographic prominence and isolation, and coordinates were extracted from the official Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) Topo50 topographic maps at the interactive topographic map of New Zealand
Mount Cardrona in Central Otago, New Zealand is 1,936 metres (6,352 feet) high, and is most easily accessed from the Cardrona Ski Field. Mount Cardrona is in the Crown Range between Wānaka and Queenstown. The often photographed and historic Cardrona Hotel is located at the bottom of the access road that leads up to the Cardrona ski field.
NZSki Limited operates The Remarkables Ski Area under agreements with the New Zealand government, primarily involving the Department of Conservation (DOC). The ski area is situated within the Rastus Burn Recreation Reserve, a conservation area managed by DOC. In 2023, NZSki submitted an application for a new 40-year concession.
A difficult road over the Crown Range leads to Cardrona skifield and Wānaka, and is New Zealand's highest paved public road pass. [104] Queenstown is the departure point for a large number of bus day trips to Milford Sound, which entails a return trip of approximately 12 hours. There are scenic flights available to and from Milford Sound.
Originally part of SH 89 (the Crown Range Road). SH 1 at Palmerston: SH 8 at Alexandra: Ranfurly, Omakau: 164.3 SH 1 at Allanton: Dunedin Airport at Momona: 5.3 SH 1 at Mosgiel: SH 85 at Kyeburn: Outram, Middlemarch, Hyde: 114.2 SH 1 at Dunedin: Port Chalmers: Ravensbourne, St Leonards, Roseneath: 12.7 SH 8 at Raes Junction: SH 1 at McNab (3 km ...
The Criffel Range is a range of mountains in Central Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand. The range lies parallel and to the east of the Crown Range , from which it is separated by the valley of the Cardrona River , and by the route of the Crown Range Road , New Zealand's highest paved highway.