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TREBLE CONE

📍Wanaka, Otago, New Zealand

⬛ Steep & Deep🏔️ Expert Paradise🏞️ Scenic Cruiser🧗 Backcountry AccessIndependent

Photo: Luca Calderone · Unsplash License · Photo details

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Vertical drop
2,321 ft
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Skiable terrain
1,359 acres
❄️
Avg snowfall
217 in*
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Lifts
3*
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Editor's Pick

Francesca Wānaka on Ardmore Street for wood-fired pizza and house-made pasta after skiing.

THE FOOD SCENE

Compare the picks below by cuisine, setting and location. Each venue’s page has its current menu and service arrangements.

DINING PICKS

4 curated spots for eating and drinking at Treble Cone

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On-Mountain Dining

On-Mountain

1 pick

Pizza, hot chips and local craft beer

The View

Top of Home Basin Express, Treble Cone

🌯Quick Bite🏞️Views🍔Casual

The View is Treble Cone’s top-of-Home-Basin-Express café for pizza, hot chips and local craft beer.

Why We Like It

A mountain-view lunch or drink without returning to the base: pizza, hot chips and local beer at the top of Home Basin Express.

Sources & planning details

Checked: identity, location, cuisine type, description, recommendation details, website.

Supporting source ↗ · checked 2026-10-27

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Base Area

1 pick

$$Earlier budget guideNew Zealand Cafe

TC Café

Treble Cone base building

🍔Casual🌯Quick Bite

The base-building café serves quick mountain lunches, including pies and wraps.

Why We Like It

A handy place to warm up and regroup by the beginner area before heading back to the lifts.

Earlier guide details

Earlier menu idea: Mince and cheese pie with a flat white. Choose from the restaurant’s current menu when you visit.

Sources & planning details

Checked: identity, description, recommendation details, website.

Without current field-level confirmation: location, cuisine type, price guide, dish recommendation.

Supporting source ↗ · checked 2026-10-31

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In Town

2 picks

$$Earlier budget guideItalian with a Wānaka twist

Francesca Wānaka

93 Ardmore Street, Wānaka

💑Date Night🍔Casual

A Wānaka restaurant on Ardmore Street serving wood-fired pizza and house-made pasta, using local ingredients in seasonal Italian cooking.

Why We Like It

A town dinner choice for those who want Italian food with a local New Zealand influence.

Reservations recommended
Earlier guide details

Earlier menu idea: Wood-fired pizza and house-made pasta. Choose from the restaurant’s current menu when you visit.

Sources & planning details

Checked: identity, location, cuisine type, description, recommendation details, website.

Without current field-level confirmation: price guide, dish recommendation.

Supporting source ↗ · checked 2026-10-27

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$$$Earlier budget guideModern New Zealand

Kika

2 Dunmore Street, Wānaka

🍷Fine Dining💑Date Night

A Wānaka restaurant and bar that uses seasonal New Zealand produce in globally influenced sharing plates.

Why We Like It

Reserve a table for dinner with friends who like to try several dishes together.

Reservations recommended
Earlier guide details

Earlier menu idea: Cardrona lamb with seasonal preparations. Choose from the restaurant’s current menu when you visit.

Sources & planning details

Checked: location, description, recommendation details, website.

Without current field-level confirmation: identity, cuisine type, price guide, dish recommendation.

Supporting source ↗ · checked 2026-10-31

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Plan your meal

Check whether your chosen venue takes reservations or uses a walk-in waitlist. For mountain dining, plan around lift access and service times.

Sources & planning context

Historical planning figures · Figures marked * come from earlier references and may differ from current resort figures.

Other names · Treble Cone Ski Area, TC

Use the picks for atmosphere, cuisine and location; the restaurant’s own page has current menus and service times.

Typically late June to late September

A broad planning range from the historical guide, conditions permitting. Use the operator’s schedule for your travel dates.

Official schedules & conditions ↗
Schedule source ↗Official resort ↗
Official website
https://cardrona-treblecone.com/
Source ↗ · Oct 27, 2026
Runs
22
Source ↗ · Oct 21, 2026
Skiable area (acres)
1359
Source ↗ · Oct 21, 2026
Summit elevation (ft)
6850
Source ↗ · Oct 21, 2026
terrain · beginner
10
Source ↗ · Oct 21, 2026
terrain · intermediate
30
Source ↗ · Oct 21, 2026
terrain · advanced
40
Source ↗ · Oct 21, 2026
terrain · expert
20
Source ↗ · Oct 21, 2026
Published opening time
08:30
Source ↗ · Oct 21, 2026
Published closing time
16:00
Source ↗ · Oct 21, 2026
Base elevation (ft)
4110
Source ↗ · Oct 27, 2026
Vertical drop (ft)
2321
Source ↗ · Oct 27, 2026

Historical mountain figures awaiting field-level confirmation: Lifts, Reported average snowfall (in), Longest run (mi).

