På gång i Queenstown, New Zealand under året

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Summer holidays i New Zealand

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Pågår fortfarande: Great Walks season (25 okt – 30 apr), Lupins along the roads (15 nov – 5 jan (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: Great Walks season (25 okt – 30 apr)

Mellansäsong — mellan topparna

• Helg

  Easter long weekend

  3–6 aprPåsk & stilla veckanTrångtBoka tidigtStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Great Walks season (25 okt – 30 apr)

Mest folk — Easter long weekend, Arrowtown Autumn Festival

• Natur

  Autumn colour in Arrowtown

  5 apr – 5 maj · vanligtvis

  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 festivalTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Anzac Day

  25–27 aprNationell helgdagStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Easter long weekend (3–6 apr), Great Walks season (25 okt – 30 apr)

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

Pågår fortfarande: Autumn colour in Arrowtown (5 apr – 5 maj (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Ski fields open

• Öppning

  Ski fields open

  13 junSkidsäsongTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

• Säsong

  Ski season

  13 jun – 11 okt · vanligtvisTrångt

  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.

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Ski season

• Helg

  New Zealand school holidays

  4–19 jul · vanligtvisTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Ski season (13 jun – 11 okt (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Ski season

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Ski season (13 jun – 11 okt (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Ski season

• Festival

  Snow Machine

  10–12 sepMusikfestivalTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Ski season (13 jun – 11 okt (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, Ski season

• Stängt

  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. Källa ↗

• Säsong

  Great Walks season

  25 okt – 30 aprLedsäsongBoka tidigt

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: Ski season (13 jun – 11 okt (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — mellan topparna

• Natur

  Lupins along the roads

  15 nov – 5 jan · vanligtvisVildblommor & blomning

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Great Walks season (25 okt – 30 apr)

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Christmas Day closures

• Helg

  Christmas Day closures

  25–26 decJul & nyårStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Great Walks season (25 okt – 30 apr), Lupins along the roads (15 nov – 5 jan (vanligtvis))