Coronet Peak, Snow Farm and Treble Cone have now closed for the year, while the Remarkables and Cardrona Alpine Resort will remain open until this Sunday.
The amount of snow across the five varied dramatically and last week it was announced Coronet Peak and the Remarkables would swap closing dates due to better conditions at the Remarkables.
The unwanted record-breaker at Coronet meant it ''was definitely a year where we have been thankful for the investment in snow-making'', slopes manager Mr Deuart said yesterday.
After ''a great start'', there was a seven-week stretch during which the temperature did not drop low enough to make snow to base level using the skifield's army of snowguns.
In July of 2012, night skiing at Coronet Peak was put on hold due to snow conditions, but it was able to continue without interruption this year.
However, the skifield battled snowless days and nights.
''Because it was really warm, we weren't able to produce the depth of snow that we would have hoped,'' Mr Deuart said.
''We were able to get all the runs open but it was the base depth which we are normally able to produce ... [which] was the biggest difference between [this and] previous years.
The annual Winter Festival was perfectly timed this year, with fresh snow for the many events held at Coronet Peak. Mr Deuart said the festival had to be one of the season's highlights.
Visitor numbers were similar to last year, he said, with ''by far'' the biggest market being Australia.
Visitor numbers at the Remarkables had been ''solid'', ski area manager Ross Lawrence said.
''By all accounts it's probably been one of our better seasons,'' Mr Lawrence said.
The warm patch during July and August did not do much damage at the Remarkables and the snow which did fall was great, he said.
A huge snowfall at the start of the season set Wanaka skifields up well.
Cardrona Alpine Resort's opening day was the best in memory, and the weather and snow for the first three weeks were ''nothing short of phenomenal'', sales and marketing manager Nadia Ellis said.
At Cardrona, 2013 had surpassed 2012 in both snow conditions and visitor numbers.
Snow Farm had experienced a ''record year'', with revenue up 18% on last year and higher than any previous year, due partly to much improved snow conditions, Pisa Alpine Charitable Trust trustee John Hogg said.
''We have had a large increase in season-pass holders and also over 1100 Otago school children took part in various educational programmes ... including snow caving, mountain skills and of course, Nordic skiing.''
International visitor numbers at Snow Farm had been ''relatively flat'', excluding the overseas biathlon teams and athletes involved in the Winter Games.
''Casual visitors from overseas are just cream to us.''
Treble Cone marketing manager Nick Noble said the skifield - and particularly its Saddle Basin - had enjoyed ''the region's deepest snow base, well over 2m deep for a majority of the season, and the most consistent snowfalls throughout the season''.
Increased numbers of beginner skiers and snowboarders had visited Treble Cone.
However, in August the weather had closed in on Queenstown and Wanaka for about 10 days, creating challenging conditions for what was typically one of the busiest times of the season, Mr Noble said.
