Broken River is a club skifield in South Island, New Zealand. Run by the Broken River Ski Club, it is located 1.5 hours drive from Christchurch. It claims to often have the longest ski season anywhere in Australasia. Also, by connecting with Craigieburn Valley, it claims to have the largest skiable area in New Zealand, at 900 hectares. Christchurch is the regional capital of Canterbury, New Zealand. ... Australasia Australasia is a term variably used to describe a region of Oceania: Australia, New Zealand, and neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean. ... Craigieburn Valley is a club skifield in the southern alps of New Zealands South Island. ... A hectare (symbol ha) is a unit of area, equal to 10 000 square metres, commonly used for measuring land area. ...

The terrain is based around a large, open basin with 5 ski tows and a skiable range from 1420 to 1820 m. The difficulty distribution is 10% beginner, 40% intermediate, 50% advanced.

External links

• http://www.brokenriver.co.nz/aboutus.asp
  • Trail map

Coordinates: 43.154477° S 171.659605° E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...