Snowy Mountains · backcountry conditions

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

Generated Sat 15 Aug 2026, 03:30 (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.

Main Range report 2026-08-14 (1 d ago)
Dividing Range: report 2026-08-14 (1 d ago)

MSC report →

Measured now — alpine AWS

OBS

BOM station observations, never blended with the forecast. Arrows: change vs the same station ~3 h ago (measured, no model). No sensor sits on the Main Range itself. Station names link to BOM's own obs pages.

Overnight at Thredbo Top Station: min -4.2° at 21:20 · refroze after yesterday's thaw — expect firm/icy early

Thredbo Top Station 1957 m

10 min ago

1.2° ▲4.6°/3h feels -5° · 17 W (20 g) km/h ▲10/3h · 48% RH · 0.0 mm since 9am

Perisher Valley 1738 m

10 min ago

-4.8° ▼0.2°/3h feels -8° · 0 CALM (2 g) km/h ▼2/3h · 78% RH · 0.0 mm since 9am

Cabramurra 1482 m

10 min ago

3.7° ▲0.5°/3h feels 0° · 7 SE (9 g) km/h ▼15/3h · 72% RH · 0.0 mm since 9am

Thredbo Village 1380 m · Non-AWS

2 d ago

5.0° feels 0° · 15 SW (? g) km/h · 64% RH · 7.0 mm since 9am

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.

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Live wind map

animated · wind

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

Blue Lake

freezing 2080–2700 m

freezing level 2080–2700 m · 0.18 m base · derived flags: icy surface (melt-freeze), wet-loose warming (high)

⚠ models diverge: cloud 0 vs 56% (best-match vs ICON) — trust those numbers less

1890 m · loads NE · board for 2026-08-15 · 06:00-18:00 local

hour temp chill wind dir gust vis cloud precip snow frz.lvl
06:00 -3° -6° 1 E 5 11.4k 0 0.0 0.0 2650
07:00 -3° -6° 1 E 6 19.4k 1 0.0 0.0 2700
08:00 -3° 1 E 6 15.4k 1 0.0 0.0 2660
09:00 2 WNW 9 84.0k 0 0.0 0.0 2600
10:00 4 WNW 14 84.0k 1 0.0 0.0 2600
11:00 5 W 17 84.0k 0 0.0 0.0 2540
12:00 5 WNW 18 84.0k 0 0.0 0.0 2190
13:00 5 W 18 84.0k 0 0.0 0.0 2220
14:00 5 W 18 27.1k 1 0.0 0.0 2230
15:00 4 W 17 17.3k 5 0.0 0.0 2250
16:00 1 W 12 15.1k 4 0.0 0.0 2250
17:00 -1° 1 ESE 8 15.3k 19 0.0 0.0 2170
18:00 -3° 3 ESE 11 11.6k 35 0.0 0.0 2080

▲ icy surface (melt-freeze) — watch severity

melt-freeze: 3.8 °C at 09:00 then -0.5 °C at 18:00 — expect bulletproof/rime crust. Crampons + ice axe; firm slips are a top AU injury cause.

▲ wet-loose warming — high severity

warming -3.4→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. Check it: raw forecast · raw ICON · Windy here

Charlotte Pass

freezing 2080–2700 m

freezing level 2080–2700 m · 0.16 m base · derived flags: poor visibility / whiteout, wet-loose warming (high)

⚠ models diverge: cloud 1 vs 56% (best-match vs ICON) — trust those numbers less

1760 m · loads NE · board for 2026-08-15 · 06:00-18:00 local

hour temp chill wind dir gust vis cloud precip snow frz.lvl
06:00 -4° -7° 2 WNW 8 0.7k 23 0.0 0.0 2650
07:00 -3° -6° 1 WNW 7 1.0k 11 0.0 0.0 2700
08:00 -3° 1 NNW 6 1.3k 4 0.0 0.0 2660
09:00 0 N 5 3.9k 1 0.0 0.0 2600
10:00 0 NNW 6 9.0k 0 0.0 0.0 2600
11:00 0 WNW 7 11.1k 0 0.0 0.0 2540
12:00 0 S 8 11.8k 1 0.0 0.0 2190
13:00 0 SE 6 13.3k 0 0.0 0.0 2220
14:00 1 SE 9 15.6k 2 0.0 0.0 2230
15:00 3 SE 11 59.4k 18 0.0 0.0 2250
16:00 3 ESE 12 77.9k 35 0.0 0.0 2250
17:00 -1° 5 ESE 13 30.7k 100 0.0 0.0 2170
18:00 -2° 1 E 11 0.6k 100 0.0 0.0 2080

▲ poor visibility / whiteout — high severity

poor — visibility 600 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 severity

warming -3.6→6.7 °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. Check it: raw forecast · raw ICON · Windy here

Dead Horse Gap / Rams Head

freezing 2070–2660 m

freezing level 2070–2660 m · 0.07 m base · derived flags: poor visibility / whiteout, wet-loose warming (high)

