The ski area caters primarily to beginner and intermediate skiers with extensive use of two snow grooming machines.

[3] It was operated in 2019 by Tekapo Ski Field Ltd as a concession in part of Te Kahui Conservation Park.

[1]: 7–8  The ski field visitor numbers more than doubled between 2001 and 2018 with its activity contributing to the local economy.

[1]: 70  The gentle slopes used for the main ski field are related to underlying extensively oxidised greywacke while the lower western slopes of Round Hill have isolated outcrops of intensely clay altered and variably hematite stained greywacke.

[5]: 145  The East Forest Creek Fault runs along the course of the Coal River immediately to the north west of Round Hill.