Events in the third two-yearly games will be held at Wanaka's Cardrona Resort and the Snow Farm, Queenstown's Coronet Peak and the International Curling Rink in Naseby.
As there has been no natural snowfall at Coronet Peak since July 15 and spring-like temperatures in the resort, snowguns have been dusting the skifield at night as temperatures allow.
Games sports manager Iona Sanders said Coronet Peak's excellent snow-making facilities and the early season snowfalls meant snow had been stockpiled and compacted and was not melting as rapidly as some might think.
''Everyone is riding through the warm patch really well,'' she said. However, another fall of natural snow would be welcome.
She expected the influx of athletes to continue into next week ahead of the first events on August 15.
Making sure the event features, including the Olympic-sized half pipe, are up to international standard are a handful of skiers and snowboarders on the New Zealand team. The games' freeski competitions have been sanctioned at platinum level by the Association of Freeskiing Professionals (AFP).
''To reach that level ... is a huge deal,'' Ms Sanders said.
Games organisers are also pleased with the numbers in the IPC (International Paralympic Committee) Alpine Slalom World Cup, which has attracted 97 entrants.
''They are travelling from all over the world to be at Coronet Peak.''
The games open on Thursday, August 15. Included in the opening ceremony at Earnslaw Park, Queenstown, from 5pm, will be the first medal ceremony for the cross-country sprint race to have been held at the Snow Farm earlier.
