''If you want to take your family to the Remarkables for a day's exploring, picnicking, climbing, tramping, [it] is the way to go.''
She suggested NZSki should seek funds from the Government's international visitor levy.
NZSki chief executive Paul Anderson said it did not qualify for levy funding.
It had invested more than $20million in the 13km road, and the toll would assist with the high maintenance costs, he said.
''Currently, these costs are met only by winter visitors to the ski resort and a few commercial operators.''
The $10 fee will apply from December 16 to April 30 each year but will not apply to cyclists or those on foot, and will not be in place during the ski season.
Mr Anderson said 2019 ski pass holders, including school children, would be allowed two free access passes.
Up to 200 cars a day use the road in summer.
Mr Anderson said it cost $20 to use the road to the Pisa Conservation Area, $8 to Mt John and $5 to the Omarama Cliffs.
Department of Conservation Wakatipu operations manager Geoff Owen said NZSki had the right to charge a fee.
''The Remarkables Rd is not a legal road but a series of
easements that first cross private land before reaching public conservation land.
''These easements provide NZSki with the ability to charge a fee for vehicle access.''
Doc did not have the ability to ''change previous decisions''.
''Our role is to agree whether the proposed fee can be
considered reasonable.''
The road was built by the Mt Cook Group in the early 1980s, and a toll booth was in place well into the 1990s
