The iconic snowboard spring camp is focused on the famous park and pipe features of Cardrona Alpine Resort, in Wanaka NZ!
This camp is all about freestyle progression, building confidence in the terrain park, progressing towards bigger features and learning new tricks, over a two-week period.
This camp includes two trampoline aerial awareness sessions at SITE Wanaka, plus priority lift line access through the snowsports lane at Cardrona.
From the trip description by CAMP3 Snowboarding
On-snow support
- Independent: Below this trip's level of support
Ski or ride independently, without trip staff accompanying you on the mountain.
- Hosted: With your coach
Trip hosts ski or ride with the group, help everyone get oriented, and share local knowledge.
- Guided: With your coach
Professional guides lead the group and select suitable terrain and routes based on conditions and ability.
- Coached: Included
Professional coaches lead the group, select suitable terrain, and provide instruction and personalized feedback to help you improve.
- 8 days on snow with staff
- Coaching camp8 days of freestyle coaching over 2 weeks, at 5hrs per day. Two trampoline aerial awareness sessions.
Terrain, ability and who it is for
- Advanced and expert riders; two or three ability groups are planned to match suitable park-feature sizes.
- Park and pipe: 100% Cardrona, with some skills developed outside the park.
- Eight days of park/pipe coaching, five hours per day, typically Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.
- Wednesdays and the middle weekend may be used if extreme weather closes the resort.
- Increase effectiveness of pop on park jumps
- Learn to pop from both edges, forwards and switch
- Use effective range of movement to create pop and spin
- Understand line in the halfpipe
- Build pressuring and edging skills for riding halfpipe
- Explore different methods of rotation, including anticipation and counter-rotation
- Learn to spin or flip properly on a trampoline and apply in the park
- Develop speed and airtime to progress to the next size of jump
- Learn different box and rail tricks
- Get creative with your riding
- Sport
- Snowboard
- Minimum age
- 18 years
- Adults only
- Yes
- Max group size
- 6 guests
From the trip description by CAMP3 Snowboarding
What the price includes
Included
- Lesson
- Coaching
- 8 days of freestyle coaching over 2 weeks, at 5hrs per day.
- Priority Lift Line
- All our NZ camps include priority lift line access through the snowsports lane at Cardrona and Treble Cone.
- Off-Snow Additions
- Two trampoline aerial awareness sessions.
Not included
- Lodging
- Lift pass
- Transfers
- Not included: accommodation, flights, domestic travel to Wanaka, insurance (must cover off-piste and park riding) and your snowboard equipment. Lift passes and daily transport are both optional extras, as detailed below.
- Lift passes: A discounted unlimited season pass is available to any CAMP3 member who joins a camp in the same season for the cost of $1395. Alternatively, a 5-day anytime pass is available to purchase direct from the mountain.
- Transport in CAMP3 bus: The CAMP3 bus (aka. “Sendee Wendy”) runs 5 days per week, making it easier for out-of-town members to get up the hill each day. Transport in the CAMP3 bus is available from Wanaka on a per week basis for $325/wk.
Not confirmed by the company: Meals.
Where you stay
Not included: accommodation.
Homestay accommodation: Through our strong connections in the local Wānaka community, we will be coupling CAMP3 members with local hosts. These local home owners offer a spare room in their house to our members, for a fixed weekly cost, with a minimum 2 week stay (mosts hosts prefer longer).
Shared houses: We have the option to find shared houses for those staying 6 weeks or longer. This must be arranged by April 2026 to secure.
For alternative accommodation, please check the local backpackers and Airbnb.
Getting there
Not included: flights, domestic travel to Wanaka.
Transport in CAMP3 bus: The CAMP3 bus (aka. “Sendee Wendy”) runs 5 days per week, making it easier for out-of-town members to get up the hill each day. It is a 10-seater 4WD van that will run for all camp days plus one additional day, with pick up spots available around Wanaka. This transport offering is only available week-by-week and is not possible to book day-by-day.
From the trip description by CAMP3 Snowboarding
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Dates and prices
No upcoming dates listed.
1 past date
Sep 21 – Oct 2, 2026
Prices, taxes and fees, required extras, inclusions, availability, and booking terms can change. Confirm the current price and trip details on the company website; details as of September 2, 2026.
Good to know
You must be signed up as a member to book on a camp. Members must be over 18 (most members are in the 25-45 range), have done at least 10 days on a snowboard and must be stoked on progressing their riding.
If it's the first camp of the year, this will include a $55 membership fee (or ¥5,000 if you're paying for a Japan camp).
We charge a 10% non-fundable deposit to secure your booking on our early-bird or late-bird packages.
Insurance (must cover off-piste and park riding) is not included and is required.
As standard, we try to keep each group at a maximum of 6 people.
Any cancellation for a confirmed booking that is MORE THAN 4 weeks prior to the first day of the Product commencing will receive a full refund, less a 10% administration fee. Any cancellation for a confirmed booking that is WITHIN 4 weeks of the first day of the Product commencing will receive no refund.
All lift passes must be pre-arranged with at least three days notice.
From the trip description by CAMP3 Snowboarding
