Hva som skjer i Queenstown, New Zealand gjennom året

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, Summer holidays i New Zealand

Ingenting nytt starter i januar.

Fortsatt på gang: Great Walks season (25. okt – 30. apr), Lupins along the roads (15. nov – 5. jan (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned

Ingenting nytt starter i februar.

Fortsatt på gang: Great Walks season (25. okt – 30. apr)

Skuldersesong — mellom toppene

• Helligdag

  Easter long weekend

  3.–6. aprPåske og stillehelgMye folkBestill tidligStengninger

  Good Friday and Easter Monday are public holidays, and on Good Friday and Easter Sunday most shops must stay shut unless local rules or a tourist-area exemption let them open. New Zealanders make it a long weekend away, so motels, holiday parks and campsites fill. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Great Walks season (25. okt – 30. apr)

Toppsesong — Easter long weekend, Arrowtown Autumn Festival

• Natur

  Autumn colour in Arrowtown

  5. apr – 5. mai · vanligvis

  The poplars and larches in the old gold town turn through late April, which is the one thing every New Zealander drives here for out of ski season.

• Festival

  Arrowtown Autumn Festival

  15.–19. aprStor festivalMye folk

  Five days built around the colour: a street parade, a market and the town at capacity while the rest of the district is between seasons. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Anzac Day

  25.–27. aprNasjonaldagStengninger

  25 April remembers those who served in war. Dawn services are held at memorials in towns across the country, and by law most shops stay closed until 1 pm. When it falls on a weekend the public holiday moves to the Monday. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Easter long weekend (3.–6. apr), Great Walks season (25. okt – 30. apr)

Rolig — redaksjonens rolige måned

Ingenting nytt starter i mai.

Fortsatt på gang: Autumn colour in Arrowtown (5. apr – 5. mai (vanligvis))

Travelt — mellom toppene, Ski fields open

• Åpning

  Ski fields open

  13. junSkisesongMye folk

  Coronet Peak and the Remarkables open in the second week of June, with a snow-factory head start on Coronet from late May. The town fills within a fortnight. Kilde ↗

• Sesong

  Ski season

  13. jun – 11. okt · vanligvisMye folk

  Four fields within an hour, a base that peaks in August, and lift queues that follow the New Zealand and Australian school holidays rather than the snow.

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, Ski season

• Helligdag

  New Zealand school holidays

  4.–19. jul · vanligvisMye folk

  The winter term break puts the whole country on the mountain at once; the first week of July is the hardest fortnight of the year to find a bed or a lift ticket. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Ski season (13. jun – 11. okt (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, Ski season

Ingenting nytt starter i august.

Fortsatt på gang: Ski season (13. jun – 11. okt (vanligvis))

Travelt — mellom toppene, Ski season

• Festival

  Snow Machine

  10.–12. sepMusikkfestivalMye folk

  An alpine music festival at the end of the season, when the snow is soft, the days are long and the town has one last busy week in it. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Ski season (13. jun – 11. okt (vanligvis))

Rolig — redaksjonens rolige måned, Ski season

• Stengt

  Ski fields close

  4.–11. okt

  Coronet Peak shuts in the first week of October and the Remarkables a week later, which starts the emptiest month of the Queenstown year. Kilde ↗

• Sesong

  Great Walks season

  25. okt – 30. aprStisesongBestill tidlig

  The Routeburn and Milford huts run on booked, serviced season rules for roughly six months; outside it the bridges come out and the passes are an alpine undertaking.

Fortsatt på gang: Ski season (13. jun – 11. okt (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — mellom toppene

• Natur

  Lupins along the roads

  15. nov – 5. jan · vanligvisVillblomster og blomstring

  Russell lupins take over the roadsides and river flats towards Wanaka and the Mackenzie for about six weeks. They are an invasive weed and photograph beautifully anyway. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Great Walks season (25. okt – 30. apr)

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, Christmas Day closures

• Helligdag

  Christmas Day closures

  25.–26. desJul og nyttårStengninger

  Christmas Day is one of the few days most shops must close by law, and many cafes, restaurants and tours shut too. Boxing Day is a public holiday as well, when shops reopen for the sales and the roads fill with families heading off on summer holiday. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Great Walks season (25. okt – 30. apr), Lupins along the roads (15. nov – 5. jan (vanligvis))