Snowy Mountains · backcountry conditions

A data board, not a verdict. Every value carries its source — you make the call.

Generated Mon 15 Jun 2026, 18:00 (local)

Official avalanche hazard — human-required

This dashboard never computes or restates an avalanche danger rating. Read the Mountain Safety Collective report before entering backcountry terrain.

No current report posted (off-season or between updates) — confirm on the page.

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Trailhead access

Road and park status change fast in the alpine — open these before you drive. Chain-fit and snow closures apply to Kosciuszko Rd and the Alpine Way in winter.

Measured now — alpine AWS

OBS

Real station observations (BOM, via FTP). Shown beside the forecast — not blended into it. No sensor on the Main Range and no snow-depth field; measured base depth is Snowy Hydro (coming).

Thredbo Top Station 1957 m

11 min ago

3.2° feels -7° · 43 NW (56 g) km/h · 91% RH

Perisher Valley 1738 m

11 min ago

5.1° feels 1° · 13 NW (24 g) km/h · 80% RH

Cabramurra 1482 m

11 min ago

6.8° feels 3° · 17 NW (19 g) km/h · 100% RH

Thredbo Village 1380 m · Non-AWS

3 h ago

9.4° feels 8° · 0 CALM (? g) km/h · 63% RH

Base depth — Spencers Creek snow course (1830 m)

Canonical AU base-depth record (manual, ~weekly). No machine-readable value — open the chart. Measured below the ridge; there is no depth sensor on the Main Range itself.

chart →

Live wind map

animated · wind

Map by Windy.com · drag/zoom to explore; the marker sits on the Main Range.

Blue Lake

freezing 3040–3730 m

freezing level 3040–3730 m · 0.00 m base · derived flags: visibility, wet loose warming (high)

✓ models agree (best-match + ICON)

1890 m · loads NE · 06:00-18:00 local

hour temp chill wind dir gust vis snow frz.lvl
06:00 -1° -3° 2 NNE 10 0.3k 0.0 3150
07:00 -3° 3 N 11 1.0k 0.0 3150
08:00 -2° 4 N 12 0.6k 0.0 3140
09:00 6 NW 17 1.3k 0.0 3130
10:00 8 WNW 23 4.0k 0.0 3080
11:00 10 WNW 28 8.3k 0.0 3050
12:00 10 WNW 28 11.0k 0.0 3040
13:00 11 WNW 28 11.1k 0.0 3040
14:00 10 WNW 29 12.0k 0.0 3120
15:00 9 WNW 27 13.5k 0.0 3250
16:00 6 WNW 24 12.6k 0.0 3370
17:00 -1° 4 WNW 19 7.1k 0.0 3620
18:00 -1° 2 NW 16 5.4k 0.0 3730

▲ visibility — high

poor — visibility 340 m (<1 km) — navigation + terrain assessment hard; whiteout is a leading AU rescue cause. Carry a compass/GPS bearing plan and known bail lines.

▲ wet loose warming — high

warming -0.6→6.2 °C through the day — wet-loose / point-release on sun-warmed N/NW/W aspects. Tour early, be off steep solar slopes by early afternoon.

derived weather signals, NOT an official avalanche forecast

Source: open-meteo/best-match · fetched 0 min ago · forecast (FCST), not measured.

Charlotte Pass

freezing 3040–3730 m

freezing level 3040–3730 m · 0.00 m base · derived flags: wet loose warming (high)

✓ models agree (best-match + ICON)

1760 m · loads NE · 06:00-18:00 local

hour temp chill wind dir gust vis snow frz.lvl
06:00 -1° -4° 6 WNW 16 1.0k 0.0 3150
07:00 -1° -4° 7 WNW 17 1.6k 0.0 3150
08:00 -3° 10 WNW 18 1.2k 0.0 3140
09:00 10 WNW 22 1.4k 0.0 3130
10:00 9 WNW 24 5.1k 0.0 3080
11:00 8 NW 25 9.4k 0.0 3050
12:00 8 NW 26 13.6k 0.0 3040
13:00 8 NW 26 17.0k 0.0 3040
14:00 8 NW 26 15.5k 0.0 3120
15:00 8 NW 26 16.2k 0.0 3250
16:00 6 NW 23 16.7k 0.0 3370
17:00 -1° 7 WNW 18 17.2k 0.0 3620
18:00 -2° 7 WNW 19 3.5k 0.0 3730

▲ wet loose warming — high

warming -0.6→7.4 °C through the day — wet-loose / point-release on sun-warmed N/NW/W aspects. Tour early, be off steep solar slopes by early afternoon.

derived weather signals, NOT an official avalanche forecast

Source: open-meteo/best-match · fetched 0 min ago · forecast (FCST), not measured.