⚠ models diverge: cloud 1 vs 66% (best-match vs ICON) — trust those numbers less

1580 m · loads SE · board for 2026-08-15 · 06:00-18:00 local

hour temp chill wind dir gust vis cloud precip snow frz.lvl
06:00 -3° -6° 1 N 4 0.7k 15 0.0 0.0 2620
07:00 -2° -5° 1 N 4 1.8k 4 0.0 0.0 2660
08:00 -2° 1 NNE 4 80.0k 0 0.0 0.0 2360
09:00 1 ESE 6 7.0k 2 0.0 0.0 2310
10:00 0 S 6 8.0k 8 0.0 0.0 2270
11:00 1 SW 9 82.3k 4 0.0 0.0 2220
12:00 2 SSW 12 82.3k 1 0.0 0.0 2140
13:00 3 SSW 13 82.4k 1 0.0 0.0 2140
14:00 3 S 13 82.4k 13 0.0 0.0 2160
15:00 3 SSE 12 80.1k 27 0.0 0.0 2170
16:00 4 SE 13 42.6k 57 0.0 0.0 2160
17:00 6 ESE 17 34.7k 100 0.0 0.0 2140
18:00 -2° 3 ENE 15 0.6k 100 0.0 0.0 2070

▲ poor visibility / whiteout — high severity

poor — visibility 560 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 severity

warming -2.7→7.1 °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. Check it: raw forecast · raw ICON · Windy here

Guthega access

freezing 2080–2700 m

freezing level 2080–2700 m · 0.03 m base · derived flags: wet-loose warming (high)

⚠ models diverge: cloud 0 vs 56% (best-match vs ICON) — trust those numbers less

1640 m · loads NE · board for 2026-08-15 · 06:00-18:00 local

hour temp chill wind dir gust vis cloud precip snow frz.lvl
06:00 -2° -4° 3 WNW 9 1.0k 25 0.0 0.0 2650
07:00 -1° -4° 2 W 9 1.3k 9 0.0 0.0 2700
08:00 -1° 1 NW 8 1.5k 6 0.0 0.0 2660
09:00 0 NNE 8 12.9k 0 0.0 0.0 2600
10:00 0 NE 5 19.9k 0 0.0 0.0 2600
11:00 0 NE 5 84.1k 0 0.0 0.0 2540
12:00 0 E 4 84.1k 0 0.0 0.0 2190
13:00 1 ESE 7 84.1k 0 0.0 0.0 2220
14:00 2 ESE 10 81.8k 1 0.0 0.0 2230
15:00 3 ESE 13 79.4k 11 0.0 0.0 2250
16:00 4 ESE 13 76.4k 35 0.0 0.0 2250
17:00 6 E 13 28.7k 100 0.0 0.0 2170
18:00 -1° 2 SSE 11 9.6k 100 0.0 0.0 2080

▲ wet-loose warming — high severity

warming -1.5→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. Check it: raw forecast · raw ICON · Windy here

Main Range (Kosciuszko)

freezing 2070–2660 m

freezing level 2070–2660 m · 0.04 m base · derived flags: poor visibility / whiteout, icy surface (melt-freeze), wet-loose warming (high)

⚠ models diverge: cloud 2 vs 66% (best-match vs ICON) — trust those numbers less

2228 m · loads E · board for 2026-08-15 · 06:00-18:00 local

hour temp chill wind dir gust vis cloud precip snow frz.lvl
06:00 -6° -9° 1 E 10 0.6k 14 0.0 0.0 2620
07:00 -5° -9° 1 E 8 1.2k 5 0.0 0.0 2660
08:00 -2° -6° 1 E 9 2.1k 2 0.0 0.0 2360
09:00 -2° 1 NW 9 15.2k 1 0.0 0.0 2310
10:00 -1° 4 WNW 16 8.2k 2 0.0 0.0 2270
11:00 5 W 19 8.4k 2 0.0 0.0 2220
12:00 5 W 20 9.8k 2 0.0 0.0 2140
13:00 5 W 20 12.2k 1 0.0 0.0 2140
14:00 5 W 20 13.6k 4 0.0 0.0 2160
15:00 4 W 19 13.0k 10 0.0 0.0 2170
16:00 2 W 14 12.6k 12 0.0 0.0 2160
17:00 -3° 1 SE 11 13.3k 29 0.0 0.0 2140
18:00 -2° -5° 2 E 14 4.5k 55 0.0 0.0 2070

▲ poor visibility / whiteout — high severity

poor — visibility 640 m (<1 km) — navigation + terrain assessment hard; whiteout is a leading AU rescue cause. Carry a compass/GPS bearing plan and known bail lines.

▲ icy surface (melt-freeze) — watch severity

melt-freeze: 1.5 °C at 09:00 then -2 °C at 18:00 — expect bulletproof/rime crust. Crampons + ice axe; firm slips are a top AU injury cause.