Individual listings retain their own sources and check dates. A source check covers only the named details; it does not confirm availability. Snowfall averages describe climate, not a forecast.

Official metric and imperial elevations differ, so the retained elevations are historical references. Two chairlifts are listed separately from learning carpets.

Treble Cone area maps ↗Home Basin has groomers and a beginner platter, Saddle Basin intermediate and advanced routes, Motatapu steep chutes. · Checked Oct 31, 2026. This check covers these details only.

Wānaka ski trails by ability ↗Easy Rider is a green switchback trail. · Checked Oct 31, 2026. This check covers these details only.

Mountain transport ↗Paid town buses and separate free mountain-road shuttle from base of Treble Cone access road; heed chain directions. · Checked Oct 31, 2026. This check covers these details only.

National Transport and Toy Museum ↗Established museum adjacent to Wānaka Airport. · Checked Oct 31, 2026. This check covers these details only.

Museum collection ↗Regional visitor directory describes aircraft, vehicles and toys. · Checked Oct 31, 2026. This check covers these details only.

Minaret Station ↗accessible only by helicopter · world class cuisine · just four chalets · Queenstown and Wanaka region · heli-skiing · Checked Oct 27, 2026. This check covers these details only.

Wanaka Homestead Lodge & Cottages | Explore | Wanaka Official Website ↗Award-winning lodge and self-catering cottage accommodation about 200 metres from Wānaka and the Wānaka Tree, opposite Station Park. · Checked Oct 27, 2026. This check covers these details only.

Edgewater Hotel Wānaka ↗edge of Lake Wānaka · guest rooms, suites and apartments · Apartment - 2 Bedroom · mountain views · lake-view terrace patio · Checked Oct 27, 2026. This check covers these details only.

Oakridge Resort Wanaka - Wanaka | 20 Studholme Rd, Wanaka 9305, Wanaka ↗At 20 Studholme Road, Oakridge offers hotel rooms through two-bedroom apartments, nine outdoor heated pools, a lap pool, gym and restaurants. · Checked Oct 27, 2026. This check covers these details only.

Haka House · Wānaka ↗Current hostel at 94 Brownston Street with private and shared room options, communal kitchen and lounge. The former YHA/Purple Cow site matches its address. · Checked Oct 31, 2026. This check covers these details only.

Otago Daily Times · Wānaka hostel renovation ↗Local reporting identifies the former YHA at 94 Brownston as the property renovated for relaunch as Haka House. Used for historical identity continuity only. · Checked Oct 31, 2026. This check covers these details only.

Treble Cone Snow Sports School ↗Treble Cone offers private ski and snowboard coaching and a first-timer package combining a group lesson, rental gear and a beginner lift pass. · Checked Oct 31, 2026. This check covers these details only.

TC Freeride Team ↗The 2026 program described on- and off-piste coaching for advanced skiers and snowboarders, with technical skills, decision-making and line selection. Later camp dates are unconfirmed. · Checked Oct 31, 2026. This check covers these details only.

Cardrona and Treble Cone ski equipment rentals ↗Core rental collection is available on the mountain or at the operator’s Wānaka and Queenstown locations. The premium performance package specifies mountain pickup. · Checked Oct 31, 2026. This check covers these details only.

Treble Cone cafés ↗TC Café and TC Bar are in the Treble Cone base building. The café serves wraps and pies. The operator also lists Après in Wānaka at 50 Cardrona Valley Road. · Checked Oct 31, 2026. This check covers these details only.

Francesca Wānaka ↗Francesca Wānaka is at 93 Ardmore Street. The restaurant serves wood-fired pizza and house-made pasta. Its seasonal Italian cooking incorporates local New Zealand ingredients. · Checked Oct 27, 2026. This check covers these details only.

Kika Wānaka ↗2 Dunmore Street. Dinner restaurant and bar with seasonal New Zealand ingredients and sharing plates influenced by international cooking. · Checked Oct 31, 2026. This check covers these details only.

  • Cardrona & Treble Cone mountain info ↗

    The official Cardrona & Treble Cone mountain info page supports the asserted static mountain facts. Metric source values are stored in the site's rounded imperial display units.

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