I went to Queenstown for 2 weeks in late june / july this yeah and it wasn't to bad, if i was to go again, id go in Aug prob, cause 2 of the mountains were not open for us cause they didn't get enough snowfall to build up a big enough base (TC and another one up near Wonika). was the 1st time i have been boarding so i cant really compare it to anywhere but mates i went with said they liked it more than FC, mainly cause there was a lot more variety to do on a few different mountains that are all pretty close to each other. The scenery of NZ it unreal and the night life of Queenstown is pretty sick.

Hope it helps a bit,

-Trizo.