Ski Racing New Zealand (SRNZ) is seeking expressions of interest from skifields around the country for a three-year contract to host the next three National Alpine Championships until 2012.
SRNZ alpine director James Lazor said hosting rights for the national championships had been opened to allow other skifields to apply for the event.
Coronet Peak's contract had finished, other skifields had expressed interest in hosting the nationals, and SRNZ was obliged to review the situation, he said.
Coronet Peak ski area manager Hamish McCrostie said the Queenstown skifield would "absolutely" want to secure the hosting rights again.
Coronet Peak's recently lapsed contract was the first time a New Zealand skifield had tendered for a three-year host term for the nationals, he said.
Previously, the event had been allocated on an annual, rotational basis to fields around the country, Mr McCrostie said.
"We'll be putting our best foot forward to SRNZ. Ski racing is what we do here at Coronet Peak," he said.
The skifield is used as a training base by members of the New Zealand Alpine Ski Team and Mr McCrostie said he saw no reason that arrangement would be compromised if SRNZ decided to hold the national championships elsewhere.
Coronet Peak had a "quality" reputation for holding "world class" events and he hoped that counted when considerations were being made, Mr McCrostie said.
Skifields have until November 15 to advise SRNZ of their interest.
Applicants would then be sent a formal "request for proposal" asking for event host details, Mr Lazor said.