Dead Horse Gap / Rams Head

freezing 3060–3720 m

freezing level 3060–3720 m · 0.00 m base · derived flags: wet loose warming (high)

✓ models agree (best-match + ICON)

1580 m · loads SE · 06:00-18:00 local

hour temp chill wind dir gust vis snow frz.lvl
06:00 -3° 8 NW 21 4.3k 0.0 3150
07:00 -3° 8 NW 21 11.1k 0.0 3150
08:00 -2° 11 NW 24 6.8k 0.0 3140
09:00 12 NW 27 68.4k 0.0 3140
10:00 11 NW 30 4.9k 0.0 3110
11:00 9 NW 30 9.5k 0.0 3060
12:00 9 NW 30 11.4k 0.0 3060
13:00 9 NW 30 13.3k 0.0 3090
14:00 10 NW 30 12.3k 0.0 3160
15:00 8 NW 29 12.5k 0.0 3320
16:00 7 NW 25 13.4k 0.0 3500
17:00 8 NW 21 13.8k 0.0 3560
18:00 -2° 9 NNW 22 29.5k 0.0 3720

▲ wet loose warming — high

warming 0.4→8 °C through the day — wet-loose / point-release on sun-warmed N/NW/W aspects. Tour early, be off steep solar slopes by early afternoon.

derived weather signals, NOT an official avalanche forecast

Source: open-meteo/best-match · fetched 0 min ago · forecast (FCST), not measured.

Guthega access

freezing 3040–3730 m

freezing level 3040–3730 m · 0.00 m base · derived flags: visibility, wet loose warming (high)

⚠ models diverge: temp (best-match vs ICON) — lower confidence

1640 m · loads NE · 06:00-18:00 local

hour temp chill wind dir gust vis snow frz.lvl
06:00 -2° 7 W 19 0.5k 0.0 3150
07:00 -3° 9 W 22 0.4k 0.0 3150
08:00 -2° 10 W 23 0.4k 0.0 3140
09:00 9 W 23 6.4k 0.0 3130
10:00 7 WNW 23 7.2k 0.0 3080
11:00 8 WNW 27 17.9k 0.0 3050
12:00 8 WNW 27 19.8k 0.0 3040
13:00 10 WNW 32 16.6k 0.0 3040
14:00 11 WNW 34 18.3k 0.0 3120
15:00 10 WNW 34 23.0k 0.0 3250
16:00 7 WNW 32 18.0k 0.0 3370
17:00 6 W 22 8.7k 0.0 3620
18:00 8 W 24 2.4k 0.0 3730

▲ visibility — high

poor — visibility 360 m (<1 km) — navigation + terrain assessment hard; whiteout is a leading AU rescue cause. Carry a compass/GPS bearing plan and known bail lines.

▲ wet loose warming — high

warming 0.5→9 °C through the day — wet-loose / point-release on sun-warmed N/NW/W aspects. Tour early, be off steep solar slopes by early afternoon.

derived weather signals, NOT an official avalanche forecast

Source: open-meteo/best-match · fetched 0 min ago · forecast (FCST), not measured.

Main Range (Kosciuszko)

freezing 3060–3720 m

freezing level 3060–3720 m · 0.00 m base · derived flags: surface conditions, wet loose warming (watch)

✓ models agree (best-match + ICON)

2228 m · loads E · 06:00-18:00 local

hour temp chill wind dir gust vis snow frz.lvl
06:00 -2° -6° 5 NNE 22 1.6k 0.0 3150
07:00 -2° -6° 5 N 23 7.7k 0.0 3150
08:00 -1° -4° 6 N 24 1.9k 0.0 3140
09:00 -2° 8 NNW 29 1.6k 0.0 3140
10:00 -1° 9 NW 32 2.7k 0.0 3110
11:00 -1° 10 NW 34 5.8k 0.0 3060
12:00 10 NW 34 8.1k 0.0 3060
13:00 10 NW 35 9.1k 0.0 3090
14:00 10 NW 35 11.2k 0.0 3160
15:00 8 NW 32 16.0k 0.0 3320
16:00 -1° 7 NW 29 17.8k 0.0 3500
17:00 -1° -4° 6 N 26 13.4k 0.0 3560
18:00 -1° -4° 5 NNE 26 19.2k 0.0 3720

▲ surface conditions — watch

melt-freeze: 1.2 °C at 09:00 then -0.7 °C at 17:00 — expect bulletproof/rime crust. Crampons + ice axe; firm slips are a top AU injury cause.

▲ wet loose warming — watch

warming -2.5→3.8 °C through the day — wet-loose / point-release on sun-warmed N/NW/W aspects. Tour early, be off steep solar slopes by early afternoon.

derived weather signals, NOT an official avalanche forecast

Source: open-meteo/best-match · fetched 0 min ago · forecast (FCST), not measured.

