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Happy Valley Beginners Area at Whakapapa skifield

Easy · 469 m long with 49 m of vertical, averaging 6° and 9° at its steepest, facing NW.

9°steepest 50 m
6°average pitch
469 mlength
49 mvertical
1622 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

Happy Valley Beginners Area is south-east-facing: sun from mid-morning, softens early in spring.

Grooming: classic.

How to get to Happy Valley Beginners Area

Lifts that reach the top: Carpet 1 (skiing novice terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 6 minutes, easy skiing needed):

  1. Ride Carpet 1
  2. Ski Happy Valley Beginners Area (easy)

Where it ends

Nearest lifts from the bottom: Double Happy Chair (1 min), Carpet 4 (1 min).

See Happy Valley Beginners Area on the 3D mapAll runs at Whakapapa skifield
Measured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.