There is not enough snow for a couple of events to go ahead, but the Winter Games will still be the biggest event of its type in the southern hemisphere this year, chief executive Marty Toomey says.
The event is scheduled to start on August 27 and most of the preparations are going well.
There has been one rather big hiccup, though.
Mother Nature has delivered only modest snowfall this winter and that has forced the cancellation of the super G and the halfpipe junior world championships.
But the alpine skiing is still on. The freeski and snowboard slopestyle junior world championships and the snowboard big air junior world championships will go ahead as well.
The freeride skiing and the new Obsidian team challenge have the green light.
About 450 competitors from more than 30 nations will contest the Games, so there will still be some excellent skiing and boarding.
"The preparations are going well but we have been impacted by a slow start to the season in terms of snow depth," Toomey said.
"That has resulted in a bit of a tweak to the programme.
"But apart from that, everything is going really well. There are good entries and we are looking forward to delivering an amazing event."
Toomey said having to cancel the halfpipe junior world championships was particularly disappointing.
"Obviously that is an event that New Zealanders do really well at and there is some really good young talent. It would have been nice for them to showcase themselves.
"But the reality is it takes a month to build a halfpipe and there just wasn’t enough snow."
The alpine skiing events at Coronet Peak should feature some good racing.
"There are some very heavy hitters from the world cup circuit training in New Zealand and we still have our fingers crossed that they are on the start lines because that would be pretty spectacular.
"We don’t have their entries in yet, so I’m not going to drop any names."
Queenstown alpine skier Alice Robinson is a confirmed starter in the giant slalom, though.
"We are confident we will definitely be the biggest event in the southern hemisphere again and that is always a good bragging right.
"The reason it is the biggest snowsport event in the southern hemisphere is because of the breadth of disciplines and the depth of some of those fields.
"Obsidian will be a genuinely world-class field.
"We’ve got a little bit of something for everybody."
