A Boxing Day special for mountain bikers in Queenstown today.

For the first time in five years Coronet Peak's opened its chairlift to bikers and tourists to check out the mountain - without the snow.

The chairlift will be operating everyday until the 11th of January - and ski area manager Ross Copland says they're expecting two-to-three-hundred-people a day.

He says the time was right to open again after increased public interest.

"We've got a huge number of guests coming into Queenstown at this time of year," he says.

"Mountain-biking has become such a popular sport, particularly over summer. It made sense for us to be open through that period."