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QueenstownMay 23

Snowguns fire up as skifield prepares for opening

More than 100 snowguns were fired up on Coronet Peak on Wednesday, pumping snow across the trails for about 19 hours.

QueenstownAugust 11

Coronet course gets the thumbs up

While recreational skiers may have their concerns about conditions at Coronet Peak, elite ski racers in Queenstown for Winter Games NZ are giving the course a thumbs up.

QueenstownOctober 2

Waste efforts pay off

A waste management initiative at Coronet Peak, prompted by staff feedback, has seen a significant increase in recycling at the ski area.

QueenstownAugust 26

Love above the slopes

In what could be an event unique to Coronet Peak, the skifield's lift operators and very own Cupid will be pairing potential couples on the chairs of the Coronet Express this Friday.

QueenstownAugust 26

Honing skills further

While completing their "summer" training programme at Coronet Peak, the Russian men's and women's alpine ski teams have also been competing in a transtasman competition.

QueenstownJune 11

First up, best dressed as Coronet skifield opens

Cougar and Tallulah Bryant do not mind getting up early if it means they are the first to hit the slopes at Coronet Peak - they have done so two years running.

QueenstownJune 10

Mountain forecast

Coronet Peak Snow base upper: 30cm. Snow base lower: 40cm. Last snowfall: 5cm, June 9.

QueenstownJune 10

Perfect start to ski season

Coronet Peak opened in perfect conditions on Saturday morning. More than 200 patrons were lined up at the chairlift for the cutting of the ribbon, the first having arrived at 4.30am.

QueenstownJune 3

Little snow at Coronet

There will be a "big investment" in snow-making at Coronet Peak this week if the skifield is to meet its scheduled opening of this Saturday.

QueenstownMay 8

Snow 'good header'

The dusting of snow on the mountains last week has focused attention on the upcoming ski season.

QueenstownDecember 27

Hotel enters voluntary liquidation

Coronet Peak Hotel Ltd in Queenstown has voluntarily been put into liquidation, owing more than $1.4 million, after a plunging market, "unsustainable rental" and the building's poor condition saw it fail this year.

QueenstownOctober 2

Mountain forecast: October 3

CORONET PEAK • Snow base: Upper 130cm, lower 105cm. • Last snowfall: 10cm on September 25. Today • Forecast: Cloud increasing. • Wind at 1000m: Southeasterlies developing. • Wind at 2000m: Easterlies developing. • Free air freezing level: 2000m. • Temperature: Maximum 8degC, minimum 0degC.

QueenstownSeptember 25

Mountain forecast: September 26

CORONET PEAK • Snowbase: 147cm; lower: 122cm. • Last snowfall: 10cm, September 25. Today • Forecast: Mostly fine, but showers developing about the western headwaters. • Wind at 1000m: Westerly rising to 40kmh in the afternoon. • Wind at 2000m: Southwest 50kmh. • Free air freezing level: Rising to 1400m. • Temperature: Maximum 3degC, minimum -2degC.

QueenstownSeptember 20

Mountain forecast: September 21

CORONET PEAK Snowbase: Upper 147cm, lower 122cm. Last snowfall: 5cm on September 18.

QueenstownSeptember 11

Mountain forecast: September 12

CORONET PEAK • Last snowfall: 4cm, September 1. • Snow base upper: 140cm. • Snow base lower: 115cm. TODAY • Forecast: Scattered rain, mainly in the afternoon. Snow lowering to 500m in the evening. • Wind at 1000m: Southerly rising to 50kmh in the afternoon. • Wind at 2000m: Southerly rising to 70kmh in the afternoon. • Free air freezing level: Falling to 800m. • Temperature: Maximum: 0degC, minimum: -5degC

QueenstownSeptember 4

Mountain forecast: September 5

CORONET PEAK • Snowbase: Upper 140cm, lower 115cm • Last snowfall: 4cm on September 1 TODAY • Forecast: Fine with morning frosts • Wind at 1000m: Northwesterlies, gusting 50kmh in exposed places from afternoon • Wind at 2000m: Northwesterlies rising to 50kmh in the afternoon • Free air freezing level: 2300m • Temperature: Maximum 7degC, minimum -1degC

QueenstownAugust 29

Wrong turn: skier hikes 10km

A Christchurch woman who took a wrong turn on the Coronet Peak skifield late on Saturday afternoon hiked about 10km over "very challenging terrain" in the dark to a farmhouse.

QueenstownAugust 29

Fundraisers have fun

Four teams of four firefighters turned out for the inaugural Firefighter Chill Factor Challenge at Coronet Peak on Friday, which saw ski and snowboard-clad quartets competing to finish as many sponsored runs as possible in two hours.

QueenstownAugust 28

Mountain forecast: August 29

CORONET PEAK • Snowbase: Upper, 140cm; lower: 115cm. • Last snowfall: 2cm, August 26. TODAY • Forecast: Rain with some heavy falls about the headwaters, a few falls spreading further east. Snow above 1200m about the headwaters. • Wind at 1000m: Northerly developing. • Wind at 2000m: Northwest rising to 60kmh. • Free air freezing level: About 1800m. • Temperature: Maximum 7degC, minimum 2degC.

QueenstownAugust 22

Chairlift speed-dating a high old time

Surely, there could be no more romantic a setting than a twilight ride on the Coronet Peak chairlift, overlooking Queenstown's beauty below.

QueenstownAugust 21

Mountain forecast: August 22

CORONET PEAK • Snowbase: upper, 140cm; lower, 115cm. • Last snowfall: 30cm, August 16. TODAY • Forecast: fine, with frosts morning and night. • Wind at 1000m: westerly 30kmh. • Wind at 2000m: southwest 55kmh. • Free air freezing level: 2200m. • Maximum temperature: 2degC. • Minimum temperature: 0degC.

NewsAugust 17

Off-course snowboarder lucky to survive

An English snowboarder is lucky to be alive after he strayed off the Coronet Peak ski slopes and was missing for more than six hours.

QueenstownAugust 7

Mountain forecast: August 8

CORONET PEAK • Snowbase: Upper, 115cm; lower, 92cm. • Last snowfall: 1cm, August 7. TODAY • Forecast: Fine spells, with morning frosts in sheltered valleys. • Wind at 1000m: Southwest 45kmh. • Wind at 2000m: Southwest gale 80kmh. • Free air freezing level: 1000m. • Maximum temperature: 0degC. • Minimum temperature: -5degC.

QueenstownJuly 17

All lifts open; more snow needed

With Coronet Skifield fully open, night skiing under way and the New Zealand school holidays now here, the Remarkables ski area is inching closer to giving NZSki areas a full warrant of fitness.

QueenstownJuly 17

Mountain forecast

TODAY • Forecast: Fine, with morning frosts. Areas of morning low cloud invalleys, also. • Wind at 1000m: Light and variable. • Wind at 2000m: Westerly breeze. • Free air freezing level: 2200m. • Coronet Peak: Maximum -1degC, minimum -6degC. • The Remarkables: Maximum -4degC, minimum -10degC.