Not surprisingly, athletes from the Queenstown-Lakes area dominate the nominations.
The awards will be handed out at the Lake Wanaka centre in Wanaka on October 8.
The free skier of the year award will be hotly contested among Beau-James Wells, his brother, Jossi, and Janina Kuzma, who are all from Wanaka.
Awards will be presented to the 2016 masters ski racing champions, Bonny Teat (Wanaka) and Jon Wardrop (Auckland).
Snow Sports NZ awards
The nominees
Instructor of the year: Emilie Tait-Jamieson (Treble Cone), Justin Stoddard (Snowplanet), Michelle Fuller (Coronet Peak). Sam Lynch (Cardrona Alpine Resort), Toby Wignall (NZ Ski)
Coach of the year: Ben Adams (Wanaka) Adaptive Snow Sports, Nils Coberger (Queenstown) - Alpine Ski Racing, Bruce Wells (Wanaka) Freeski, Sean Thompson (Queenstown) Snowboard.
Breakthrough season: Elizabeth Reid (Invercargill) Alpine, Craig Murray (Wanaka) Freeride, Finn Bilous (Wanaka) Freeski, Duncan Campbell (Queenstown) Snowboard.
Adaptive snow sports athlete of the year: Adam Hall (Wanaka), Corey Peters (New Plymouth) Alpine ski racer of the year: Adam Barwood (Queenstown), Piera Hudson (Havelock North/ Wanaka), Willis Feasey (Twizel)
Cross-country skier of the year: Campbell Wright (Wanaka), Louis Jones (Wanaka)
Freeride Athlete of the Year: Charlie Lyons (Christchurch), Sam Lee (Wanaka), Sam Smoothy (Wanaka)
Freeskier of the year: Beau-James Wells (Wanaka), Janina Kuzma (Wanaka), Jossi Wells (Wanaka)
Snowboarder of the year: Carlos Garcia Knight (Christchurch), Christy Prior (Kaukapakapa), Duncan Campbell (Queenstown)
