Rainbow: piste map and stats
Rainbow is a ski resort in Nelson Lakes National Park, Tasman Region, New Zealand. 60% of its kilometres are easy runs: good for learning. It has 8 km of pistes across 8 named runs and 5 lifts. The ski area goes from 1,541 to 1,744 m of altitude, with 203 m of vertical. Its steepest runs (steepest 50 m stretch) are Boulder Run (43%, 23°), Easy Way (27%, 15°) and Race Course (23%, 13°). The longest run is Powder Valley (2.2 km). The nearest ski resort is Mount Lyford, 68 km away. Here you'll find every run with its gradient profile, the lifts and the on-mountain services; the interactive map shows them on satellite imagery.
Snow and weather at Rainbow
Snow forecast for the next 7 days (summit, 1,744 m): no significant snowfall (updated 14 November).
Terrain by difficulty
Lifts by type
Runs, lifts and services
tap a run to see its profileFrequently asked questions
How many kilometres of pistes does Rainbow have?
Rainbow has 8 km of pistes, measured run by run on the map: 8 named runs and 5 lifts.
What altitude is Rainbow at?
Its runs and lifts go from 1,541 to 1,744 m of altitude, with 203 m of vertical.
What is the steepest run at Rainbow?
Boulder Run, with a 43% gradient on its steepest 50 m stretch.
What is the longest run at Rainbow?
Powder Valley, at 2.2 km.
What runs does Rainbow have by difficulty?
Green: 1.6 km (3 runs); Blue: 1.8 km (1 runs); Freeride: 2.2 km (1 runs); Unclassified: 0.9 km (3 runs).
About this data
Piste km: the length of each piste, measured once along its line on the map. Resorts usually advertise more, as they add itineraries, variants or wide pistes counted as several runs; and sometimes a piste is still missing from OpenStreetMap.
Data quality
Snowmaking and ski patrol are rarely tagged in OpenStreetMap — it doesn't mean they don't exist, just that hardly anyone maps them yet.