Perisher access

freezing 3040–3730 m

freezing level 3040–3730 m · 0.00 m base · derived flags: visibility, wet loose warming (high)

⚠ models diverge: temp (best-match vs ICON) — lower confidence

1720 m · loads E · 06:00-18:00 local

hour temp chill wind dir gust vis snow frz.lvl
06:00 -2° 7 W 19 0.5k 0.0 3150
07:00 -3° 9 W 22 0.4k 0.0 3150
08:00 -2° 10 W 23 0.4k 0.0 3140
09:00 9 W 23 6.4k 0.0 3130
10:00 7 WNW 23 7.2k 0.0 3080
11:00 8 WNW 27 17.9k 0.0 3050
12:00 8 WNW 27 19.8k 0.0 3040
13:00 10 WNW 32 16.6k 0.0 3040
14:00 11 WNW 34 18.3k 0.0 3120
15:00 10 WNW 34 23.0k 0.0 3250
16:00 7 WNW 32 18.0k 0.0 3370
17:00 6 W 22 8.7k 0.0 3620
18:00 8 W 24 2.4k 0.0 3730

▲ visibility — high

poor — visibility 360 m (<1 km) — navigation + terrain assessment hard; whiteout is a leading AU rescue cause. Carry a compass/GPS bearing plan and known bail lines.

▲ wet loose warming — high

warming 0.5→9 °C through the day — wet-loose / point-release on sun-warmed N/NW/W aspects. Tour early, be off steep solar slopes by early afternoon.

derived weather signals, NOT an official avalanche forecast

Source: open-meteo/best-match · fetched 0 min ago · forecast (FCST), not measured.

Watsons Crags

freezing 3020–3700 m

freezing level 3020–3700 m · 0.00 m base · derived flags: wet loose warming (high)

✓ models agree (best-match + ICON)

2100 m · loads E · 06:00-18:00 local

hour temp chill wind dir gust vis snow frz.lvl
06:00 -1° -4° 5 NNE 22 1.6k 0.0 3120
07:00 -1° -4° 5 N 23 7.7k 0.0 3110
08:00 -3° 6 N 24 1.9k 0.0 3110
09:00 -1° 8 NNW 29 1.6k 0.0 3110
10:00 9 NW 32 2.7k 0.0 3060
11:00 10 NW 34 5.8k 0.0 3020
12:00 10 NW 34 8.1k 0.0 3030
13:00 10 NW 35 9.1k 0.0 3070
14:00 10 NW 35 11.2k 0.0 3130
15:00 8 NW 32 16.0k 0.0 3330
16:00 7 NW 29 17.8k 0.0 3430
17:00 -2° 6 N 26 13.4k 0.0 3590
18:00 -2° 5 NNE 26 19.2k 0.0 3700

▲ wet loose warming — high

warming -0.9→5.4 °C through the day — wet-loose / point-release on sun-warmed N/NW/W aspects. Tour early, be off steep solar slopes by early afternoon.

derived weather signals, NOT an official avalanche forecast

Source: open-meteo/best-match · fetched 0 min ago · forecast (FCST), not measured.

Western Faces

freezing 3060–3720 m

freezing level 3060–3720 m · 0.00 m base · derived flags: wet loose warming (high)

✓ models agree (best-match + ICON)

2050 m · loads E · 06:00-18:00 local

hour temp chill wind dir gust vis snow frz.lvl
06:00 -1° -4° 5 NNE 22 1.6k 0.0 3150
07:00 -4° 5 N 23 7.7k 0.0 3150
08:00 -2° 6 N 24 1.9k 0.0 3140
09:00 8 NNW 29 1.6k 0.0 3140
10:00 9 NW 32 2.7k 0.0 3110
11:00 10 NW 34 5.8k 0.0 3060
12:00 10 NW 34 8.1k 0.0 3060
13:00 10 NW 35 9.1k 0.0 3090
14:00 10 NW 35 11.2k 0.0 3160
15:00 8 NW 32 16.0k 0.0 3320
16:00 7 NW 29 17.8k 0.0 3500
17:00 -2° 6 N 26 13.4k 0.0 3560
18:00 -2° 5 NNE 26 19.2k 0.0 3720

▲ wet loose warming — high

warming -0.6→5.7 °C through the day — wet-loose / point-release on sun-warmed N/NW/W aspects. Tour early, be off steep solar slopes by early afternoon.

derived weather signals, NOT an official avalanche forecast

Source: open-meteo/best-match · fetched 0 min ago · forecast (FCST), not measured.

Cams

Live where the operator allows embedding (YouTube, Windy). Resort snow-stake reads as base depth.

Perisher snow stake

Live snow-stake — resort base depth at a glance · Perisher (Vail Resorts), via YouTube

Blue Cow

Blue Cow area, live · Perisher (Vail Resorts), via YouTube

Perisher Valley

Community webcam (valley) · Webcam provided by Windy.com

Lake Jindabyne

Valley / approach · Webcam provided by Windy.com

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