▲ wet-loose warming — watch severity

warming -5.9→3.9 °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. Check it: raw forecast · raw ICON · Windy here

Perisher access

freezing 2080–2700 m

freezing level 2080–2700 m · 0.03 m base · derived flags: wet-loose warming (high)

⚠ models diverge: cloud 0 vs 56% (best-match vs ICON) — trust those numbers less

1720 m · loads E · board for 2026-08-15 · 06:00-18:00 local

hour temp chill wind dir gust vis cloud precip snow frz.lvl
06:00 -2° -4° 3 WNW 9 1.0k 25 0.0 0.0 2650
07:00 -1° -4° 2 W 9 1.3k 9 0.0 0.0 2700
08:00 -1° 1 NW 8 1.5k 6 0.0 0.0 2660
09:00 0 NNE 8 12.9k 0 0.0 0.0 2600
10:00 0 NE 5 19.9k 0 0.0 0.0 2600
11:00 0 NE 5 84.1k 0 0.0 0.0 2540
12:00 0 E 4 84.1k 0 0.0 0.0 2190
13:00 1 ESE 7 84.1k 0 0.0 0.0 2220
14:00 2 ESE 10 81.8k 1 0.0 0.0 2230
15:00 3 ESE 13 79.4k 11 0.0 0.0 2250
16:00 4 ESE 13 76.4k 35 0.0 0.0 2250
17:00 6 E 13 28.7k 100 0.0 0.0 2170
18:00 -1° 2 SSE 11 9.6k 100 0.0 0.0 2080

▲ wet-loose warming — high severity

warming -1.5→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. Check it: raw forecast · raw ICON · Windy here

Watsons Crags

freezing 2110–2680 m

freezing level 2110–2680 m · 0.04 m base · derived flags: poor visibility / whiteout, wet-loose warming (high)

⚠ models diverge: cloud 2 vs 56% (best-match vs ICON) — trust those numbers less

2100 m · loads E · board for 2026-08-15 · 06:00-18:00 local

hour temp chill wind dir gust vis cloud precip snow frz.lvl
06:00 -4° -7° 1 E 10 0.6k 14 0.0 0.0 2680
07:00 -4° -7° 1 E 8 1.2k 5 0.0 0.0 2680
08:00 -1° -4° 1 E 9 2.1k 2 0.0 0.0 2670
09:00 1 NW 9 15.2k 1 0.0 0.0 2670
10:00 4 WNW 16 8.2k 2 0.0 0.0 2670
11:00 5 W 19 8.4k 2 0.0 0.0 2660
12:00 5 W 20 9.8k 2 0.0 0.0 2450
13:00 5 W 20 12.2k 1 0.0 0.0 2320
14:00 5 W 20 13.6k 4 0.0 0.0 2320
15:00 4 W 19 13.0k 10 0.0 0.0 2140
16:00 2 W 14 12.6k 12 0.0 0.0 2150
17:00 -1° 1 SE 11 13.3k 29 0.0 0.0 2140
18:00 -3° 2 E 14 4.5k 55 0.0 0.0 2110

▲ poor visibility / whiteout — high severity

poor — visibility 640 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 severity

warming -4.3→5.5 °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. Check it: raw forecast · raw ICON · Windy here

Western Faces

freezing 2070–2660 m

freezing level 2070–2660 m · 0.04 m base · derived flags: poor visibility / whiteout, wet-loose warming (high)

⚠ models diverge: cloud 2 vs 66% (best-match vs ICON) — trust those numbers less

2050 m · loads E · board for 2026-08-15 · 06:00-18:00 local

hour temp chill wind dir gust vis cloud precip snow frz.lvl
06:00 -4° -7° 1 E 10 0.6k 14 0.0 0.0 2620
07:00 -4° -7° 1 E 8 1.2k 5 0.0 0.0 2660
08:00 -4° 1 E 9 2.1k 2 0.0 0.0 2360
09:00 1 NW 9 15.2k 1 0.0 0.0 2310
10:00 4 WNW 16 8.2k 2 0.0 0.0 2270
11:00 5 W 19 8.4k 2 0.0 0.0 2220
12:00 5 W 20 9.8k 2 0.0 0.0 2140
13:00 5 W 20 12.2k 1 0.0 0.0 2140
14:00 5 W 20 13.6k 4 0.0 0.0 2160
15:00 4 W 19 13.0k 10 0.0 0.0 2170
16:00 2 W 14 12.6k 12 0.0 0.0 2160
17:00 -1° 1 SE 11 13.3k 29 0.0 0.0 2140
18:00 -3° 2 E 14 4.5k 55 0.0 0.0 2070

▲ poor visibility / whiteout — high severity

poor — visibility 640 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 severity

warming -4→5.8 °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. Check it: raw forecast · raw ICON · Windy here

Cams

Perisher Valley

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

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.

Road status: Transport for NSW Live Traffic (CC BY 4.0) · fetched 0 min ago

Daily reads — the humans who watch this mountain

human-authored sources — names, links and post dates only, never their content

Before you go

The morning read ends with the safety net, not just the weather. Chains must be carried in Kosciuszko NP in winter (4WD/AWD exempt); Kosciuszko Rd is closed Perisher→Charlotte Pass (oversnow only). The full pre-trip checklist lives in the repo (docs/FIELD-NOTES.md).

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