Residents and visitors alike made the most of the perfect spring day to get their last runs in on the mountain which ski area manager Nigel Kerr said had a "challenging" season.
Many maintenance staff and permanent staff started the winter at Coronet with a "hangover", having completed the installation of the $20million Coronet Express chairlift on relatively short notice.
"It meant a lot of little things that normally get done leading into winter hadn't been and were being done as we were opening," Mr Kerr said.
The ski area managed to open on time in June, but due to mild weather there was not enough snow cover for any skiing or snowboarding.
It was largely reliant on snow-making to cover the main trails until the end of July, when the first proper snow of the season fell.
"This year snow-making, yet again, proved itself to be a wondrous thing," Mr Kerr said.
"Numbers are down on last year, but last year was a particularly good one ... but, I am surprised how close [numbers] are - it's only slightly down on budget, that's Coronet, and it looks like most of the numbers have been picked up at the Remarkables, so, in a Queenstown sense, it's bloody decent."
Arrowtown resident Maurice Orr was among those getting their last runs in at Coronet for the season yesterday.
"It's a big social event - we're saying goodbye to our special place."
Mr Orr, who had skied at Coronet for at least 30 years said there was a "slow start" to the season there, but there were still powder runs to be had.
Tony Oxnevad, of Dalefield, agreed.
"It was a very slow start - I remember coming up on opening day and then didn't come up again for three weeks, but then it came right."
Mr Kerr said work at the ski area this summer would largely focus on revegetation around the new chairlift, from top to bottom, and some trail work was also planned.
For the first time since the mid-1980s, the mountain would open from December 1 for four months' mountain biking and sight-seeing.
"It will be an interesting summer and we're looking forward to it," he said.
