Porters, is a commercial ski resort just over an hour's rive west from Christchurch, on New Zealand's South Island. Originally functioning as a club skifield, it has one beginner magic carpet, one fixed grip rope tow and three t-bars. The difficulty of the slopes is distributed as 15% beginner, 35% intermediate and 50% advanced. Modern grooming equipment is used, and snowmaking facilities operate along the main pistes on either side of the number 1 T-bar.