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Skiing at Snow Park

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Skiing has become an important recreational activity in the Queenstown Lakes district, with many new fields opening since 1977. Watch freestyle skiers practise their sport – which involves acrobatic turns, jumps and flips – at Snow Park, above the Cardrona Valley near Wānaka.

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Malcolm McKinnon, Otago region – Sport and recreation, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/22731/skiing-at-snow-park (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, published 18 August 2009, updated 1 May 2015.