Tongariro National Park, Manawatu-Wanganui Region · New Zealand · ski area
Tūroa ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
Tūroa is a ski area in Tongariro National Park, Manawatu-Wanganui Region, New Zealand with 19 km of mapped downhill runs and 7 lifts, between 1,609 m and 2,316 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 19 km
- Lifts
- 7
- Top elevation
- 2,316 m
- Vertical drop
- 707 m
- Nearest airport
- TUO · 78 km
Slopes by difficulty
32 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap. Colours follow the North American piste convention.
Ski lifts
- 4 Chairlifts
- 2 Button lifts
- 1 Magic carpets
Tūroa is a ski area in Tongariro National Park, Manawatu-Wanganui Region, New Zealand. Its 32 mapped downhill runs add up to 19 km, which ranks it #5 of 28 ski areas in New Zealand and gives it 7.2% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 585 m long.
Slopes at Tūroa
About 33% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 30% intermediate and 35% advanced or expert, which makes Tūroa best suited to confident and advanced skiers.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 7 lifts: 4 chairlifts, 2 button lifts, 1 magic carpet. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 1,609 m up to 2,316 m, a vertical drop of 707 m. The high top station usually means reliable snow well into spring.
Getting to Tūroa
The nearest airport is Taupo Airport (TUO), about 78 km away in a straight line — roughly 1 h 42 min by car; Wanganui Airport (WAG) is 86 km away. Nearby ski areas include Tukino Skifield, Whakapapa (27.2 km) and Manganui (6.7 km), which together add 34 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.
Nearest airports to Tūroa
- 1 TUO78 kmstraight line
- 2 WAG86 kmstraight line
- 3Palmerston North AirportPMR114 kmstraight linePalmerston North, New Zealand
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- 4 NPE116 kmstraight line
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Data: OpenSkiMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors & Skimap.org (ODbL 1.0). Run lengths are measured along mapped pistes; resorts may publish different figures.