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New Cadrona chairlift opening up 65 hectare skiing area 23 Feb, 2021 12:54 AM 2 minutes to read Willows Basin will be the first new major lift-accessed terrain in NZ since the opening of the Valley View Quad at Cardrona in 2012. Photo / Supplied Willows Basin will be the first new major lift-accessed terrain in NZ since the opening of the Valley View Quad at Cardrona in 2012. Photo / Supplied NZ Herald A new chairlift at the Cadrona Alpine Resort will open this year, giving access to a brand new ski area at the site. The Willows Quad chairlift is currently under construction and will be compl...

Further lifts are planned, including the main Soho express chairlift. The new lift is the refurbished former McDougall’s Quad, from Cardrona ski area. It was initially intended the lift would be used to open 55ha of advanced ski area known as the Pringles. “When we made the decision not to continue with the Pringles project, we knew we wanted to use the lift elsewhere on the resort. It turned out that it was a perfect fit for the Willows terrain,” Legnavsky said. The new lift would also address some of the resort’s capacity challenges that were highlighted during the busy July sc...